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Day: June 8, 2024

A82 Great Western Road | Resurfacing

June 8, 2024 heaneymedia

Scheme Summary Scheduled:  2-26 June 2024 Summary: Overnight Resurfacing Updated Diversion Information Please be advised that due to third party works on the advertised diversion

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THE SCANDAL THAT SURROUNDS THE PLANNING APPLICATION FOR FLAMINGO LAND IN BALLOCH

June 8, 2024 heaneymedia

Nick Kempe’s column for The Democrat Flamingo Land and the corporate take-over of the planning system in the Loch Lomond & Trossachs National Park The

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TIMES REVIEW: Taylor Swift Eras Tour review: star treats 70,000 to a Scottish party

June 8, 2024 heaneymedia

REVIEW **** Murrayfield Stadium welcomed crowds of Swifties on the first night of her tour in the UK Will Hodgkinson’  Saturday June 08 2024, 1.00am,

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Levengrove Park is in full summer colour now: Pictures by Gerry Doherty

June 8, 2024 heaneymedia

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Charles Rennie Mackintosh revisited Dunglass several times and is known to have painted flower studies there

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OFF THE SHELF: Charles Rennie Mackintosh and Margaret Macdonald marriage register. Jo Sherington, West Dunbartonshire Libraries’ Local History and Archives Lead Officer, chooses one of

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Scottish Greens select Paula Baker as snap election candidate

June 8, 2024 heaneymedia

7 June 2024 Paula Baker will stand in the General Election in the West Dunbartonshire constituency. By Bill Heaney The Scottish Greens have announced that

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News, opinion and pictures from West Dunbartonshire.

Recent Posts

  • DUMBARTON NOTEBOOK: Residents concerned about the “nightmare” bin restructure launch a campaign urging the council to act — and act now. 
  • Church leaders welcome new £1million listed buildings repair fund
  • Scottish Labour leadership contenders to face off in Scotland Tonight hustings
  • FARMING: First cow tests positive for bluetongue virus in Scotland
  • CATASTROPHIC: LOCH LOMOND GRADING CLASSED AS ‘POOR’ FOR SCOTLAND’S SALMON RIVERS IN 2027
  • WEST DUNBARTONSHIRE APPOINTS NEW CHIEF OFFICER FOR HEALTH AND SOCIAL CARE

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DUMBARTON NOTEBOOK: Residents concerned about the “nightmare” bin restructure launch a campaign urging the council to act — and act now. 

DUMBARTON NOTEBOOK:  Residents concerned about the “nightmare” bin restructure launch a campaign urging the council to act — and act now. 

by BILL HEANEY The bins … the bins … my seat on West Dunbartonshire Council for the bins.  That will be the response of our

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Church leaders welcome new £1million listed buildings repair fund

Church leaders welcome new £1million listed buildings repair fund

Rt Rev Gordon Kennedy, Moderator of the Church of Scotland, with his wife, Fiona, and Rt Rev John Keenan, Bishop of Paisley. by BILL HEANEY

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Scottish Labour leadership contenders to face off in Scotland Tonight hustings

Scottish Labour leadership contenders to face off in Scotland Tonight hustings

STV political editor Colin Mackay will moderate debate between Michael Marra and Joe Fagan Scottish Labour leadership contenders Michael Marra and Joe Fagan will face

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FARMING: First cow tests positive for bluetongue virus in Scotland

FARMING: First cow tests positive for bluetongue virus in Scotland

The potentially fatal bluetongue virus has been recorded on four farms in Scotland. by BILL HEANEY The first case of the potentially fatal bluetongue virus

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CATASTROPHIC: LOCH LOMOND GRADING CLASSED AS ‘POOR’ FOR SCOTLAND’S SALMON RIVERS IN 2027

CATASTROPHIC: LOCH LOMOND GRADING CLASSED AS ‘POOR’ FOR SCOTLAND’S SALMON RIVERS IN 2027

A dinghy on the shore at Inchcailloch with The Cobbler high above Arrochar. by BILL HEANEY The Scottish Government has proposed that 123 out of

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WEST DUNBARTONSHIRE APPOINTS NEW CHIEF OFFICER FOR HEALTH AND SOCIAL CARE

WEST DUNBARTONSHIRE APPOINTS NEW CHIEF OFFICER FOR HEALTH AND SOCIAL CARE

Caroline Sinclair, Beth Culshaw, Peter Hessett, Michelle McGinty and Jann Gardner. by BILL HEANEY West Dunbartonshire Health and Social Care Partnership, the organisation caught up

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East Dunbartonshire MSP signs open letter backing local journalism

East Dunbartonshire MSP signs open letter backing local journalism

by Democrat reporter The Scottish Government is being urged to introduce a range of measures, including a dedicated fund, to support local journalism and in

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Scottish Lib Dems set out plans to tackle 37,657 cancer cases

Scottish Lib Dems set out plans to tackle 37,657 cancer cases

by Bill Heaney Scottish Liberal Democrat health spokesperson Adam Harley MSP has urged the SNP government to listen to his party’s calls to roll out

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