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Day: June 28, 2024

Argyll and Bute from Cardross through Helensburgh to Oban had most sewage dumps in 2023

June 28, 2024 heaneymedia

By Bill Heaney Scottish Liberal Democrat leader Alex Cole-Hamilton, right, has  called for the sewage network to be upgraded and for a blue flag system

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CARRY ON NURSING: Celebrating 50 years of nursing and no signs of slowing down

June 28, 2024 heaneymedia

Celebrating 50 years of nursing and no signs of slowing down Anyone who has had surgery under anaesthetic vaguely – and in many cases vividly

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HMNB CLYDE STAFF BRING OUT THE BIG GUNS

June 28, 2024 heaneymedia

Friday, 28 June 2024 By Kim Hardie HM Naval Base Clyde Field Gun Crew put on a show for Base staff, families, and friends when

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KEEP UP TO DATE WITH WHAT’S HAPPENING AT THE HEALTH BOARD

June 28, 2024 heaneymedia

Report from June meeting of the NHSGGC Board The Board of NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde met on Tuesday, 25 June 2024. The full set

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LAND: Conservation estate on banks of Loch Lomond goes on sale for £4 million

June 28, 2024 heaneymedia

1,200 hectare Cashel Estate on the east bank of Loch Lomond with ancient woodland has come onto the market Cashel Estate: The site on the

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THE TABLET: Voters are not daft enough to swallow the line that taxes and hospital waiting lists can both be cut

June 28, 2024 heaneymedia

 In this week’s Tablet magazine, available in newsagents’ and some churches. No-one minds a bit of a row and of course the party leaders must

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News, opinion and pictures from West Dunbartonshire.

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  • Sketch: Reform UK leader Malcolm Offord is but a simple Greenock wean …
  • DEATH OF FATHER PATRICK CURRIE: FUNERAL ON TUESDAY 12 NOON AT ST MICHAEL’S
  • Health Board pilot scheme to help young people into work hailed a major success
  • HOLYROOD ELECTION CANDIDATES NAMED FOR DUMBARTON AND CLYDEBANK SEATS
  • Trump accuses Nato of doing ‘absolutely nothing’ in Middle East war
  • WHO CARES FOR THE CARERS? COUNCIL REFUSES TO STEP FORWARD

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Sketch: Reform UK leader Malcolm Offord is but a simple Greenock wean …

Sketch: Reform UK leader Malcolm Offord is but a simple Greenock wean …

by Louise Wilson in Holyrood magazine Artwork credit: Iain Green The politician formerly known as a lord wants you to know he’s just a wee

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DEATH OF FATHER PATRICK CURRIE: FUNERAL ON TUESDAY 12 NOON AT ST MICHAEL’S

DEATH OF FATHER PATRICK CURRIE: FUNERAL ON TUESDAY 12 NOON AT ST MICHAEL’S

Archdiocese of Glasgow It is with sorrow that the death is announced of Fr Pat Currie, former Parish Priest of Immaculate Conception Maryhill and St

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Health Board pilot scheme to help young people into work hailed a major success

Health Board pilot scheme to help young people into work hailed a major success

by Lucy Ashton A pilot scheme within NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde to help people into work has been hailed a success by everyone involved.

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HOLYROOD ELECTION CANDIDATES NAMED FOR DUMBARTON AND CLYDEBANK SEATS

HOLYROOD ELECTION CANDIDATES NAMED FOR DUMBARTON AND CLYDEBANK SEATS

by Bill Heaney The Scottish Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition (TUSC) have announced candidates for Holyrood including for Dumbarton, Renfrewshire North and Cardonald, where well

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Trump accuses Nato of doing ‘absolutely nothing’ in Middle East war

Trump accuses Nato of doing ‘absolutely nothing’ in Middle East war

PICTURED ABOVE: First aid responders are seen at the site of an Israeli airstrike that targeted the southern Lebanese village of Kfar Roummane.  War in

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WHO CARES FOR THE CARERS? COUNCIL REFUSES TO STEP FORWARD

WHO CARES FOR THE CARERS? COUNCIL REFUSES TO STEP FORWARD

by Bill Heaney Six uniformed police officers turned up in Church Street yesterday to a rally of community carers who were demonstrating outside West Dunbartonshire

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Health Board to launch opt‑out testing for blood borne viruses at Hospital Emergency Department

Health Board to launch opt‑out testing for blood borne viruses at Hospital Emergency Department

by Lucy Ashton Over the coming weeks, NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde (NHSGGC) will introduce opt‑out testing for blood borne viruses at its Glasgow Royal

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SPINELESS OFFORD ‘INSULTING SCOTS’ WITH LIST CANDIDATE OFFERINGS — SARWAR

SPINELESS OFFORD ‘INSULTING SCOTS’ WITH LIST CANDIDATE OFFERINGS — SARWAR

Labour leader Anas Sarwar, right, says Reform UK Lord Offord’s list of election candidates are ‘a bunch of chancers’ by Bill Heaney Scotland will reject

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