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Day: August 25, 2024

SUNDAY MAIL: Sickening pictures reveal real story of filth at £1 billion showpiece hospital

August 25, 2024 heaneymedia

Investigative journalist Hannah Rodger, chief reporter at the Sunday Mail, has come up with yet another exclusive story about the long-running scandal of dirt and

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RAAC AND RUIN: Cole-Hamilton urges ministers to work with insurance companies to ensure cover

August 25, 2024 heaneymedia

Cole-Hamilton urges UK and Scottish Housing ministers to work with insurance companies to ensure RAAC cover Scottish Liberal Democrat leader Alex Cole-Hamilton has today urged

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PARKSWATCH: FLAMINGO LAND QUESTIONS REMAIN TO BE ANSWERED

August 25, 2024 heaneymedia

The involvement of Loch Lomond and Trossachs National Park planners in Flamingo Land – update By Nick Kempe on Aug 24, 2024 12:12 pm Information

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Meander for Mental Health returns – and everyone’s welcome

August 25, 2024 heaneymedia

Meander for Mental Health returns – and everyone’s welcome By Lucy Ashton People are being invited to head to Leverndale Hospital in Glasgow next month,

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Big turn-out on Helensburgh Pier and on Waverley as she sailed past on Sunday

August 25, 2024 heaneymedia

By Lucy Ashton A glimmer of hope for discussions with the powers that be, after substantial crowds turned out in support championing for Helensburgh Pier

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“Eye-watering” figures reveal close to 6,000 ScotRail trains cancelled in recent months

August 25, 2024 heaneymedia

Sunday 25 August 2024 The train now standing at platform 2 at Dumbarton Central Station is going … nowhere  By Lucy Ashton Almost 6,000 trains

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News, opinion and pictures from West Dunbartonshire.

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  • DUMBARTON NOTEBOOK: Residents concerned about the “nightmare” bin restructure launch a campaign urging the council to act — and act now. 
  • Church leaders welcome new £1million listed buildings repair fund
  • Scottish Labour leadership contenders to face off in Scotland Tonight hustings
  • FARMING: First cow tests positive for bluetongue virus in Scotland
  • CATASTROPHIC: LOCH LOMOND GRADING CLASSED AS ‘POOR’ FOR SCOTLAND’S SALMON RIVERS IN 2027
  • WEST DUNBARTONSHIRE APPOINTS NEW CHIEF OFFICER FOR HEALTH AND SOCIAL CARE

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DUMBARTON NOTEBOOK: Residents concerned about the “nightmare” bin restructure launch a campaign urging the council to act — and act now. 

DUMBARTON NOTEBOOK:  Residents concerned about the “nightmare” bin restructure launch a campaign urging the council to act — and act now. 

by BILL HEANEY The bins … the bins … my seat on West Dunbartonshire Council for the bins.  That will be the response of our

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Church leaders welcome new £1million listed buildings repair fund

Church leaders welcome new £1million listed buildings repair fund

Rt Rev Gordon Kennedy, Moderator of the Church of Scotland, with his wife, Fiona, and Rt Rev John Keenan, Bishop of Paisley. by BILL HEANEY

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Scottish Labour leadership contenders to face off in Scotland Tonight hustings

Scottish Labour leadership contenders to face off in Scotland Tonight hustings

STV political editor Colin Mackay will moderate debate between Michael Marra and Joe Fagan Scottish Labour leadership contenders Michael Marra and Joe Fagan will face

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FARMING: First cow tests positive for bluetongue virus in Scotland

FARMING: First cow tests positive for bluetongue virus in Scotland

The potentially fatal bluetongue virus has been recorded on four farms in Scotland. by BILL HEANEY The first case of the potentially fatal bluetongue virus

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CATASTROPHIC: LOCH LOMOND GRADING CLASSED AS ‘POOR’ FOR SCOTLAND’S SALMON RIVERS IN 2027

CATASTROPHIC: LOCH LOMOND GRADING CLASSED AS ‘POOR’ FOR SCOTLAND’S SALMON RIVERS IN 2027

A dinghy on the shore at Inchcailloch with The Cobbler high above Arrochar. by BILL HEANEY The Scottish Government has proposed that 123 out of

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WEST DUNBARTONSHIRE APPOINTS NEW CHIEF OFFICER FOR HEALTH AND SOCIAL CARE

WEST DUNBARTONSHIRE APPOINTS NEW CHIEF OFFICER FOR HEALTH AND SOCIAL CARE

Caroline Sinclair, Beth Culshaw, Peter Hessett, Michelle McGinty and Jann Gardner. by BILL HEANEY West Dunbartonshire Health and Social Care Partnership, the organisation caught up

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East Dunbartonshire MSP signs open letter backing local journalism

East Dunbartonshire MSP signs open letter backing local journalism

by Democrat reporter The Scottish Government is being urged to introduce a range of measures, including a dedicated fund, to support local journalism and in

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Scottish Lib Dems set out plans to tackle 37,657 cancer cases

Scottish Lib Dems set out plans to tackle 37,657 cancer cases

by Bill Heaney Scottish Liberal Democrat health spokesperson Adam Harley MSP has urged the SNP government to listen to his party’s calls to roll out

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