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Day: April 1, 2025

Watch what you eat: E coli infections are a significant threat to public health, say University scientists

April 1, 2025 heaneymedia

Modern food supply infrastructure and climate change increase the incidence of large, multinational outbreaks By Elizabeth McMeekin Scientists have taken an important step toward the

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DUMBARTON MSP BAILLIE QUIZZED ABOUT GOVERNMENT WELFARE CUTS

April 1, 2025 heaneymedia

And dodges the question about whether she would vote for them if she was a Westminster MP … By Bill Heaney Dumbarton’s Labour MSP Jackie

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GOURLAY CASE: Council’s discrimination was the sole cause of the psychiatric injury

April 1, 2025 heaneymedia

Posted today on Thompsons Solicitors website, dragging West Dunbartonshire Council’s name once again through the mud.   Brian Gourlay v West Dunbartonshire Council [2025] EAT

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Sewage data: Scottish Water failing to give consumers the full picture

April 1, 2025 heaneymedia

By Bill Heaney Scottish Water, whose ever increasing charges are included with West Dunbartonshire Council council tax demands for payment, joined the long list of

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Celtic Boys Club lawyers agree settlement in sex abuse cases

April 1, 2025 heaneymedia

1 April 2025 By Bill Heaney Lawyers say more than 20 legal claims of historical sex abuse at Celtic Boys Club have been settled for

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  • DERELICT HOUSE IN HELENSBURGH AUCTIONED OFF FOR £THOUSANDS ABOVE GUIDE PRICE
  • Nicola Sturgeon has now released two further statements through top lawyer Aamer Anwar
  • DUMBARTON HARP CLUB MEMBERS HEAR HAUGHEY PROPOSALS FOR CELTIC’S FUTURE
  • Lord Advocate must ignore Swinney and publish reasons for not charging Sturgeon, says Findlay
  • Submariner accused of raping colleague at Faslane Naval Base
  • Nicola Sturgeon denied that there was anything untoward in the SNP’s finances …

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DERELICT HOUSE IN HELENSBURGH AUCTIONED OFF FOR £THOUSANDS ABOVE GUIDE PRICE

DERELICT HOUSE IN HELENSBURGH AUCTIONED OFF FOR £THOUSANDS ABOVE GUIDE PRICE

A derelict house in Helensburgh, ideally suited for auction on the Homes Under the Hammer television programme, was sold online this morning for thousands of

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Nicola Sturgeon has now released two further statements through top lawyer Aamer Anwar

Nicola Sturgeon has now released two further statements through top lawyer Aamer Anwar

Scotland’s First Minister Nicola Sturgeon holds a COVID-19 press briefing in St Andrew´s House, Edinburgh, wearing a pendant necklace believed to have been purchased by

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DUMBARTON HARP CLUB MEMBERS HEAR HAUGHEY PROPOSALS FOR CELTIC’S FUTURE

DUMBARTON HARP CLUB MEMBERS HEAR HAUGHEY PROPOSALS FOR CELTIC’S FUTURE

Pictures by Jim Gillen Dumbarton Harp Club this week hosted Paul McStay, business magnate Lord Willie Haughey, and publicist Matt McGlone, who came along to

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Lord Advocate must ignore Swinney and publish reasons for not charging Sturgeon, says Findlay

Lord Advocate must ignore Swinney and publish reasons for not charging Sturgeon, says Findlay

Lord Advocate Dorothy Bain and Scottish Conservative leader Russell Findlay. by Bill Heaney  The Scottish Conservatives have renewed their call for the Crown Office to

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Submariner accused of raping colleague at Faslane Naval Base

Submariner accused of raping colleague at Faslane Naval Base

The jury was shown CCTV footage showing the woman repeatedly falling before the alleged attack by Democrat reporter A female submariner has accused a colleague

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Nicola Sturgeon denied that there was anything untoward in the SNP’s finances …

Nicola Sturgeon denied that there was anything untoward in the SNP’s finances …

by Bill Heaney How long should Nicola Sturgeon’s ex-husband, Peter Murrell, spend in jail for embezzling the SNP independence campaign funds of over £400,000? The

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Naval officer on trial for Faslane rape and sexually assaulting another colleague aboard submarine …

Naval officer on trial for Faslane rape and sexually assaulting another colleague aboard submarine …

by Democrat reporter A Royal Navy petty officer accused of raping a female colleague at Faslane is also alleged to have sexually assaulted a woman

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Arrochar torpedo station could become holiday village …

Arrochar torpedo station could become holiday village …

Loch Lomond & The Trossachs National Park Authority The torpedo station has been unused since the 1980s by Bill Heaney A derelict torpedo testing station

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