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Day: October 17, 2023

SNP CONFERENCE: Humza Yousaf announces Scottish council tax freeze

October 17, 2023 heaneymedia

First Minister Humza Yousaf delivered the keynote speech at the SNP conference. By Lucy Ashton BBC Scotland is reporting that Council tax rates are to

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HALF-TERM FUN FOR CHILDREN OF NAVAL BASE WORKERS AND WIDER COMMUNITY

October 17, 2023 heaneymedia

By Kim Hardie LOCAL CHILDREN participated in a vast range of sporting activities recently when Kings Foundation returned to Lomond School Sports Hall and Facilities

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IMPROVEMENT WORKS COMPLETED AT DENNY CIVIC THEATRE

October 17, 2023 heaneymedia

Published 17 October 2023 A favourite for the past half century – Denny Civic Theatre hosts an annual pantomime produced by Dumbarton People’s Theatre, the

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LABOUR’S JINGLE HAS FAILED TO JANGLE IN COUNCIL HEADQUARTERS

October 17, 2023 heaneymedia

NOTEBOOK by BILL HEANEY Oh, dear. West Dunbartonshire Council have done it again. It doesn’t seem to matter whether it’s Labour that’s in control, as

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  • POETRY: ‘Autumn Journal’ by Louis MacNeice
  • FASLANE NAVAL BASE COMMANDER JOINS THE LOCAL COMMUNITY TO REMEMBER THE FALLEN
  • OLD KILPATRICK AND DUNTOCHER MARK REMEMBRANCE SUNDAY
  • RUSSELL BRAND: ‘Predator with no remorse’ jailed for 10 years for rape and sexual assaults
  • Teenager taken to hospital with eye injury as West Dunbartonshire gets off with relatively quiet Bonfire Night
  • HEALTH: Chilling QEUH crisis letter is urgent wake-up call for SNP government

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POETRY: ‘Autumn Journal’ by Louis MacNeice

POETRY: ‘Autumn Journal’ by Louis MacNeice

View in your browser ‘Autumn Journal’ by Louis MacNeice‘Autumn Journal’ by Louis MacNeice Seamus Perry and Mark Ford discuss MacNeice’s 1938 political poem In Autumn

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FASLANE NAVAL BASE COMMANDER JOINS THE LOCAL COMMUNITY TO REMEMBER THE FALLEN

FASLANE NAVAL BASE COMMANDER JOINS THE LOCAL COMMUNITY TO REMEMBER THE FALLEN

Monday, 9 November 2026 The Helensburgh community came together on Sunday 8 November to honour the nation’s fallen service personnel during the town’s annual Service

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OLD KILPATRICK AND DUNTOCHER MARK REMEMBRANCE SUNDAY

OLD KILPATRICK AND DUNTOCHER MARK REMEMBRANCE SUNDAY

 09 November 2026     

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RUSSELL BRAND: ‘Predator with no remorse’ jailed for 10 years for rape and sexual assaults

RUSSELL BRAND: ‘Predator with no remorse’ jailed for 10 years for rape and sexual assaults

by Amy-Clare Martin, Tom Barnes and Joe Middleton in THE INDEPENDENT  09 November 2026  Russell Brand has been jailed for more than 10 years after being convicted

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Teenager taken to hospital with eye injury as West Dunbartonshire gets off with relatively quiet Bonfire Night

Teenager taken to hospital with eye injury as West Dunbartonshire gets off with relatively quiet Bonfire Night

The burnt out police van which was set fire to on Bonfire Night by youths. 6 November 2026 by BILL HEANEY Deploying 1,700 police officers

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HEALTH: Chilling QEUH crisis letter is urgent wake-up call for SNP government

HEALTH: Chilling QEUH crisis letter is urgent wake-up call for SNP government

by BILL HEANEY Scottish Liberal Democrat health spokesperson Adam Harley has urged the Scottish Government to respond after the entire Emergency Department consultant body at

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POLICE SCOTLAND: Independent legal panels should examine all cases of gross misconduct regardless of rank

POLICE SCOTLAND: Independent legal panels should examine all cases of gross misconduct regardless of rank

By Marion Scott in The Sunday Post November 8, 2026 David Kennedy, Police Federation, Pauline McNeill, Labour Justice spokesperson, and Neil Gray, Justice Secretary. The

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Cardross Parish Church on Remembrance Sunday

Cardross Parish Church on Remembrance Sunday

Cardross Parish Church This Sunday is Remembrance Sunday, and our service will begin outside at the War Memorial at 10.45 am for the laying of

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