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Day: January 8, 2025

DREAMS OF A DOUBLE NUGGET AND A BOTTLE OF GINGER CONSIGNED TO THE PAST

January 8, 2025 heaneymedia

Last remaining supplier of the nougat and the ice cream oyster has stopped making major delicacy A single nougat is ice cream sandwiched between a

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Two more councils enforce pavement parking ban but West Dunbartonshire Council says No

January 8, 2025 heaneymedia

Bans are designed to improve road safety and help pedestrians with disabilities By Bill Heaney Two more Scottish councils have begun enforcing a ban on

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Upsurge in Flu cases putting increased pressure on NHS

January 8, 2025 heaneymedia

Health secretary explains data showing A&E waiting times target was missed for more than two fifths of patients By Democrat health reporter An increase in

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News, opinion and pictures from West Dunbartonshire.

Recent Posts

  • BRING YOUR PURSE — DAME JACKIE BAILLIE INVITES SNP STAR GOODLAD TO DUMBARTON
  • ENTERTAINMENT: Plans for Hoolie in the Hydro hot up as Phil and Aly join the party
  • Accident and Emergency Waiting Times: this year, there have been 600 avaoidable deaths associated with long waits in A and E
  • Health Board failed to investigate properly why a patient died on the operating table and children put at risk
  • Christie Park Primary and ELCC praised for nurturing environment and strong leadership
  • Tenants settle into new homes as part of Council’s house building programme

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BRING YOUR PURSE — DAME JACKIE BAILLIE INVITES SNP STAR GOODLAD TO DUMBARTON

BRING YOUR PURSE — DAME JACKIE BAILLIE INVITES SNP STAR GOODLAD TO DUMBARTON

Dame Jackie Baillie, Hannah Mary Goodlad and Deputy First Minister Jenny Gilruth whom she invited to invest in Dumbarton. by BILL HEANEY The SNP’s rising

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ENTERTAINMENT: Plans for Hoolie in the Hydro hot up as Phil and Aly join the party

ENTERTAINMENT: Plans for Hoolie in the Hydro hot up as Phil and Aly join the party

by Lucy Ashton Plans are hotting up for Scotland’s single biggest night of traditional music, Hoolie in the Hydro, as organisers reveal legendary Scottish folk duo Phil

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Accident and Emergency Waiting Times: this year, there have been 600 avaoidable deaths associated with long waits in A and E

Accident and Emergency Waiting Times: this year, there have been 600 avaoidable deaths associated with long waits in A and E

Will the First Minister accept that people are now paying for those waits with their lives? Hospitals which serve West Dunbartonshire and Argyll – Queen

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Health Board failed to investigate properly why a patient died on the operating table and children put at risk

Health Board failed to investigate properly why a patient died on the operating table and children put at risk

by BILL HEANEY Parents of sick children throughout Scotland will be horrified by the appalling inspection report on NHS Grampian that was published yesterday, according

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Christie Park Primary and ELCC praised for nurturing environment and strong leadership

Christie Park Primary and ELCC praised for nurturing environment and strong leadership

Picture caption to come from West Dunbartonshire Council. Published 12 November 2026 by LUCY ASHTON Christie Park Primary School and Early Learning and Childcare Centre

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Tenants settle into new homes as part of Council’s house building programme

Tenants settle into new homes as part of Council’s house building programme

Harry Weatherall and his wife Isa at heir new home with Gurdeet Singh and council officers. Above, the high flats at West Bridgend where the

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AN EVENING WITH CELTIC LEGEND PAUL MCSTAY AT THE HARP CLUB IN HIGH STREET, DUMBARTON

AN EVENING WITH CELTIC LEGEND PAUL MCSTAY AT THE HARP CLUB IN HIGH STREET, DUMBARTON

Dumbarton Harp Social Club We are into extra time. But as everyone knows, that can work out well for Hoops followers.  The legendary Paul McStay

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Scandal-hit Historic Environment Scotland labelled yet another basket case

Scandal-hit Historic Environment Scotland labelled yet another basket case

CASTLES UP IN THE AIR Historic Environment Scotland has been rocked by a series of controversies in recent years Dumbarton Castle, top, behind a strategically

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