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Day: August 29, 2024

Hospital water system filled ‘too early’, inquiry told

August 29, 2024 heaneymedia

27 August 2024 By Democrat reporter A hospital water system was filled “too early”, increasing the opportunity for contamination, a microbiologist has told the Scottish

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SNAKES IN THE GRASS: PICTURES BY JAMES DUNCAN

August 29, 2024 heaneymedia

26 August 2024 Adder female, Loch Lomond National Park. Adders are Britain’s only venomous snake and are short and stocky, growing up to 70 cm long.

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School Visit? Sure can do, says Olympian Rebecca

August 29, 2024 heaneymedia

Excited children at St Michael’s Primary School welcomed Olympian, Rebecca McGowan to her former primary school. Rebecca spent time at the West End school speaking

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Revealed: A quarter of Scots MPs own multiple homes

August 29, 2024 heaneymedia

Author: Jamie Mann in The Ferret investigative journal More than one in four Scottish MPs own second homes or rake in tens of thousands of

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Youth seriously hurt after car crashes into cows loose on road

Youth seriously hurt after car crashes into cows loose on road

An 18-year-old man has been taken to hospital with life-threatening injuries after a car crashed into cows that were loose on a road in West

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DUMBARTON NOTEBOOK BY BILL HEANEY

DUMBARTON NOTEBOOK BY BILL HEANEY

I was in Edinburgh for the weekend attending a graduation cum birthday party for my granddaughter, Jane Heaney, which gave me some time off to

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HELENSBURGH WATERFRONT CONSULTATION OPENS TODAY

HELENSBURGH WATERFRONT CONSULTATION OPENS TODAY

In an extraordinary turnaround, Argyll and Bute Council has launched a statutory public consultation regarding Helensburgh waterfront. In line with Section 104 of the Community

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Scottish SPCA: Make Scotland the best place in the world for an animal to call home

Scottish SPCA: Make Scotland the best place in the world for an animal to call home

Scottish SPCA The Scottish SPCA’s supporters are playing their part to make Scotland the best place in the world for an animal to call home.

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Argyll and Bute Council to launch consultation on visitor levy

Argyll and Bute Council to launch consultation on visitor levy

Helensburgh is one area that would be affected by the visitor levy by Bill Heaney A public consultation is to be launched over a potential

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Government fraud squad hunts down Covid loan scams …

Government fraud squad hunts down Covid loan scams …

New enforcement unit pursues billions lost to British taxpayers during pandemic Recovery efforts intensify as nearly 2,000 company directors are banned and 86 criminals are

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COUNCIL OFFICIAL INVOLVED IN CONTROVERSIAL PROPOSAL TO CLOSE ST MARTIN’S RETIRES

COUNCIL OFFICIAL INVOLVED IN CONTROVERSIAL PROPOSAL TO CLOSE ST MARTIN’S RETIRES

Published 25 June 2026 by Bill Heaney Ellen McBride, a former teacher in St Stephen’s, Dalmuir, and one-time head teacher at St Peter’s, Bellsmyre, has

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ASTUTE MOVE: NEW WORKSHOPS SET TO TRANSFORM SUBMARINE MAINTENANCE

ASTUTE MOVE: NEW WORKSHOPS SET TO TRANSFORM SUBMARINE MAINTENANCE

by Kim Hardie The arrival of two unassuming shipping containers at HM Naval Base Clyde marks a significant step forward in how the Royal Navy

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