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Day: May 15, 2025

Council Tax rules for people who miss a single monthly payment

May 15, 2025 heaneymedia

Some councils can now seize benefits and take other actions to recover the owed payments 15 May 2025 By Bill Heaney They must be really

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GREEN MSP ASKS FOR PUBLIC APOLOGY FOR TRAVELLING PEOPLE

May 15, 2025 heaneymedia

The Travelling People   Song by The Dubliners I’m a freeborn man of the travelling people got no fixed abode with nomads I am numbered country

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BONNIE BANKS OF LOCH LOMOND HAVE NEVER LOOKED SO BONNIE

May 15, 2025 heaneymedia

Sweeney’s Cruise Co. Loch Lomond  What’s that thing in the sky? Do you recognise it? It’s the sunshine! With temperatures set to soar for the

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NOTEBOOK BY TOM GALLACHER

May 15, 2025 heaneymedia

It’s almost 30 years since they closed the Dumbarton District Council News, a newspaper paid for by the ratepayers which would print their “news” no

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NHS health board launches new digital support service for spinal injuries

May 15, 2025 heaneymedia

By Lucy Ashton A new digital service to support people living with spinal injury has been launched by NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde. The Queen

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dangerous path of living in a society that devalues the lives of the most vulnerable

May 15, 2025 heaneymedia

By Marie McNair (Clydebank and Milngavie) (SNP), who came out against the Assisted Dying Bill. This is her speech to Parliament in full. Before I

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  • WHO CARES FOR THE CARERS? WDC CARERS VOTE ON STRIKES OVER ‘HARSH AND UNFAIR’ ROTAS
  • NO ACTION SINCE GRENFELL MEANS WORK HAS CEASED ON CLADDING
  • Digital culture is causing widespread harm to children and childhood
  • PUDSEY BEAR SAILED INTO RHU FOR CHILDREN IN NEED
  • PATIENTS WITH COMPLEX NEEDS STUCK IN HOSPITAL FOR YEARS ON END
  • Liv Dawn at The Helix Park and the Kelpies.

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WHO CARES FOR THE CARERS? WDC CARERS VOTE ON STRIKES OVER ‘HARSH AND UNFAIR’ ROTAS

WHO CARES FOR THE CARERS? WDC CARERS VOTE ON STRIKES OVER ‘HARSH AND UNFAIR’ ROTAS

Industrial action looms in frontline care as GMB Scotland ballots members by Bill Heaney Home care workers in West Dunbartonshire will vote on strikes after

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NO ACTION SINCE GRENFELL MEANS WORK HAS CEASED ON CLADDING

NO ACTION SINCE GRENFELL MEANS WORK HAS CEASED ON CLADDING

by Bill Heaney At First Minister’s Questions, Scottish Liberal Democrat leader Alex Cole-Hamilton MSP challenged John Swinney over the SNP’s miserable progress in tackling dangerous

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Digital culture is causing widespread harm to children and childhood

Digital culture is causing widespread harm to children and childhood

by Bill Heaney The UK Government’s move to restrict social media for under 16s and tackle live streaming and stranger contact is a welcome indication

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PUDSEY BEAR SAILED INTO RHU FOR CHILDREN IN NEED

PUDSEY BEAR SAILED INTO RHU FOR CHILDREN IN NEED

The iconic mascot of BBC Children in Need, has embarked on his first-ever round-Britain voyage this summer, and Rhu was amongst the stops on an

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PATIENTS WITH COMPLEX NEEDS STUCK IN HOSPITAL FOR YEARS ON END

PATIENTS WITH COMPLEX NEEDS STUCK IN HOSPITAL FOR YEARS ON END

by Bill Heaney People with learning disabilities and complex needs are being “abandoned”, Scottish Labour has warned, as hospital waits of over six years are

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Liv Dawn at The Helix Park and the Kelpies.

Liv Dawn at The Helix Park and the Kelpies.

Liv Dawn at The Helix Park and the Kelpies WOWEE, we had such a fun time supporting The Kooks at Helix Park. Plus, the sun was

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Community Council Elections

Community Council Elections

Please stand for your community council Community councillors represent their community in lots of different ways. They are consulted by the Council and they can

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Irish pub granted licence change despite complaints over ‘deafening’ noise

Irish pub granted licence change despite complaints over ‘deafening’ noise

by Bill Heaney A popular Irish pub in Glasgow city centre has been granted changes to its alcohol licence after an objector claimed music from

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