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Day: February 24, 2025

PROPOSALS TO MAKE BUDGET CUTS ON BOWLING CLUBS SHOULD BE DITCHED NOW

February 24, 2025 heaneymedia

By Bill Heaney Just when bowls is becoming almost respectable. And when the old Billy and Dan culture has mostly been ditched by the players.

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American anti-abortion group will not break buffer zones, pledge

February 24, 2025 heaneymedia

 US anti-abortion group 40 Days For Life have previously gathered outside the clinic. Published 24 February 2025 By Bill Heaney A US anti-abortion group planning

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IBROX CRISIS: Barry Ferguson takes interim charge of Rangers

February 24, 2025 heaneymedia

Barry Ferguson, Neil McCann and Billy Dodds helped Rangers win the League Cup in 2002 have been recruited to the Ibrox management squad. BBC Scotland

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Dumbarton District Women’s Aid face council cuts in cash support

February 24, 2025 heaneymedia

By Bill Heaney Police Scotland statistics show that incidents of domestic abuse within West Dunbartonshire are well above the Scottish average and the second highest

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DEATH OF EVAN WILLIAMS, DUMBARTON MAN WHO PLAYED AT HIGHEST LEVEL OF THE GAME

February 24, 2025 heaneymedia

February 21, 2025 Dumbarton man Evan Williams, who has died aged 81, was no ordinary goalkeeper. Evan was man of the match in the 1970

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  • SNP AND GREENS HAVE ‘FINAL CHANCE TO DO THE RIGHT THING,’ SAYS BAILLIE
  • PICTURES: DRYMEN SHOW EXTRA SPECIAL
  • World Cup brings together football, Scottish country dance and physical activity for a schools’ celebration
  • ROADWORKS TAKE A BREAK ON THE REST AND BE THANKFUL
  • Dangerous building closes important road in Helensburgh
  • Health Board team marks 20 years of 3D planning and printing

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SNP AND GREENS HAVE ‘FINAL CHANCE TO DO THE RIGHT THING,’ SAYS BAILLIE

SNP AND GREENS HAVE ‘FINAL CHANCE TO DO THE RIGHT THING,’ SAYS BAILLIE

Jackie Baillie, John Swinney, Ross Greer and Peter Murrell – at odds over inquiry. by Bill Heaney SNP and Scottish Green MSPs have a “final

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PICTURES: DRYMEN SHOW EXTRA SPECIAL

PICTURES: DRYMEN SHOW EXTRA SPECIAL

Gartocharn lass Esmi Doherty shows off the fabulous silverware at the hugely successful Drymen and Strathendrick Agricultural Show. The best presented stockperson went to 8-year-old Esmi with

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World Cup brings together football, Scottish country dance and physical activity for a schools’ celebration

World Cup brings together football, Scottish country dance and physical activity for a schools’ celebration

by Lucy Ashton Dumbarton MSP Jackie Baillie is supporting a proposal to encourage school pupils to embrace their national culture ahead of Scotland’s World Cup

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ROADWORKS TAKE A BREAK ON THE REST AND BE THANKFUL

ROADWORKS TAKE A BREAK ON THE REST AND BE THANKFUL

Roadworks on the Rest and Be Thankful will be withdrawn to cope with tourist traffic.  by Lucy Ashton Summertime has come, and as the volume

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Dangerous building closes important road in Helensburgh

Dangerous building closes important road in Helensburgh

June 9 2026 by Bill Heaney Argyll and Bute Council is appealing to private property owners to repair their buildings after it has had to

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Health Board team marks 20 years of 3D planning and printing

Health Board team marks 20 years of 3D planning and printing

by Lucy Ashton A once highly specialised technology has now become an essential part of modern patient care, as NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde marks

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Too many Scots in agony for months on end, says Dumbarton MSP

Too many Scots in agony for months on end, says Dumbarton MSP

by Bill Heaney NHS waiting lists “leaving Scots in agony”, Scottish Labour has warned as waits for pain management services rise.  The number of patients

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SCOTTISH LABOUR backs transparency over cover-up and demands inquiry in Murrell case

SCOTTISH LABOUR backs transparency over cover-up and demands inquiry in Murrell case

by Bill Heaney Scottish Labour has urged MSPs to “back transparency over cover-up” as it lodges a motion calling for a Scottish Parliamentary Inquiry into

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