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Day: April 25, 2025

GAUN YERSEL’ MARTHA: Consultant surgeon running London Marathon

April 25, 2025 heaneymedia

Consultant surgeon running London Marathon to raise awareness for sarcoma  Martha Quinn, a Consultant Colorectal and Sarcoma Surgeon at NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde (NHSGGC),

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SHARK ON THE SHORE ALERT AT HAVOC OVER EASTER WEEKEND

April 25, 2025 heaneymedia

Veteran soldier and volunteer environmentalist Tam Towie, pictured in the Stephen Conroy portrait above,  put out a danger warning to paddlers and people having a

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THE GREAT WATER AND SEWAGE SCANDAL BEING IGNORED IN SCOTLAND

April 25, 2025 heaneymedia

Friday 25 April 2025 Scotland’s rivers and lochs are stinking with sewage while the fat-cat quango bosses who run the business are filling their boots

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  • MISTAKEN IDENTITY: CHILD ABUSE VIGILANTE LEADER HARRASSED INNOCENT MAN
  • First Minister Swinney in denial over scale of benefit fraud, claims Tory leader
  • ROYAL NAVY: SILENT SERVICE CELEBRATES BIRTHDAY AT WINDSOR CASTLE EVENT
  • Ysortit West Dunbartonshire: Come and join us!
  • ROAD CLOSURES FOR RESURFACING ON THE ERSKINE BRIDGE
  • WHITEBOARD JUNGLE: LibDem leader Cole-Hamilton says John Swinney must act on 44,000 school violence incidents

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MISTAKEN IDENTITY: CHILD ABUSE VIGILANTE LEADER HARRASSED INNOCENT MAN

MISTAKEN IDENTITY: CHILD ABUSE VIGILANTE LEADER HARRASSED INNOCENT MAN

by BILL HEANEY The organiser of an online child abuse vigilante group has received a two-year community payback order after it was found that he

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First Minister Swinney in denial over scale of benefit fraud, claims Tory leader

First Minister Swinney in denial over scale of benefit fraud, claims Tory leader

First Minister John Swinney and Tory leader Russell Findlay clashed over benefit fraud. by BILL HEANEY John Swinney has been accused of being “in denial”

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ROYAL NAVY: SILENT SERVICE CELEBRATES BIRTHDAY AT WINDSOR CASTLE EVENT

ROYAL NAVY: SILENT SERVICE CELEBRATES BIRTHDAY AT WINDSOR CASTLE EVENT

by DEMOCRAT REPORTER ROYAL NAVY submariners celebrating the 125th anniversary of the Submarine Service were at Windsor Castle for a gala dinner to mark the

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Ysortit West Dunbartonshire: Come and join us!

Ysortit West Dunbartonshire: Come and join us!

Ysortit WestDunbartonshire Y-WOMEN CONNECT – COME ALONG & CONNECT! Are you a young woman aged 16–25 living in West Dunbartonshire? Join Y-Women Connect, a FREE

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ROAD CLOSURES FOR RESURFACING ON THE ERSKINE BRIDGE

ROAD CLOSURES FOR RESURFACING ON THE ERSKINE BRIDGE

Amey South West Trunk Roads Amey, on behalf of Transport Scotland, is undertaking essential resurfacing on the A898 and A82 from Thursday 1st October until

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WHITEBOARD JUNGLE: LibDem leader Cole-Hamilton says John Swinney must act on 44,000 school violence incidents

WHITEBOARD JUNGLE: LibDem leader Cole-Hamilton says John Swinney must act on 44,000 school violence incidents

by BILL HEANEY Scottish Liberal Democrat leader Alex Cole-Hamilton MSP, right, has today asked the First Minister whether he will accept that the SNP’s approach

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Putting books in hands and smiles on faces – it’s what we do

Putting books in hands and smiles on faces – it’s what we do

West Dunbartonshire Libraries #MobileLibrary brought books, laughter and fun to children from Gavinburn Primary and Nursery, St Eunan’s Nursery, Whitecrook Nursery and Knoxland Primary last week. 

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PUBLIC SERVICE REFORMS RISK A ‘DECADE OF DISTRACTION,’ MARRA TELLS PARLIAMENT

PUBLIC SERVICE REFORMS RISK A ‘DECADE OF DISTRACTION,’ MARRA TELLS PARLIAMENT

 by BILL HEANEY The Scottish Government’s proposals for public sector reform risk a “decade of distraction”, Michael Marra said today.  At First Minister’s Questions, the

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