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Day: October 6, 2024

POLITICS: Sue Gray quits as Sir Keir Starmer’s chief of staff

October 6, 2024 heaneymedia

Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer has accepted resignation of chief of staff Sue Gray. October 6 2024 By Democrat reporter Sue Gray has quit her

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BUDGET: Reeves warned more borrowing risks driving up mortgage rates

October 6, 2024 heaneymedia

Chancellor is considering a change to Government’s borrowing rules at the Budget, which would open the door to more investment spending by the state Rachel

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Police probing claims fake company received payments for SNP office refurbishment

October 6, 2024 heaneymedia

Receipts allegedly made out to a non-existent firm totalling more than £100,000 for work to create a media suite are being considered by Crown prosecutors

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Have we been conned ‘first by the Tories and now on Labour’s altar of austerity’

October 6, 2024 heaneymedia

By Bill Heaney See that £20 million Boris Johnston promised West Dunbartonshire Council to regenerate Dumbarton Town Centre? Well, it’s no longer a certainty that

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BAILLIE: SNP MUST DROP “DOOMED” NATIONAL CARE SERVICE BILL AND FIX CRISIS IN SOCIAL CARE

October 6, 2024 heaneymedia

By Bill Heaney Dumbarton’s MSP has warned that social care in Scotland is “at breaking point” as a new report reveals a fall in care

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  • World Cup brings together football, Scottish country dance and physical activity for a schools’ celebration
  • ROADWORKS TAKE A BREAK ON THE REST AND BE THANKFUL
  • Dangerous building closes important road in Helensburgh

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SNP AND GREENS HAVE ‘FINAL CHANCE TO DO THE RIGHT THING,’ SAYS BAILLIE

SNP AND GREENS HAVE ‘FINAL CHANCE TO DO THE RIGHT THING,’ SAYS BAILLIE

Jackie Baillie, John Swinney, Ross Greer and Peter Murrell – at odds over inquiry. by Bill Heaney SNP and Scottish Green MSPs have a “final

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PICTURES: DRYMEN SHOW EXTRA SPECIAL

PICTURES: DRYMEN SHOW EXTRA SPECIAL

Gartocharn lass Esmi Doherty shows off the fabulous silverware at the hugely successful Drymen and Strathendrick Agricultural Show. The best presented stockperson went to 8-year-old Esmi with

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World Cup brings together football, Scottish country dance and physical activity for a schools’ celebration

World Cup brings together football, Scottish country dance and physical activity for a schools’ celebration

by Lucy Ashton Dumbarton MSP Jackie Baillie is supporting a proposal to encourage school pupils to embrace their national culture ahead of Scotland’s World Cup

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ROADWORKS TAKE A BREAK ON THE REST AND BE THANKFUL

ROADWORKS TAKE A BREAK ON THE REST AND BE THANKFUL

Roadworks on the Rest and Be Thankful will be withdrawn to cope with tourist traffic.  by Lucy Ashton Summertime has come, and as the volume

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Dangerous building closes important road in Helensburgh

Dangerous building closes important road in Helensburgh

June 9 2026   by Bill Heaney Argyll and Bute Council is appealing to private property owners to repair their buildings after it has had

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Health Board team marks 20 years of 3D planning and printing

Health Board team marks 20 years of 3D planning and printing

by Lucy Ashton A once highly specialised technology has now become an essential part of modern patient care, as NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde marks

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Too many Scots in agony for months on end, says Dumbarton MSP

Too many Scots in agony for months on end, says Dumbarton MSP

by Bill Heaney NHS waiting lists “leaving Scots in agony”, Scottish Labour has warned as waits for pain management services rise.  The number of patients

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SCOTTISH LABOUR backs transparency over cover-up and demands inquiry in Murrell case

SCOTTISH LABOUR backs transparency over cover-up and demands inquiry in Murrell case

by Bill Heaney Scottish Labour has urged MSPs to “back transparency over cover-up” as it lodges a motion calling for a Scottish Parliamentary Inquiry into

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