June 25, 2023 – THE DEMOCRAT

MY WAY OR THE HIGHWAY, YOUSAF TELLS ELECTORATE

June 25, 2023 heaneymedia

By Bill Heaney Scottish Labour Deputy Leader Jackie Baillie sent a clear message to people considering to vote for the SNP at the next election.

SOCIAL SECURITY: MSP CLAIMS SYSTEM IS ‘IN CHAOS’

June 25, 2023 heaneymedia

By Bill Heaney Scottish Labour has branded the SNP’s handling of disability payments “disastrous” as new figures show waits in Scotland are now twice as

JOURNALISM: ESSENTIAL READING FOR WEST DUNBARTONSHIRE COUNCIL CENSORS

June 25, 2023 heaneymedia

For Fact’s Sake podcast: Are strategic legal threats killing good journalism? By Ferret team of Investigative Journalists Episode 11 of For Fact’s Sake is all

GLOVES ARE OFF AS LIBRARY PROTESTERS CONSULT LAWYERS OVER CLOSURE

Balloch library campaigners threaten to take Council to court By Bill Heaney Women, children and elderly residents of Balloch have written to politicians and taken

CHIVAS WORKERS TO GO ON STRIKE OVER FESTIVE SEASON

Trade unions warned the action could hit festive supplies of premier brands By Bill Heaney Hundreds of Dumbarton-based Scotch whisky production workers will take strike

Donna threatened to batter her, witness tell Caroline Glachan trial

By Democrat reporter Donna Marie Brand threatened to “batter” Caroline Glachan for going out with Robert O’Brien whom she was herself seeing at the same

POLITICS: Majority of Scots think Matheson should resign over £11,000 iPad data bill

By Bill Heaney I may have been wrong when I wrote in my Notebook column that I believed Michael Matheson, pictured right, should refuse to

BAILLIE: HEARTBREAKING DEATH TOLL REVEALS LOCAL HOUSING EMERGENCY

By Bill Heaney Homelessness is not new in West Dunbartonshire. People of a certain age will remember the Model lodging house in the old Artizan

Parents will feel blamed, sidelined and abandoned by new schools behaviour report

Published 28 November 2023 Good behaviour – the majority of pupils are behaving well in Scotland. By Bill Heaney Thousands of head teachers, teachers and

CAROLINE: It was likely that she sustained a minimum of ten blows to the head

Caroline was unconscious but alive when she entered water, murder trial told The body of 14-year-old Caroline Glachan was discovered in the river Leven on

CARERS DAY IN WEST DUNBARTONSHIRE

Carers of West Dunbartonshire Wow, what a great day we’ve had! A HUGE thank you to all the amazing organisations who joined us for today’s

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