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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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  • New whisky festival set for Loch Lomond 
  • SNP will use a majority in election to immediately demand another independence referendum
  • Rentonians who went to fight fascism in the Spanish Civil War …
  • LibDems leader sets out plans for building housing for key workers …
  • SCOTTISH LIB DEM GREENE CHAMPION OF EV DRIVER GENERATION …
  • ON THURSDAY ONLY LABOUR CAN BEAT SNP IN CONSTITUENCIES ACROSS SCOTLAND, SAYS SARWAR

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New whisky festival set for Loch Lomond 

New whisky festival set for Loch Lomond 

Glen Scotia Mini Malts Festival is launching this month by Lucy Ashton A new whisky festival will take place on the shores of Loch Lomond

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SNP will use a majority in election to immediately demand another independence referendum

SNP will use a majority in election to immediately demand another independence referendum

Scottish Conservative deputy leader Rachael Hamilton, pictured above, said today:  “Stephen Flynn made it crystal clear that the SNP will use a majority in Thursday’s

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Rentonians who went to fight fascism in the Spanish Civil War …

Rentonians who went to fight fascism in the Spanish Civil War …

Peter Robinson is in Renton, West Dunbartonshire. Inspired by the Clydesiders’ “Our Stories Heritage Festival,” I took a walk through Renton to explore some of the things

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LibDems leader sets out plans for building housing for key workers …

LibDems leader sets out plans for building housing for key workers …

by Lucy Ashton Scottish Liberal Democrat leader Alex Cole-Hamilton has set out his plans to create new housing for key workers and to say that

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SCOTTISH LIB DEM GREENE CHAMPION OF EV DRIVER GENERATION …

SCOTTISH LIB DEM GREENE CHAMPION OF EV DRIVER GENERATION …

by Bill Heaney Scottish Liberal Democrat transport spokesperson Jamie Greene has today said that only his party have set out a realistic plan to help

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ON THURSDAY ONLY LABOUR CAN BEAT SNP IN CONSTITUENCIES ACROSS SCOTLAND, SAYS SARWAR

ON THURSDAY ONLY LABOUR CAN BEAT SNP IN CONSTITUENCIES ACROSS SCOTLAND, SAYS SARWAR

by Bill Heaney As the final week before polling begins, Anas Sarwar pledged to change Scotland when he said only Scottish Labour can beat the

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ELECTION: FIRST MINISTER JOINS SOPHIE’S CAMPAIGN TO WIN DUMBARTON SEAT

ELECTION: FIRST MINISTER JOINS SOPHIE’S CAMPAIGN TO WIN DUMBARTON SEAT

Sophie Traynor SNP for Dumbarton Brilliant to be out this weekend in Dumbarton with the First Minister, speaking with local residents and campaigners and hearing

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Trump says U.S. will ‘free’ ships trapped by Strait of Hormuz closure

Trump says U.S. will ‘free’ ships trapped by Strait of Hormuz closure

Key Points President Donald Trump said the U.S. will attempt to “free” stranded cargo ships that have been trapped by the Strait of Hormuz closure

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