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Day: November 29, 2023

GLOVES ARE OFF AS LIBRARY PROTESTERS CONSULT LAWYERS OVER CLOSURE

November 29, 2023 heaneymedia

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

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CHIVAS WORKERS TO GO ON STRIKE OVER FESTIVE SEASON

November 29, 2023 heaneymedia

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

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

November 29, 2023 heaneymedia

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

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BAILLIE: HEARTBREAKING DEATH TOLL REVEALS LOCAL HOUSING EMERGENCY 

November 29, 2023 heaneymedia

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

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

November 29, 2023 heaneymedia

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

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News, opinion and pictures from West Dunbartonshire.

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  • SCOTTISH LABOUR backs transparency over cover-up and demands inquiry in Murrell case
  • Review into access to banking services begins …
  • Child poverty should be a ‘priority from day one’, say young people
  • REMEMBER: IT’S A BANK HOLIDAY WEEKEND
  • VALE OF LEVEN ACADEMY S6 PROM
  • FORMER PUPILS MCGINN AND BRIDGES PAY WORLD CUP VISIT TO OLD SCHOOL

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SCOTTISH LABOUR backs transparency over cover-up and demands inquiry in Murrell case

SCOTTISH LABOUR backs transparency over cover-up and demands inquiry in Murrell case

by Bill Heaney Scottish Labour has urged MSPs to “back transparency over cover-up” as it lodges a motion calling for a Scottish Parliamentary Inquiry into

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Review into access to banking services begins …

Review into access to banking services begins …

by Lucy Ashton Former Which? Director and former board member of the FCA, Richard Lloyd OBE, seeks views as he begins his Independent Review. Evidence

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Child poverty should be a ‘priority from day one’, say young people

Child poverty should be a ‘priority from day one’, say young people

Two-thirds of respondents to the Save the Children Scotland and Young Scot poll said fighting child poverty was a priority by Bill Heaney Young people

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REMEMBER: IT’S A BANK HOLIDAY WEEKEND

REMEMBER: IT’S A BANK HOLIDAY WEEKEND

Bank Holiday reminder Residents of Greater Glasgow and Clyde are reminded that GP practices and many pharmacies will be closed on Monday, 15 June, due

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VALE OF LEVEN ACADEMY S6 PROM

VALE OF LEVEN ACADEMY S6 PROM

Vale of Leven Academy celebrated its annual Broad General Education Awards Ceremonies with more than 500 students recognised for a range of curricular and extra-curricular

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FORMER PUPILS MCGINN AND BRIDGES PAY WORLD CUP VISIT TO OLD SCHOOL

FORMER PUPILS MCGINN AND BRIDGES PAY WORLD CUP VISIT TO OLD SCHOOL

‘MON SCOTLAND St Peter the Apostle Secondary School had some very exciting guests recently. Comedian Kevin Bridges and Scotland star John McGinn visited the school

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MOUTH WATERING SCALLOPS FROM SHETLAND

MOUTH WATERING SCALLOPS FROM SHETLAND

Tom Morton Tom Morton #Shetland garage food. Apologies for the messy plated picture. I was halfway through guzzling my scallops, salmon, tatties, and spinach before

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Baillie says cost of NHS Scotland reliance on agency nurses is ‘eye-watering’

Baillie says cost of NHS Scotland reliance on agency nurses is ‘eye-watering’

by Bill Heaney New figures show the “eye-watering” cost of continued reliance on NHS supplementary staffing, Scottish Labour said today. The latest NHS Scotland workforce

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