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Day: October 10, 2024

ALL HOSPITAL PATIENTS WANT FOR CHRISTMAS IS END TO DELAYED DISCHARGE, SAYS SARWAR

October 10, 2024 heaneymedia

Patients want discharged from hospital before Christmas, says Labour leader. By Bill Heaney For people who keep telling others to behave themselves, Scotland’s parliamentarians are

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QUESTIONS: SWINNEY AND FINDLAY GO TOE TO TOE OVER EARLY RELEASE FOR PRISONERS

October 10, 2024 heaneymedia

By Bill Heaney Russell Findlay has in his time as a foot-in-the-door tabloid journalist put the frighteners on not a few hard men who ended

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GET READY FOR FIREWORKS NIGHT IN DUMBARTON

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£842 million super hospital ‘not built right,’ NHS boss tells inquiry

October 10, 2024 heaneymedia

Pictured above: The Queen Elizabeth University Hospital opened in 2015. By Andrew Picken BBC News Scotland, 10 October 2024 The Queen Elizabeth University Hospital (QEUH),

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Great grandmother, 80, on cusp of completing month long 100 mile walking challenge for charity in days

October 10, 2024 heaneymedia

10 October, 2024 By Cameron Brooks A great-grandmother has almost completed a 100-mile walking challenge in a third of the allotted time. Claudia Nicholson, 80,

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Recent Posts

  • HAPPY EASTER FROM THE DUMBARTON DEMOCRAT
  • LOCH LOMOND: Police Scotland and partners relaunch Operation Ballaton for 2026
  • Reform set to lose 26 constituency candidates by polling day, figures show
  • Scottish Conservatives unveil plans to raise ‘plummeting’ school standards
  • Nearly 1,000 Easter Eggs Given to Naval Families Across the UK
  • EASTER WEEKEND SERVICES AT ST PATRICK’S, DUMBARTON

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HAPPY EASTER FROM THE DUMBARTON DEMOCRAT

HAPPY EASTER FROM THE DUMBARTON DEMOCRAT
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LOCH LOMOND: Police Scotland and partners relaunch Operation Ballaton for 2026

LOCH LOMOND: Police Scotland and partners relaunch Operation Ballaton for 2026

The Dumbarton Democrat wishes all its readers – the average number for the past 30 days around 20,000 – a Happy Easter By Bill Heaney

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Reform set to lose 26 constituency candidates by polling day, figures show

Reform set to lose 26 constituency candidates by polling day, figures show

by Bill Heaney Reform UK are set to lose a total of 26 of its Scottish constituency candidates by polling day, the Scottish Liberal Democrats

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Scottish Conservatives unveil plans to raise ‘plummeting’ school standards

Scottish Conservatives unveil plans to raise ‘plummeting’ school standards

Tory education spokesperson Miles Briggs and the SNP’s John Swinney. by Lucy Ashton The Scottish Conservatives have today announced plans to restore Scotland’s education system

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Nearly 1,000 Easter Eggs Given to Naval Families Across the UK

Nearly 1,000 Easter Eggs Given to Naval Families Across the UK

Laughter, shared moments, and a simple Easter egg can go a long way This spring, Royal Navy Family & People Support (RN FPS) brought families

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EASTER WEEKEND SERVICES AT ST PATRICK’S, DUMBARTON

EASTER WEEKEND SERVICES AT ST PATRICK’S, DUMBARTON

EASTER WEEKEND HOLY WEEK SERVICES St Patrick’s Parish, Dumbarton Thurs 2nd April – Maundy Thursday 9am – Morning Prayer 7pm – Mass of the Lord’s

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REFORM CAMPAIGN FALLING APART BEFORE OUR EYES, CLAIMS LABOUR’S JACKIE BAILLIE

REFORM CAMPAIGN FALLING APART BEFORE OUR EYES, CLAIMS LABOUR’S JACKIE BAILLIE

Labour ‘ready to deliver’ while SNP and Reform ‘mired in scandal’, says Sarwar by Dermocrat reporter Scottish Labour is “ready to deliver” for voters, Anas

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Dublin Review of Books Centenary of ‘The Plough and the Stars’

Dublin Review of Books Centenary of ‘The Plough and the Stars’

Irish Literature Centenary of ‘The Plough and the Stars’ Bess Rowen writes: 11 February 2026 marked a century since protesters disrupted Sean O’Casey’s The Plough and the

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