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Day: February 19, 2025

SAVE OIUR SONS: Tam Cowan hosts fundraiser to help save Dumbarton FC

February 19, 2025 heaneymedia

19th February, 2025 By Glen Douglas BBC Scotland radio celebrity Tam Cowan is urging the people of Dumbarton to rally behind their football club. The

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Superdoc in scrubs: Young patient and dad write book about children’s hospital surgeon

February 19, 2025 heaneymedia

19/02/2025 By Lucy Ashton They say not all heroes wear capes, but in the eyes of one eight-year-old boy, there is a paediatric surgeon who

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Health Board’s Regional Services staff praised at annual awards

February 19, 2025 heaneymedia

By Lucy Ashton NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde has celebrated the success of staff working in services provided to patients across the West of Scotland.

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New multi-purpose bad weather gritters designed to do pothole repairs

February 19, 2025 heaneymedia

Published 19 February 2025 By Democrat reporter West Dunbartonshire Council claims to have has taken decisive action to improve the condition of the area’s roads

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Flamingo Land accused of “distortion and disinformation” in mega-resort appeal

February 19, 2025 heaneymedia

By Democrat reporter It’s not just President Donald Trump who is being accused of operating from a disinformation bubble today.  Flamingo Land has been accused

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NOTEBOOK: DIRTY OLD DUMBARTON SET TO BECOME A DESERT OF DEPRIVATION …

February 19, 2025 heaneymedia

NOTEBOOK by BILL HEANEY Updated February 19, 2025 at 15.00 Swingeing cuts to leisure services, including supervised swimming lessons, paying off staff at leisure centres

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  • LIBDEMS WILL MAKE SCHOOLS SMARTPHONE-FREE ENVIRONMENTS

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ELECTION: MESSAGE FROM SOCIALIST CANDIDATE LYNDA MCEWAN

ELECTION: MESSAGE FROM SOCIALIST CANDIDATE LYNDA MCEWAN
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Friends of Dumbarton Foreshore is at Havoc on Saturday April 18

Friends of Dumbarton Foreshore is at Havoc on Saturday April 18

Friends of Dumbarton Foreshore is at Havoc Dumbarton. One week to go until our big closing #litterpick of this year’s #BigClydeCleanUp at Havoc. Don’t be shy, come

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ELECTION: Sophie Traynor SNP for Dumbarton is with Brendan O’Hara MP

ELECTION: Sophie Traynor SNP for Dumbarton is with Brendan O’Hara MP

Sophie Traynor SNP for Dumbarton is with Brendan O’Hara MP Great to have the support of Brendan O’Hara MP. Together, we’re standing up for our communities, protecting

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Helicopter rescues three trapped on sinking boat in Loch Lomond

Helicopter rescues three trapped on sinking boat in Loch Lomond

Boat began to sink between Inchmurrin Island and the Boturrich shoreline on Sunday A helicopter helped rescue three people who were trapped on a boat

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BOOKS: The astonishingly varied and accomplished life of a long-forgotten Liberal

BOOKS: The astonishingly varied and accomplished life of a long-forgotten Liberal

Biography Having a Reputation A new biography of James Bryce, one-time Chief Secretary of Ireland and supporter of Irish Home Rule, reveals the astonishingly varied

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LIBDEMS WILL MAKE SCHOOLS SMARTPHONE-FREE ENVIRONMENTS

LIBDEMS WILL MAKE SCHOOLS SMARTPHONE-FREE ENVIRONMENTS

by Lucy Ashton Scottish Liberal Democrat leader Alex Cole-Hamilton has today set out how his party will legislate to make schools smartphone-free environments, as part

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Scottish Conservatives’ National Pothole Action Fund would end two decades of SNP neglect

Scottish Conservatives’ National Pothole Action Fund would end two decades of SNP neglect

by Bill Heaney Russell Findlay has today outlined his party’s plans to tackle Scotland’s pothole epidemic, which he says is “a monument to two decades

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Southport catastrophe which claimed the lives of three children and left 10 more injured, could have been – and should have been – prevented

Southport catastrophe which claimed the lives of three children and left 10 more injured, could have been – and should have been – prevented

  Southport killer’s parents ‘bear considerable blame’ for ‘preventable’ attack, damning report finds Report by Amy-Clare Martin, Crime correspondent, and Tara Cobham in The Independent Monday

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