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Day: February 29, 2024

Helensburgh-based police chief Stephen House now being blamed for Emma Caldwell blunders

February 29, 2024 heaneymedia

Nicola Sturgeon and Sir Stephen House were all smiles in July 2015. By Bill Heaney and Lucy Ashton One of Scotland’s most senior police officers

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Powerful transport partnerships needed to take control of bus services

February 29, 2024 heaneymedia

Trains and ferries too need to be more affordable and accessible.  By Lucy Ashton Scottish Liberal Democrat transport spokesperson Daniel O’Malley has today called on

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ENVIRONMENT: WIND OF CHANGE NOT WELCOME IN VALE OF LEVEN

February 29, 2024 heaneymedia

PARKSWATCH SCOTLAND Cairngorms and Lomond & Trossachs National Parks By Nick Kempe The Vale of Leven wind farm planning application – destroying the landscape of

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Victims who could have been protected if Emma’s killer had been properly investigated.

February 29, 2024 heaneymedia

Misogyny, prejudice and the failure of police to listen to women’s evidence were why Packer’s arrest was delayed, says Sarwar Yousaf urged to order judge-led

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TRIBUTE TO LESLIE BROWN: Man with a great trove of stories about the steamers

February 29, 2024 heaneymedia

Maid of the Loch – Loch Lomond Steamship Company We learned just the other day that Leslie Brown, who was one of the original Maid

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HEALTH SECRETARY GRAY MUST RULE OUT NHS CHARGES – BAILLIE

February 29, 2024 heaneymedia

By Lucy Ashton Scottish Labour has called on the Health Secretary to pledge that patients won’t be forced to pay for more NHS services after

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News, opinion and pictures from West Dunbartonshire.

Recent Posts

  • Pope Leo X1V discharged from hospital days after lung cancer surgery
  • Boy, 16, and 80-year-old man die in light aircraft crash at Drymen, near Loch Lomond
  • YER HAVING A LAUGH. NO WONDER OUR COUNCIL TAX IS EXTORIONATE
  • Edinburgh Book Festival E-news: 16 October 2026 edition
  • Celtic Connections reveals 2027 festival programme
  • October progress on the roadworks at The Milton, near Dumbarton, which look nearly complete now

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Pope Leo X1V discharged from hospital days after lung cancer surgery

Pope Leo X1V discharged from hospital days after lung cancer surgery

By Sarah Rainsford Southern and Eastern Europe correspondent. Reporting from Rome 17 October 2026, 13:37 BST Updated 1 hour ago Pope Leo XIV has been discharged

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Boy, 16, and 80-year-old man die in light aircraft crash at Drymen, near Loch Lomond

Boy, 16, and 80-year-old man die in light aircraft crash at Drymen, near Loch Lomond

The light aircraft crashed a few miles north east of Drymen near Stirling by Claire Diamond BBC Scotland News 17 October 2026 A 16-year-old boy

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YER HAVING A LAUGH. NO WONDER OUR COUNCIL TAX IS EXTORIONATE

YER HAVING A LAUGH. NO WONDER OUR COUNCIL TAX IS EXTORIONATE

Nice to see someone has kept their sense of humour in the trying circumstances in which the people at the end of the phone are

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Edinburgh Book Festival E-news: 16 October 2026 edition

Edinburgh Book Festival E-news: 16 October 2026 edition

October in Edinburgh: the leaves are changing colour, the rain is making reading indoors feel like an especially good idea, and – at the Book

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Celtic Connections reveals 2027 festival programme

Celtic Connections reveals 2027 festival programme

Musicians from over 20 countries will perform at this year’s festival by Liam O’Heanai A tribute to the Beatles, a takeover of the Kelvingrove Art

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October progress on the roadworks at The Milton, near Dumbarton, which look nearly complete now

October progress on the roadworks at The Milton, near Dumbarton, which look nearly complete now

Pix by Pedro

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HELENSBURGH SAYS NO! Controversial supermarket plan for waterfront rejected

HELENSBURGH SAYS NO! Controversial supermarket plan for waterfront rejected

Locals said the new supermarket would affect the town’s character and was not needed 15 October 2026 by Bill Heaney A controversial plan to site

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INVESTIGATION: WHY PLANNING APPLICATION FOR TRACK TO HONEYPOT FARM AT GARTOCHARN HAS BEEN WITHDRAWN

INVESTIGATION: WHY PLANNING APPLICATION FOR TRACK TO HONEYPOT FARM AT GARTOCHARN HAS BEEN WITHDRAWN

parkswatchscotland by Nick Kempe An application for planning permission to the Loch Lomond Park Authority for a new access track to Honeypot Farm and Honeywagon

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