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Day: June 19, 2024

THE DUMBARTON DEMOCRAT: WE DON’T SPIN, WE STIR

June 19, 2024 heaneymedia

By the Editor Readers looking for full and fair coverage of local affairs need look no further than The Dumbarton Democrat, our digital on-line news

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NHS Golden Jubilee art competition winners

June 19, 2024 heaneymedia

By Lucy Ashton We were absolutely thrilled to welcome the entrants and winners of our art competition. To help us celebrate the opening of our

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Dumbarton Football Club: SONS FANS CELEBRATE SCOTLAND DRAW IN GERMANY

June 19, 2024 heaneymedia

We hope all the Sons of the Rock over in Germany with the Scotland National Team are celebrating a remarkable comeback to the real world

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SNP manifesto: Winning majority would trigger independence negotiations

June 19, 2024 heaneymedia

Independence, scrap Trident, save the NHS and scrap the two child limit on family allowance Key Points Independence is on ‘page one, line one’ of

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Postal ballots ‘pivotal’ to beating SNP in key seats, say Conservatives

June 19, 2024 heaneymedia

By Bill Heaney Voters are in West Dunbartonshire being urged to use their postal ballots to vote Scottish Conservative and beat the SNP in key

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UK General Election 2024 – Remember your ID!

June 19, 2024 heaneymedia

UK General Election 2024 – Remember your ID! Published 19 June 2024 BBC Scotland’s politics team with political editor Glenn Campbell. By Lucy Ashton The

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CANDLELIGHT CONCERT: Candlelight Christmas Eve concert in Luss Parish Church, Loch Lomond

CANDLELIGHT CONCERT: Candlelight Christmas Eve concert in Luss Parish Church, Loch Lomond

Loch Lomond Arms A candlelight c 7 pm – 9 pm. The Tessera Quartet plays Christmas classics and music from The Holiday and Love Actually.

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LABOUR PARTY: Guarantee £350 energy bill support for the poorest Scots

LABOUR PARTY: Guarantee £350 energy bill support for the poorest Scots

by BILL HEANEY Hundreds of thousands of the poorest Scots would get extra support for energy bills this winter under plans published today by Scottish

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First Minister asked to explain Sikh festival post during Remembrance silence

First Minister asked to explain Sikh festival post during Remembrance silence

Harriet Cross, Conservative MP, Poppies for Remembrance Day and First Minister John Swinney. by LUCY ASHTON Shadow Scotland Secretary Harriet Cross has written to John

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Police Scotland’s Retail Crime Taskforce to take part in the national Safer Business Action Week

Police Scotland’s Retail Crime Taskforce to take part in the national Safer Business Action Week

by LUCY ASHTON Police Scotland’s Retail Crime Taskforce and a range of key partners are taking part in the national Safer Business Action Week to

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POETRY: ‘Autumn Journal’ by Louis MacNeice

POETRY: ‘Autumn Journal’ by Louis MacNeice

View in your browser ‘Autumn Journal’ by Louis MacNeice‘Autumn Journal’ by Louis MacNeice Seamus Perry and Mark Ford discuss MacNeice’s 1938 political poem In Autumn

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FASLANE NAVAL BASE COMMANDER JOINS THE LOCAL COMMUNITY TO REMEMBER THE FALLEN

FASLANE NAVAL BASE COMMANDER JOINS THE LOCAL COMMUNITY TO REMEMBER THE FALLEN

Monday, 9 November 2026 The Helensburgh community came together on Sunday 8 November to honour the nation’s fallen service personnel during the town’s annual Service

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RUSSELL BRAND: ‘Predator with no remorse’ jailed for 10 years for rape and sexual assaults

RUSSELL BRAND: ‘Predator with no remorse’ jailed for 10 years for rape and sexual assaults

by Amy-Clare Martin, Tom Barnes and Joe Middleton in THE INDEPENDENT  09 November 2026  Russell Brand has been jailed for more than 10 years after being convicted

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Teenager taken to hospital with eye injury as West Dunbartonshire gets off with relatively quiet Bonfire Night

Teenager taken to hospital with eye injury as West Dunbartonshire gets off with relatively quiet Bonfire Night

The burnt out police van which was set fire to on Bonfire Night by youths. 6 November 2026 by BILL HEANEY Deploying 1,700 police officers

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