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Day: January 19, 2024

SCOTTISH CUP: DUMBARTON V RANGERS

January 19, 2024 heaneymedia

The Waverley Bar, West Bridgend, Dumbarton Are you excited for tomorrow’s game? We most definitely are! See our Dumbarton boys in action live here! #dumbarton #Rangers

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ROTTEN TO THE CORE: This is one of the biggest scandals in Scottish political history

January 19, 2024 heaneymedia

The UK Covid Inquiry hears the former first minister’s messages were ‘deleted in routine tidying up of inboxes or changing of phones’ while John Swinney

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CHILD ABUSE: Nuns and carer jailed for abusing orphanage children

January 19, 2024 heaneymedia

No love, no compassion, no dignity and no comfort Eileen Igoe and Sarah McDermott were found guilty of abusing children. An evil trio, two nuns

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SEWAGE: Time to flush out the filth of SNP and Tory neglect  

January 19, 2024 heaneymedia

Sewage blights too many Scottish shores including the River Clyde at Havoc near the so-called sewage farm at Ardoch which overflows at times of heavy

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Nearly 3000 years of school and nursery staff time lost to mental ill health  

January 19, 2024 heaneymedia

By Lucy Ashton Scottish Liberal Democrat education spokesperson Willie Rennie MSP , pictured right, has today warned of the “devastating toll” of mental health absences

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DUNFILLIN TOO SOON: TOO MANY DENTISTS ARE RETIRING EARLY

January 19, 2024 heaneymedia

Scot Lib Dems reveal wave of dentists taking early retirement  By Lucy Ashton Dunfillin used to be a favourite name for the homes of dentists

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News, opinion and pictures from West Dunbartonshire.

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  • Scottish SPCA: Make Scotland the best place in the world for an animal to call home
  • Argyll and Bute Council to launch consultation on visitor levy
  • Government fraud squad hunts down Covid loan scams …
  • COUNCIL OFFICIAL INVOLVED IN CONTROVERSIAL PROPOSAL TO CLOSE ST MARTIN’S RETIRES
  • ASTUTE MOVE: NEW WORKSHOPS SET TO TRANSFORM SUBMARINE MAINTENANCE
  • End delays to domestic abuse protections, says LibDems leader

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Scottish SPCA: Make Scotland the best place in the world for an animal to call home

Scottish SPCA: Make Scotland the best place in the world for an animal to call home

Scottish SPCA The Scottish SPCA’s supporters are playing their part to make Scotland the best place in the world for an animal to call home.

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Argyll and Bute Council to launch consultation on visitor levy

Argyll and Bute Council to launch consultation on visitor levy

Helensburgh is one area that would be affected by the visitor levy by Bill Heaney A public consultation is to be launched over a potential

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Government fraud squad hunts down Covid loan scams …

Government fraud squad hunts down Covid loan scams …

New enforcement unit pursues billions lost to British taxpayers during pandemic Recovery efforts intensify as nearly 2,000 company directors are banned and 86 criminals are

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COUNCIL OFFICIAL INVOLVED IN CONTROVERSIAL PROPOSAL TO CLOSE ST MARTIN’S RETIRES

COUNCIL OFFICIAL INVOLVED IN CONTROVERSIAL PROPOSAL TO CLOSE ST MARTIN’S RETIRES

Published 25 June 2026 by Bill Heaney Ellen McBride, a former teacher in St Stephen’s, Dalmuir, and one-time head teacher at St Peter’s, Bellsmyre, has

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ASTUTE MOVE: NEW WORKSHOPS SET TO TRANSFORM SUBMARINE MAINTENANCE

ASTUTE MOVE: NEW WORKSHOPS SET TO TRANSFORM SUBMARINE MAINTENANCE

by Kim Hardie The arrival of two unassuming shipping containers at HM Naval Base Clyde marks a significant step forward in how the Royal Navy

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End delays to domestic abuse protections, says LibDems leader

End delays to domestic abuse protections, says LibDems leader

by Bill Heaney Scottish Liberal Democrat leader Alex Cole-Hamilton MSP has today challenged the First Minister on a sharp rise in sexual crime, as he

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Secondary school students take to the fairways at Dalmuir Golf Course

Secondary school students take to the fairways at Dalmuir Golf Course

West Dunbartonshire Council Huge congratulations to all the talented golfers who competed in the West Dunbartonshire Schools Golf 2026 Championship. Our secondary school students took

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Slow progress in reforming post-school education and skills

Slow progress in reforming post-school education and skills

by Bill Heaney The Scottish Government’s intentions to reform post-school education and skills lack a clear delivery plan. Progress is slow. The government needs to

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