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Day: July 16, 2025

HEALTH COUNCIL DOESN’T KNOW CHALLENGES FACING PATIENTS IN THE VALE OF LEVEN

July 16, 2025 heaneymedia

West Dunbartonshire Council West Dunbartonshire Health and Social Care Partnership are seeking views on access to services within Alexandria to understand the challenges local people

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JUSTICE COMMITTEE SEEKS VIEWS ON NEW DOMESTIC ABUSE LAW

July 16, 2025 heaneymedia

Pam Gosal MSP is proposing a new law to help prevent domestic abuse in Scotland.  The Criminal Justice Committee is seeking views on the proposed

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DUMBARTON NOTEBOOK BY BILL HEANEY

July 16, 2025 heaneymedia

We said it in this column at the very outset. Starmer is a warmer.  I don’t have much to smile about this weather, but I

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STIRLING ALBION 0 DUMBARTON 1 PICTURES BY JON LEINO

July 16, 2025 heaneymedia

By Glen Douglas Dumbarton squeezed a narrow 1-0 win over Stirling Albion in the Premier Sports Cup on a dreich night under the floodlights. The

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LEVENBANK DISTILLERY OFFICIALLY OPENS ITS DOORS WITH GRAND CELEBRATION

July 16, 2025 heaneymedia

Levenbank Distillery has proudly celebrated its official launch this weekend with a joyful celebration that marked a significant milestone in the return of whisky-making to

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12th JULY ANNUAL ORANGE PARADES TAKE PLACE IN GLASGOW

July 16, 2025 heaneymedia

Democrat reporter Police are investigating after four people taking part in an Orange Order walk were hit with what are believed to be air weapon

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  • 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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