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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

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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

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

January 5, 2025 heaneymedia
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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

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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.

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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

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News, opinion and pictures from West Dunbartonshire.

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  • Police Scotland and partners launch Operation Ballaton to keep Loch Lomond safe
  • SARWAR: SCOTTISH LABOUR WILL GIVE NHS WAITING LISTS THE CHOP
  • Two hospitals prepare for No Mow May – by doing precisely nothing 
  • Remember to register to vote!
  • Wildfire warning in place ahead of bank holiday weekend …
  • None of the five Astute-class submarines in service completed an operational deployment in the first half of 2024

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Police Scotland and partners launch Operation Ballaton to keep Loch Lomond safe

Police Scotland and partners launch Operation Ballaton to keep Loch Lomond safe

by Bill Heaney Police Scotland and partners have relaunched Operation Ballaton for 2026, an initiative aimed at keeping visitors and communities safe in Balloch, Loch

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SARWAR: SCOTTISH LABOUR WILL GIVE NHS WAITING LISTS THE CHOP

SARWAR: SCOTTISH LABOUR WILL GIVE NHS WAITING LISTS THE CHOP

by Bill Heaney  A Scottish Labour government would give NHS waiting lists the chop and rescue Scotland’s NHS from 20 years of SNP failure, according

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Two hospitals prepare for No Mow May – by doing precisely nothing 

Two hospitals prepare for No Mow May – by doing precisely nothing 

by Bill Heaney Summer’s just around the corner, it’s a holiday weekend, and the sun is (hopefully) about to put his hat on – it

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Remember to register to vote!

Remember to register to vote!

Stop moaning and complaining about public services in your area. And do something about it by turning up and voting at polling stations across the

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Wildfire warning in place ahead of bank holiday weekend …

Wildfire warning in place ahead of bank holiday weekend …

The extreme warning for the whole of the country remains in place until Saturday An extreme warning for wildfires is in place across Loch Lomondside

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None of the five Astute-class submarines in service completed an operational deployment in the first half of 2024

None of the five Astute-class submarines in service completed an operational deployment in the first half of 2024

Infrastructure upgrades at the Royal Navy’s submarine base on the Clyde must be delivered at pace or the UK risks failing its AUKUS obligations, the

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LibDems call for a crackdown on cowboy vendors and efforts to restore High Streets

LibDems call for a crackdown on cowboy vendors and efforts to restore High Streets

by Bill Heaney New polling commissioned by the Liberal Democrats reveals three in 5 people want to see more power to control the number of

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Motorcyclists take part in launch of new safety event

Motorcyclists take part in launch of new safety event

by Bill Heaney Police Scotland and partners yesterday launched a new motorcycle safety initiative aimed at improving the skills and confidence of bikers returning to

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