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Day: August 2, 2024

NOTEBOOK: COUNCIL BIN AWARD’S A LOAD OF RUBBISH

August 2, 2024 heaneymedia

NOTEBOOK by BILL HEANEY Haud me back, please don’t make me laugh, but the “news” that “a chatbot service on West Dunbartonshire Council’s website that

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MENTAL HEALTH: Bogus psychiatrist who treated hundreds of patients in Scotland loses appeal against £1.3 million fraud

August 2, 2024 heaneymedia

 August 2, 2024 Zholia Alemi’s spent 22 years working as a consultant psychiatrist, earning £1.3m from the NHS, prescribing powerful drugs and even sectioning patients…

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SCOTLAND’S “SHAMEFUL” HEALTH INEQUALITIES EXPOSED IN CARDIAC ARREST REPORT

August 2, 2024 heaneymedia

Scottish Labour has said that health inequalities in Scotland are costing lives, as a shocking new report reveals the gulf in cardiac arrest risk between

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GOLDEN JUBILEE: Heart services receive funding for patients’ mental health support

August 2, 2024 heaneymedia

August 01, 2024 Dr John Sharp Head of Psychology at the Golden Jubilee University National Hospital. By Lucy Ashton Heart services at NHS Golden Jubilee

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Hospital inquiry rejects NHS board’s report as evidence

August 2, 2024 heaneymedia

The Queen Elizabeth University Hospital and Royal Children’s Hospital in Glasgow is Scotland’s biggest hospital. By Lisa Summers BBC Scotland Health Correspondent The public inquiry

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COURTS: £9.5m court action against Rangers over football kit sales to ‘kick-off’

August 2, 2024 heaneymedia

Elite Sports Group Ltd lawyers claim the Ibrox club breached a contract which allowed it to supply the strips A multi-million pound court action brought

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  • MOUTH WATERING SCALLOPS FROM SHETLAND
  • Baillie says cost of NHS Scotland reliance on agency nurses is ‘eye-watering’
  • Delays to defence plan undermine UK credibility, MPs say
  • ROTARY CLUB CLASSIC CAR SHOW COMING SOON TO DUMBARTON FC STADIUM
  • POLICE RECOVER COUNTERFEIT GOODS FROM SHOPS ACROSS WEST DUNBARTONSHIRE
  • MULTIPLE CLOSURES FOR ROADWORKS ON TYYHE ERSKINE BRIDGE THIS SUMMER

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MOUTH WATERING SCALLOPS FROM SHETLAND

MOUTH WATERING SCALLOPS FROM SHETLAND

Tom Morton Tom Morton #Shetland garage food. Apologies for the messy plated picture. I was halfway through guzzling my scallops, salmon, tatties, and spinach before

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Baillie says cost of NHS Scotland reliance on agency nurses is ‘eye-watering’

Baillie says cost of NHS Scotland reliance on agency nurses is ‘eye-watering’

by Bill Heaney New figures show the “eye-watering” cost of continued reliance on NHS supplementary staffing, Scottish Labour said today. The latest NHS Scotland workforce

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Delays to defence plan undermine UK credibility, MPs say

Delays to defence plan undermine UK credibility, MPs say

  by BBC reporter Olivia Ireland Published 7 June 2026, 00:02 BST Delays in publishing a report laying out government defence spending have undermined the

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ROTARY CLUB CLASSIC CAR SHOW COMING SOON TO DUMBARTON FC STADIUM

ROTARY CLUB CLASSIC CAR SHOW COMING SOON TO DUMBARTON FC STADIUM

A Classic Car Event organised by the Rotary Club of Dumbarton is taking place on Sunday, 14th June 2026, from 10 am to 4 pm

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POLICE RECOVER COUNTERFEIT GOODS FROM SHOPS ACROSS WEST DUNBARTONSHIRE

POLICE RECOVER COUNTERFEIT GOODS FROM SHOPS ACROSS WEST DUNBARTONSHIRE

by Bill Heaney Police and enforcement officers have swooped on local shops and seized almost 30,000 cigarettes and £thousands in cash being held illegally across

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MULTIPLE CLOSURES FOR ROADWORKS ON TYYHE ERSKINE BRIDGE THIS SUMMER

MULTIPLE CLOSURES FOR ROADWORKS ON TYYHE ERSKINE BRIDGE THIS SUMMER

by Lucy Ashton The Erskine Bridge will be closed during June to allow extensive roadworks to take place on the 50-year-old structure over the River

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DRYMEN SHOW: fantastic entries across all our agricultural sections

DRYMEN SHOW: fantastic entries across all our agricultural sections

All at Drymen Show would like to thank everyone who joined us on Saturday, 30th May, for our 196th show. The weather fared better than

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Martin O’Neill set to continue as Celtic boss  …

Martin O’Neill set to continue as Celtic boss  …

Martin O’Neill guided Celtic to a league and cup double last season Martin O’Neill is set to continue as Celtic manager after two interim spells

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