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Day: January 31, 2024

NORTHERN IRELAND: O’Neill will be First Minister as UK spells out the deal

January 31, 2024 heaneymedia

By Democrat reporter The return of Stormont’s power sharing institutions with Sinn Fein’s Michelle O’Neill as first minister will be a moment of “very great significance”, party leader Mary

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MEMORIAL: CREW OF K13 ARE REMEMBERED AT CLYDE SHIPYARD

January 31, 2024 heaneymedia

By Lucy Ashton VETERANS and serving Royal Navy submariners gathered recently to remember those lost during an early maritime disaster. Submarine K13 sank during sea

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Police Scotland Argyll & West Dunbartonshire

January 31, 2024 heaneymedia

Police Scotland Argyll & West Dunbartonshire Police Scotland is recruiting police officers in rural areas of Scotland. We are encouraging applications from people who share

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FERRET INVESTIGATION: ‘Hard to fathom’: second ex-Shell employee added to Sepa’s board

January 31, 2024 heaneymedia

Author: Paul Dobson in The Ferret The Scottish Government has appointed a former head of North Sea exploration at oil giant Shell to the board

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Disposable vapes to be banned over concerns of sharp increase in children’s use

January 31, 2024 heaneymedia

Monday 29 January 2024  It will also become illegal for anyone born after January 1 2009 to buy tobacco under the plan to create a

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Derogatory texts between Humza Yousaf and Jason Leitch released

January 31, 2024 heaneymedia

Humza Yousaf was justice secretary and health secretary during the pandemic while Jason Leitch was the country’s national clinical director By Bill Heaney Unlike the

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  • HAPPY EASTER FROM THE DUMBARTON DEMOCRAT
  • LOCH LOMOND: Police Scotland and partners relaunch Operation Ballaton for 2026
  • Reform set to lose 26 constituency candidates by polling day, figures show
  • Scottish Conservatives unveil plans to raise ‘plummeting’ school standards
  • Nearly 1,000 Easter Eggs Given to Naval Families Across the UK
  • EASTER WEEKEND SERVICES AT ST PATRICK’S, DUMBARTON

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HAPPY EASTER FROM THE DUMBARTON DEMOCRAT

HAPPY EASTER FROM THE DUMBARTON DEMOCRAT
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LOCH LOMOND: Police Scotland and partners relaunch Operation Ballaton for 2026

LOCH LOMOND: Police Scotland and partners relaunch Operation Ballaton for 2026

The Dumbarton Democrat wishes all its readers – the average number for the past 30 days around 20,000 – a Happy Easter By Bill Heaney

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Reform set to lose 26 constituency candidates by polling day, figures show

Reform set to lose 26 constituency candidates by polling day, figures show

by Bill Heaney Reform UK are set to lose a total of 26 of its Scottish constituency candidates by polling day, the Scottish Liberal Democrats

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Scottish Conservatives unveil plans to raise ‘plummeting’ school standards

Scottish Conservatives unveil plans to raise ‘plummeting’ school standards

Tory education spokesperson Miles Briggs and the SNP’s John Swinney. by Lucy Ashton The Scottish Conservatives have today announced plans to restore Scotland’s education system

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Nearly 1,000 Easter Eggs Given to Naval Families Across the UK

Nearly 1,000 Easter Eggs Given to Naval Families Across the UK

Laughter, shared moments, and a simple Easter egg can go a long way This spring, Royal Navy Family & People Support (RN FPS) brought families

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EASTER WEEKEND SERVICES AT ST PATRICK’S, DUMBARTON

EASTER WEEKEND SERVICES AT ST PATRICK’S, DUMBARTON

EASTER WEEKEND HOLY WEEK SERVICES St Patrick’s Parish, Dumbarton Thurs 2nd April – Maundy Thursday 9am – Morning Prayer 7pm – Mass of the Lord’s

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REFORM CAMPAIGN FALLING APART BEFORE OUR EYES, CLAIMS LABOUR’S JACKIE BAILLIE

REFORM CAMPAIGN FALLING APART BEFORE OUR EYES, CLAIMS LABOUR’S JACKIE BAILLIE

Labour ‘ready to deliver’ while SNP and Reform ‘mired in scandal’, says Sarwar by Dermocrat reporter Scottish Labour is “ready to deliver” for voters, Anas

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Dublin Review of Books Centenary of ‘The Plough and the Stars’

Dublin Review of Books Centenary of ‘The Plough and the Stars’

Irish Literature Centenary of ‘The Plough and the Stars’ Bess Rowen writes: 11 February 2026 marked a century since protesters disrupted Sean O’Casey’s The Plough and the

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