Skip to content
THE DUMBARTON DEMOCRAT

THE DEMOCRAT

DUNBARTONSHIRE'S DIGITAL NEWSPAPER

  • Home
  • Latest News
    • West Dunbartonshire
    • Balloch
    • Dumbarton
    • Scotland Wide
    • Helensburgh
  • TRAVEL
  • SPORT
  • BOOK REVIEWS
  • SPECIAL FEATURES
  • CONTACT US

Day: January 5, 2025

LOCAL PHOTOGRAPHERS LOVE LOCH LOMONDSIDE

January 5, 2025 heaneymedia

Photographers include James Duncan, Steven Porter, Darren Henderson, William Sutherland and Sarah Louise McKelvie

Continue reading

Surgical Centre is new phase of NHS Golden Jubilee’s expansion programme

January 5, 2025 heaneymedia

First Minister visits NHS Golden Jubilee’s new state-of-the-art surgical centre First Minister John Swinney MSP celebrated the opening of NHS Golden Jubilee’s new Surgical Centre

Continue reading

BALLOCH ON A WINTER’S DAY: PICTURES BY CORRINA LACEY OF DUMBARTON AND VALE CAMERA CLUB

January 5, 2025 heaneymedia
Continue reading

CHAOS CONTINUES AS COUNCIL BINS AND GRITTING BLUNDERS PERSIST …

January 5, 2025 heaneymedia

Councillor Jim Bollan, who claims Labour’s Clrs David McBride and Martin Rooney are defending the indefensible mistakes of highly paid officers. By Bill Heaney The

Continue reading

A FILM TO WATCH OVER THE HOLIDAYS

January 5, 2025 heaneymedia

Philomena is a 2013 drama film directed by Stephen Frears, based on the 2009 book The Lost Child of Philomena Lee by journalist Martin Sixsmith.

Continue reading

Liberal Democrats have set out plans to end ‘dental deserts’

January 5, 2025 heaneymedia

By Bill Heaney Scottish Liberal Democrat leader Alex Cole-Hamilton MSP has today urged the SNP to finally end the crisis in NHS dentistry after his

Continue reading

News, opinion and pictures from West Dunbartonshire.

Recent Posts

  • SCOTTISH LABOUR WILL “UNLOCK FULL POTENTIAL OF ARTS INDUSTRY”, SAYS SARWAR
  • Trump agrees to a two-week extension after threatening massive attacks
  • EASTER WEEKEND SPECIAL REPORT AND PICTURES
  • SHAGGY DOG STORY OF OVERTOUN BRIDGE
  • Health and social care: a year of progress 2025-2026
  • Courage of Scots soldiers marked in Battle of the Somme exhibition

Previously: THE DEMOCRAT

SCOTTISH LABOUR WILL “UNLOCK FULL POTENTIAL OF ARTS INDUSTRY”, SAYS SARWAR

SCOTTISH LABOUR WILL “UNLOCK FULL POTENTIAL OF ARTS INDUSTRY”, SAYS SARWAR

by Bill Heaney Scottish Labour has pledged to “back Scotland’s world-class arts sector” with new plans to support artists and help creative industries grow. The

Continue reading

Trump agrees to a two-week extension after threatening massive attacks

Trump agrees to a two-week extension after threatening massive attacks

By NBC News What to know TRUMP AGREES TO EXTENSION: President Donald Trump said this evening, just hours ahead of his deadline, that he had agreed

Continue reading

EASTER WEEKEND SPECIAL REPORT AND PICTURES

EASTER WEEKEND SPECIAL REPORT AND PICTURES

Pope Leo calls for global leaders to choose peace in his first Easter Mass by Jessica Rawnsley for the BBC 5 April 2026 Thousands of

Continue reading

SHAGGY DOG STORY OF OVERTOUN BRIDGE

SHAGGY DOG STORY OF OVERTOUN BRIDGE

The shaggy dog story, often told but seldom with the same angle, has appeared yet again in a new and, admittedly, interesting online platform. The

Continue reading

Health and social care: a year of progress 2025-2026

Health and social care: a year of progress 2025-2026

This report on driving improvement and building a stronger NHS sets out the progress in Scotland’s health and social care system during 2025 to 2026

Continue reading

Courage of Scots soldiers marked in Battle of the Somme exhibition

Courage of Scots soldiers marked in Battle of the Somme exhibition

Exhibition at The Highlanders’ Museum at Fort George offers an insight into the realities of trench warfare Scottish soldiers who fought in the First World

Continue reading

Event by Lennox Heritage Society: DUMBARTON HIGH STREET WALK

Event by Lennox Heritage Society: DUMBARTON HIGH STREET WALK

Artizan Centre Public.  · Anyone on or off Facebook is invited to come along. Join Elspeth and Jeremy from the Lennox Heritage Society to discover the rich

Continue reading

SNP “BROKEN PROMISES” ON NHS SHOW SCOTLAND NEEDS CHANGE, SAYS DUMBARTON LABOUR CANDIDATE

SNP “BROKEN PROMISES” ON NHS SHOW SCOTLAND NEEDS CHANGE, SAYS DUMBARTON LABOUR CANDIDATE

A&E waiting times and delayed discharge from hospital are just two of the issues at this election. by Democrat reporter Scottish Labour has accused the

Continue reading

January 2025
M T W T F S S
 12345
6789101112
13141516171819
20212223242526
2728293031  
« Dec   Feb »

Facebook – Follow Us

  • Facebook

Twitter – Follow Us

  • X
Powered by WordPress.com.
 

Loading Comments...