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Day: January 22, 2024

RACISM/SECTARIAN CHANTS AT ROCK CALLED OUT BY JOURNALIST

January 22, 2024 heaneymedia

By Bill Heaney Journalist Hugh Jordan, who lived in Helensburgh and Clydebank and once owned a public house in Dumbarton High Street, bit the racist/sectarian

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Menu from the Hotel Savoy in New York in 1900.

January 22, 2024 heaneymedia

By Bill Heaney The menu here is remarkable. It puts that old request “beef or salmon?” from waiters in many hotels even today in the

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Billionaire lairds and Tory donors broke rules around rural subsidies

January 22, 2024 heaneymedia

FERRET INVESTIGATION: FULL STORY IS ON THE FERRET WEBSITE Author: Jamie Mann in The Ferret Billionaire lairds, sporting estates and Conservative Party donors in receipt

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DESTRUCTION OF SHEEP HILL AT DUMBUCK IS ‘CRIMINAL’ SAY PROTESTORS

January 22, 2024 heaneymedia

Sheep Hill high above the River Clyde at Bowling on the outskirts of Dumbarton. By Sam Gibson Alas Sheep Hill no more. After much debate

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Elephant Sessions, Julie Fowlis, Mànran and more join line-up for The Reeling 2024

January 22, 2024 heaneymedia

By Bill Heaney in The Democrat The Reeling Festival, West of Scotland’s summer celebration of Scottish traditional music has confirmed its full line-up up for

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News, opinion and pictures from West Dunbartonshire.

Recent Posts

  • Police investigate Epstein visit to Balmoral with Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor
  • Higher taxes in Scotland provide a disincentive to earn more, Reform Party leader tells Parliament
  • POLICE CALL IN REINFORCEMENTS TO DEAL WITH TROUBLE ON BONFIRE NIGHT, NOVEMBER 5.
  • COUNCIL TAX REVIEW ONGOING AS OFFICERS WORK AT SPEED TO ENSURE HOUSEHOLDS WILL BENEFIT THIS WINTER
  • Three per cent of the population in West Dunbartonshire have been diagnosed with stroke and TIA
  • Finance Secretary Jenny Gilruth to work with councils on £100 energy payment rollout

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Police investigate Epstein visit to Balmoral with Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor

Police investigate Epstein visit to Balmoral with Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor

Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor is understood to have invited Jeffrey Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell to the Balmoral estate  The inquiries allegedly relate to claims that women were

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Higher taxes in Scotland provide a disincentive to earn more, Reform Party leader tells Parliament

Higher taxes in Scotland provide a disincentive to earn more, Reform Party leader tells Parliament

Local government reform will create hundreds, if not thousands, of redundant employees who will be without work but will still be paid, forecasts Reform Party’s

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POLICE CALL IN REINFORCEMENTS TO DEAL WITH TROUBLE ON BONFIRE NIGHT, NOVEMBER 5.

POLICE CALL IN REINFORCEMENTS TO DEAL WITH TROUBLE ON BONFIRE NIGHT, NOVEMBER 5.

by BILL HEANEY The largest co-ordinated police response will be deployed to ensure the safety of the public and emergency services on Bonfire Night is

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COUNCIL TAX REVIEW ONGOING AS OFFICERS WORK AT SPEED TO ENSURE HOUSEHOLDS WILL BENEFIT THIS WINTER

COUNCIL TAX REVIEW ONGOING  AS OFFICERS WORK AT SPEED TO ENSURE HOUSEHOLDS WILL BENEFIT THIS WINTER

by BILL HEANEY The Scottish Government has been asked by an SNP MSP what additional measures it is taking to support low-income households to manage

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Three per cent of the population in West Dunbartonshire have been diagnosed with stroke and TIA

Three per cent of the population in West Dunbartonshire have been diagnosed with stroke and TIA

Better service needed for stroke patients – left to right, Marie McNair, Amy Callaghan and Health Secretary Angela Constance. by BILL HEANEY Local people will

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Finance Secretary Jenny Gilruth to work with councils on £100 energy payment rollout

Finance Secretary Jenny Gilruth to work with councils on £100 energy payment rollout

ABOVE: Finance Secretary Jenny Gilruth is due to announce the Scottish Budget next month by Claire Thomson, BBC Scotland News Scottish ministers say they will

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Two men convicted after firearms recovered

Two men convicted after firearms recovered

They discarded guns – Reece Brown and Daniel Curran by BILL HEANEY Two men have been convicted after firearms were recovered in Glasgow. Reece Brown, 25, and

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Mary’s Meals invite you once again to our fabulous Glasgow Christmas Market!

Mary’s Meals invite you once again to our fabulous Glasgow Christmas Market!

  Dear readers of The Dumbarton Democrat, What’s your favourite thing about this time of year? For many of us it’s the approach of Christmas,

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