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Day: April 12, 2025

Loch Lomond seaplane’s bumpy landing after more than 20 years

April 12, 2025 heaneymedia

Loch Lomond Seaplanes has announced it will cease trading Aircraft operated by Loch Lomond Seaplanes from a jetty at Cameron House Hotel. The Loch Lomond

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CULTURE CORNER: Autobiographical ‘life story’ books used to support dementia and stroke patients who struggle to communicate

April 12, 2025 heaneymedia

A wee bit of culture never did anyone any harm. So, for a change, here are some writers, film stars. opera singers, actors and violinists

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News, opinion and pictures from West Dunbartonshire.

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  • FIRST COMMUNION SEASON IS HERE …
  •  The Weekender Returns for 2026 – Subsidised Places Open for Royal Navy and Royal Marines Families
  • Journalists ‘banned’ from John Swinney election count floor by SNP-run council …
  • Help us to develop our Draft Strategy for Palliative Care and Care around Dying
  • ELECTION: JACKIE BAILLIE IN SEVENTH HEAVEN AS SHE WINS DUMBARTON
  • Cheers for mum crossing the finish line at the Royal Hospital for Children …

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FIRST COMMUNION SEASON IS HERE …

FIRST COMMUNION SEASON IS HERE …
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 The Weekender Returns for 2026 – Subsidised Places Open for Royal Navy and Royal Marines Families

 The Weekender Returns for 2026 – Subsidised Places Open for Royal Navy and Royal Marines Families

The Weekender Returns for 2026 – Subsidised Places Open for Royal Navy and Royal Marines Families Young people aged 14 – 17 are invited to

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Journalists ‘banned’ from John Swinney election count floor by SNP-run council …

Journalists ‘banned’ from John Swinney election count floor by SNP-run council …

The NUJ has criticised restrictions imposed on journalists, stopping them from accurately covering the count Perth and Kinross Council has restricted journalists from covering the

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Help us to develop our Draft Strategy for Palliative Care and Care around Dying

Help us to develop our Draft Strategy for Palliative Care and Care around Dying

by Lucy Ashton NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde (NHSGGC), in partnership with local HSCPs and Hospices, has been working on the development of a draft

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ELECTION: JACKIE BAILLIE IN SEVENTH HEAVEN AS SHE WINS DUMBARTON

ELECTION: JACKIE BAILLIE IN SEVENTH HEAVEN AS SHE WINS DUMBARTON

And Marie McNair keeps the SNP happy in Clydebank … by Bill Heaney Jackie Baillie was in seventh heaven tonight. The tears Jackie had shed

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Cheers for mum crossing the finish line at the Royal Hospital for Children …

Cheers for mum crossing the finish line at the Royal Hospital for Children …

by Lucy Ashton One year ago, five-year-old Lachie Macdonald received life-saving cardiac surgery at the Royal Hospital for Children, which takes patients from West Dunbartonshire

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BOOKS: A surprising and captivating history of Presbyterian life in eighteenth century Ulster

BOOKS: A surprising and captivating history of Presbyterian life in eighteenth century Ulster

Society Unholy Thoughts A skilful excavation of the ‘Presbyterian archive’ has produced a surprising and captivating history of Presbyterian life in eighteenth-century Ulster, a veritable

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LOUISE AND MARTYN COMPLETE LONDON MARATHON FOR ST MARGARET’S HOSPICE

LOUISE AND MARTYN COMPLETE LONDON MARATHON FOR ST MARGARET’S HOSPICE

St Margaret of Scotland Hospice We are incredibly proud to shine a spotlight on Martyn McGinlay and Louise McGinlay, two amazing supporters who recently completed

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