July 25, 2024 – THE DEMOCRAT

RELIGION: More and more women are walking away and taking their families with them

July 25, 2024 heaneymedia

Is synodality [a system being introduced in the Catholic Church in Scotland similar to presbytery meetings and the General Assembly where the ‘fathers and brethren’

DOGS: Dozens of life-saving kits for pets donated to fire crews

July 25, 2024 heaneymedia

Fostering Compassion’s Animal Heroes project is inspired by a young aspiring vet who died in a car crash eight years ago By Lucy Ashton Dozens

Foreign Secretary asks for progress over Scot detained in India

July 25, 2024 heaneymedia

Dumbarton man Jagtar Singh Johal faces terror charges in India. 24 July 2024 By Katie Hunter and Bill Heaney The new Labour Foreign Secretary David

BLACK MOULD DAMP: COUNCIL SHOULD FIX IT NOT WASTE MONEY MONITORING IT

July 25, 2024 heaneymedia

These pictures show the deleterious impact black mould has had on a council house. By Bill Heaney West Dunbartonshire’s Labour-controlled council is bracing itself for

Community health and social care faces unprecedented pressures and financial uncertainty

July 25, 2024 heaneymedia

25 July 2024 BY Democrat reporter Community health and social care faces rising unmet need. Managing the crisis is taking priority over prevention due to

Friends of Dumbarton Foreshore is at Havoc on Saturday April 18

Friends of Dumbarton Foreshore is at Havoc Dumbarton. One week to go until our big closing #litterpick of this year’s #BigClydeCleanUp at Havoc. Don’t be shy, come

ELECTION: Sophie Traynor SNP for Dumbarton is with Brendan O’Hara MP

Sophie Traynor SNP for Dumbarton is with Brendan O’Hara MP Great to have the support of Brendan O’Hara MP. Together, we’re standing up for our communities, protecting

Helicopter rescues three trapped on sinking boat in Loch Lomond

Boat began to sink between Inchmurrin Island and the Boturrich shoreline on Sunday A helicopter helped rescue three people who were trapped on a boat

BOOKS: The astonishingly varied and accomplished life of a long-forgotten Liberal

Biography Having a Reputation A new biography of James Bryce, one-time Chief Secretary of Ireland and supporter of Irish Home Rule, reveals the astonishingly varied

LIBDEMS WILL MAKE SCHOOLS SMARTPHONE-FREE ENVIRONMENTS

by Lucy Ashton Scottish Liberal Democrat leader Alex Cole-Hamilton has today set out how his party will legislate to make schools smartphone-free environments, as part

Scottish Conservatives’ National Pothole Action Fund would end two decades of SNP neglect

by Bill Heaney Russell Findlay has today outlined his party’s plans to tackle Scotland’s pothole epidemic, which he says is “a monument to two decades

Southport catastrophe which claimed the lives of three children and left 10 more injured, could have been – and should have been – prevented

Southport killer’s parents ‘bear considerable blame’ for ‘preventable’ attack, damning report finds Report by Amy-Clare Martin, Crime correspondent, and Tara Cobham in The Independent Monday

Pope Leo vows to speak strongly against war …

During the flight to Algeria, Pope Leo XIV responds to questions regarding US President Donald Trump’s recent statements, saying he is “not a politician” and

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