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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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  • 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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