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Day: July 8, 2025

Police Scotland Argyll & West Dunbartonshire

July 8, 2025 heaneymedia

By Bill Heaney Local police officers have come in for criticism for their failure to clamp down on the drivers of e-bikes and scooters. Social

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HARP 7s TOURNAMENT FOR WEST DUNBARTONSHIRE FOODBANK

July 8, 2025 heaneymedia

DumbartonHarp SocialClub HARP 7s TOURNAMENT FOR WEST DUNBARTONSHIRE FOODBANK A great day yesterday @ Dumbarton East for a great cause. Thanks to everyone who took

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LOCH LOMOND RESCUE BOAT’S BRAW BARBEQUE ON INCHMURRIN ISLAND

July 8, 2025 heaneymedia

Loch Lomond Rescue Boat CHARITY BBQ 2025  Massive thank you from all crew and committee members of Loch Lomond Rescue Boat to everyone that joined

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Joe O’Shaughnessy’s photographic history of the Galway theatre company

July 8, 2025 heaneymedia

Photography and Travel Exhibition in Galway charts the company’s remarkable evolution since being founded  in 1975 Actors Kate O’Toole and father Peter in Druid Lane.

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Norman Tebbit: Outspoken hero of the Conservative political right

July 8, 2025 heaneymedia

Norman Tebbit, who has died at the age of 94, was at the heart of Margaret Thatcher’s political revolution. He was a man whose philosophy

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News, opinion and pictures from West Dunbartonshire.

Recent Posts

  • LOCAL WOMEN BEING ‘LEFT IN LIMBO’ AS FOUR-YEAR WAITS FOR HYSTERECTOMY
  • MIDNIGHT FRIDAY: Iranian man arrested trying to enter Faslane nuclear base …
  • New childcare support will save Ministry of Defence families up to £6000 a year …
  • UK allows US to use British bases to strike sites targeting Strait of Hormuz
  • Solicitor General warns against parents sleeping in same bed as babies …
  • Andy White and David Smith to stand for Reform UK in Clydebank and Dumbarton

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LOCAL WOMEN BEING ‘LEFT IN LIMBO’ AS FOUR-YEAR WAITS FOR HYSTERECTOMY

LOCAL WOMEN BEING ‘LEFT IN LIMBO’ AS FOUR-YEAR  WAITS FOR HYSTERECTOMY

 by Lucy Ashton Dumbarton, Helensburgh and Lomond MSP Jackie Baillie has accused the SNP of “risking women’s health” after new figures revealed waits of up

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MIDNIGHT FRIDAY: Iranian man arrested trying to enter Faslane nuclear base …

MIDNIGHT FRIDAY: Iranian man arrested trying to enter Faslane nuclear base …

by Iona Young, BBC Scotland News Additional reporting by Bill Heaney An Iranian man has been arrested with a woman after trying to enter the HM

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New childcare support will save Ministry of Defence families up to £6000 a year …

New childcare support will save Ministry of Defence families up to £6000 a year …

New Defence scheme to transform support for forces families with young children will be rolled out from September Defence Secretary John Healey pictured with a

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UK allows US to use British bases to strike sites targeting Strait of Hormuz

UK allows US to use British bases to strike sites targeting Strait of Hormuz

Pictured above: An Israeli self-propelled howitzer artillery gun fires rounds towards southern Lebanon from a position in the upper Galilee in northern Israel near the

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Solicitor General warns against parents sleeping in same bed as babies …

Solicitor General warns against parents sleeping in same bed as babies …

by Bill Heaney Solicitor General Ruth Charteris KC is urging professionals to share advice on safer sleeping for babies. This follows a review of deaths

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Andy White and David Smith to stand for Reform UK in Clydebank and Dumbarton

Andy White and David Smith to stand for Reform UK in Clydebank and Dumbarton

Pictured is Andy White (fourth from right) at turn of the century event in West Dunbartonshire with Labour colleagues. by Bill Heaney The notorious bully

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LibDem Greene comments on Lord Offord’s car crash BBC interview

LibDem Greene comments on Lord Offord’s car crash BBC interview

by Bill Heaney Scottish Liberal Democrat Jamie Greene MSP has today said that Lord Malcolm Offord and Reform “should be nowhere near politics or power”,

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Health Board earns national recognition for advancing gender equality in the workplace

Health Board earns national recognition for advancing gender equality in the workplace

by Bill Heaney NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde has become Scotland’s first health board to be recognised for its work to address the causes of

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