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Day: August 17, 2024

AGAP – Archdiocese of Glasgow Arts Project

August 17, 2024 heaneymedia

AGAP – Archdiocese of Glasgow Arts Project Huge thanks to the cast and crew of “Gaudí: God’s Architect”, which had its tech rehearsal for Edinburgh

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RELIGION: Presbytery of Clyde is feeling blessed

August 17, 2024 heaneymedia

Presbytery of Clyde is feeling blessed A very warm welcome to The Presbytery of Clyde’s first social media platform. Please join us on our journey

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ROADS: WEST DUNBARTONSHIRE MOTORISTS TYRED OF POTHOLE CASH CRISIS

August 17, 2024 heaneymedia

By Bill Heaney Less than 50 motorists in West Dunbartonshire have claimed money from the local council for their car being damaged by potholes. This

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Cononish goldmine under wraps along with the Loch Lomond and Trossachs National Park Board

August 17, 2024 heaneymedia

parkswatchscotland Cairngorms and Lomond & Trossachs National Parks By Nick Kempe on Aug 16, 2024 Tailings Stack 2 at the Cononish goldmine, which had been

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News, opinion and pictures from West Dunbartonshire.

Recent Posts

  • CANDLELIGHT CONCERT: Candlelight Christmas Eve concert in Luss Parish Church, Loch Lomond
  • LABOUR PARTY: Guarantee £350 energy bill support for the poorest Scots
  • First Minister asked to explain Sikh festival post during Remembrance silence
  • Police Scotland’s Retail Crime Taskforce to take part in the national Safer Business Action Week
  • POETRY: ‘Autumn Journal’ by Louis MacNeice
  • FASLANE NAVAL BASE COMMANDER JOINS THE LOCAL COMMUNITY TO REMEMBER THE FALLEN

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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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