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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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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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Edinburgh Book Festival E-news: November 2026 edition View this email in your browser News and inspiration this November

Edinburgh Book Festival E-news: November 2026 edition  View this email in your browser  News and inspiration this November

Book Festival E-news: November 2026 edition View this email in your browser Win a £100 National Book Tokens gift card 📚 Your chance to enter

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ROYAL NAVY REMEMBERS AT FASLANE ON NOVEMBER 11

ROYAL NAVY REMEMBERS AT FASLANE ON NOVEMBER 11

It was standing room only as personnel from across Clyde gathered in St Mungo’s Church and took a moment to remember those that came before

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ROO’S NEW MENUS NOW READY TO GO

ROO’S NEW MENUS NOW READY TO GO

Roo’s Kitchen  New menu has started Although there aren’t massive changes, it’s definitely changing up some of the summer flavours and bringing in more autumn

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World Radiography Day and International Day of Radiology

World Radiography Day and International Day of Radiology

NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde Health Board More than 1,000 scans and X-rays – every single day. Meet some of the brilliant people behind them.

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GOVERNMENT TRAINING ACCESS FUND

GOVERNMENT TRAINING ACCESS FUND

The Scottish Government  We are ensuring everyone can access the education and training they need. In Scottish Careers Week, we are highlighting the range of

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St Augustine’s brings people together on Christmas Day and Ben View has fun lined up for the children. It’s FREE

St Augustine’s brings people together on Christmas Day and Ben View has fun lined up for the children. It’s FREE

Collette McCurley is with Ghislaine Maclean Kennedy in Dumbarton. Another year of St Augustine’s bringing people together on Christmas Day. No one should be alone

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