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Day: May 5, 2025

LEVENGROVE PARK RUN IN SUN IS LOTS OF FUN

May 5, 2025 heaneymedia

Levengrove parkrun Run Report: 3rd May 2025 The sun was shining this morning as we welcomed 145 participants earlier. Clearly, the 39 first timers to

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Mountain rescue mission for sheep trapped on cliffside for days

May 5, 2025 heaneymedia

Arrochar Mountain Rescue called in after a sheep became stuck near the Loch Sloy hydro-electric dam Arrochar Mountain Rescue TeamArrochar Mountain Rescue Team save a

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Midwives support over 1000 women to birth their babies every month 

May 5, 2025 heaneymedia

Greater Glasgow and Clyde midwives support over 1000 women to birth their babies every month  On this International Day of the Midwife (Monday 5th May 2025),

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CELEBRATIONS: All the timings you need to know for VE Day parade 

May 5, 2025 heaneymedia

Well deserved hat tip (above) to my father Douglas Hay from Meadowbank Street in Dumbarton, who served in the Merchant Navy and almost lost his

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New treatment for rectal cancer patients offers improved rates of remission

May 5, 2025 heaneymedia

By Elizabeth McMeekin A new trial of patients with advanced rectal cancer has found that the addition of immunotherapy treatment alongside extended radiotherapy led to

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News, opinion and pictures from West Dunbartonshire.

Recent Posts

  • SARWAR: TOMORROW VOTE TO REJECT REFORM, BEAT SNP & CHANGE SCOTLAND
  • ELECTION: When is bullshit real bullshit?
  • THIS THURSDAY VOTE TO SAVE OUR NHS – DUMBARTON CANDIDATE BAILLIE COMMENTS ON HEALTH STATS
  • Thanking midwives as over 13,000 babies are born in Greater Glasgow and Clyde
  • HEARTBROKEN COUNCIL CARE WORKERS ARE HANDING IN THEIR NOTICE TO QUIT
  • UNION ACCUSES CARE BOSSES OF “FIRE AND REHIRE”

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SARWAR: TOMORROW VOTE TO REJECT REFORM, BEAT SNP & CHANGE SCOTLAND

SARWAR: TOMORROW VOTE TO REJECT REFORM, BEAT SNP & CHANGE SCOTLAND

Speaking before Scottish Labour’s eve of poll rally, Anas Sarwar, right,  has called on Scots to vote for change, reject Reform and beat the SNP. 

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ELECTION: When is bullshit real bullshit?

ELECTION: When is bullshit real bullshit?

It may be comforting to assert that one’s political enemies are bullshitters but one can’t help wondering whether this assertion is itself a piece of

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THIS THURSDAY VOTE TO SAVE OUR NHS – DUMBARTON CANDIDATE BAILLIE COMMENTS ON HEALTH STATS

THIS THURSDAY VOTE TO SAVE OUR NHS – DUMBARTON CANDIDATE BAILLIE COMMENTS ON HEALTH STATS

Dame Jackie Baillie pictured with members of her Labour campaign team in Dumbarton. by Lucy Ashton Scottish Labour has warned that “John Swinney and the

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Thanking midwives as over 13,000 babies are born in Greater Glasgow and Clyde

Thanking midwives as over 13,000 babies are born in Greater Glasgow and Clyde

by Bill Heaney Midwives across NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde are being thanked this International Day of the Midwife (Tuesday 5 May 2026) for the

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HEARTBROKEN COUNCIL CARE WORKERS ARE HANDING IN THEIR NOTICE TO QUIT

HEARTBROKEN COUNCIL CARE WORKERS ARE HANDING IN THEIR NOTICE TO QUIT

5 May 2026 ‘IT IS HARD TO FIND THE WORDS. IT BREAKS MY HEART’ West Dunbartonshire home carers on devastating rota changes  Home care workers

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UNION ACCUSES CARE BOSSES OF “FIRE AND REHIRE”

UNION ACCUSES CARE BOSSES OF “FIRE AND REHIRE”

GMB: Home care upheaval is being driven through in defiance of councillors  by Bill Heaney Social care bosses in Dumbarton are driving ahead with plans

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GULF WAR: UAE restricts airspace after Iranian missile and drone attacks

GULF WAR: UAE restricts airspace after Iranian missile and drone attacks

Tensions rise in the Middle East over shipping passing through the Strait of Hormuz U.S. Secretary of War Pete Hegseth looks on as Chairman of

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Fresh energy, ambition, and a determination to ensure our area gets the attention it merits

Fresh energy, ambition, and a determination to ensure our area gets the attention it merits

Sophie Traynor SNP for Dumbarton I’m incredibly honoured to be the SNP candidate for the Dumbarton Constituency. Since 2022, I’ve had the privilege of serving

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