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Day: January 24, 2025

SQUANDERMANIA: SNP NATIONAL CARE PLAN SCRAPPED AFTER £30 MILLION AND FOUR YEARS WASTED

January 24, 2025 heaneymedia

By Bill Heaney Scottish Labour and the Tories were at one for once when their health spokespersons, Jackie Baillie, the MSP for Dumbarton, and Dr

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Storm Eowyn: ERSKINE BRIDGE AND RENTON ROAD CLOSED AS WARNINGS GO OUT ACROSS WEST DUNBARTONSHIRE

January 24, 2025 heaneymedia

Democrat reporter A tornado warning has been issued ahead of the arrival of Storm Eowyn set to batter the Clyde and Argyllshire coasts with 100mph

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NOTEBOOK by BILL HEANEY: Sixty years on from the deadly storm which battered West Dunbartonshire

January 24, 2025 heaneymedia

IT’S NEARLY midnight on Thursday, January 24, 2025. Sixty years ago this month, West Dunbartonshire was reeling from the aftermath of ‘Scotland’s deadliest storm’ which

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News, opinion and pictures from West Dunbartonshire.

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  • SAINT MARGARET’S HOSPICE LIGHTS SWITCH ON LAST NIGHT
  • RACISM: Don’t let old prejudices, dressed up as “concern” or “fear”, poison communities again
  • Christmas Toybank Time at Ysortit
  • PARKRUN APPEAL FOR WEST DUNBARTONSHIRE COMMUNITY FOODSHARE
  • Four days to Go until the Loch Lomond Christmas Festival
  • HARP CLUB CHRISTMAS PARTY NIGHTS SELL OUT

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SAINT MARGARET’S HOSPICE LIGHTS SWITCH ON LAST NIGHT

SAINT MARGARET’S HOSPICE LIGHTS SWITCH ON LAST NIGHT
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RACISM: Don’t let old prejudices, dressed up as “concern” or “fear”, poison communities again

RACISM: Don’t let old prejudices, dressed up as “concern” or “fear”, poison communities again

Dr Umar Al-Qadri The Irish once faced brutal prejudice in America, Britain, and Australia simply for being immigrants. People painted them as lazy, violent, “ape-like,”

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Christmas Toybank Time at Ysortit

Christmas Toybank Time at Ysortit

Christmas Toybank Time The Ysortit team have been busy helping to make up Christmas Toybank orders for West Dunbartonshire Community Foodshare. This is something we

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PARKRUN APPEAL FOR WEST DUNBARTONSHIRE COMMUNITY FOODSHARE

PARKRUN APPEAL FOR WEST DUNBARTONSHIRE COMMUNITY FOODSHARE

Levengrove parkrun is feeling grateful. To celebrate 6 years of Levengrove parkrun, we’d love you to bring food bank donations for West Dunbartonshire Community Foodshare to

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Four days to Go until the Loch Lomond Christmas Festival

Four days to Go until the Loch Lomond Christmas Festival

Four days to Go until the Loch Lomond Christmas Festival We’re thrilled to announce that it’s only FOUR DAYS until the Loch Lomond Christmas Festival

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HARP CLUB CHRISTMAS PARTY NIGHTS SELL OUT

HARP CLUB CHRISTMAS PARTY NIGHTS SELL OUT
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BREAKFAST WITH SANTA AT THE PHOENIX IN CASTLEHILL

BREAKFAST WITH SANTA AT THE PHOENIX IN CASTLEHILL

The Phoenix December has sleigh-ed its way in! Here’s what’s snow happening this week at The Phoenix… Baking Buddies kicks us off with festive fun!

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More people are planning to send gifts this festive season …

More people are planning to send gifts this festive season …

The Post Office has issued an urgent warning to people planning to send Christmas parcels, urging them to get organised ahead of what’s expected to

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