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Day: August 2, 2025

APRES LE DELUGE: Helensburgh Leisure Centre work in progress

August 2, 2025 heaneymedia

Helensburgh Leisure Centre Work continues to progress in repairing the damage done by Storm Eowyn to the Helensburgh leisure centre 1 August 2025 As part

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Decision to reduce Mr. Gourlay’s compensation by 80% was based on speculative conclusions rather than concrete evidence

August 2, 2025 heaneymedia

COUNCIL SHAME: COSTLY UNLAWFUL EMPLOYEE SACKING COCK-UP BASED ON SPECULATIVE CONCLUSIONS RATHER THAN CONCRETE EVIDENCE By Democrat reporter The case of Gourlay v West Dunbartonshire

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  • What’s the government doing about e-bikes?
  • Parents Group leader faces £42,000 bill for failed legal action against council
  • POLICE: Man given Trafficking and Exploitation Prevention Order for exploitation as part of Operation Dynos
  • Asbestos Group campaigner says significant reforms could make huge difference to victims and their families.
  • SNP TO DOUBLE FUNDING TO £4 MILLION TO ASSIST ABUSED WIVES TO LEAVE HOME WITH THEIR CHILDREN
  • Helensburgh and lomond Community Group Scotland

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What’s the government doing about e-bikes?

What’s the government doing about e-bikes?

Danial Johnson MSP and Pauline McNeill MSP in debate over e-bike safety. by BILL HEANEY If what your teenager wants for Christmas is an e-bike,

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Parents Group leader faces £42,000 bill for failed legal action against council

Parents Group leader faces £42,000 bill for failed legal action against council

Leanne McGuire had called for a judicial review of the council’s budget over proposed cuts to teacher jobs by SARAH HILLEY A woman is facing

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POLICE: Man given Trafficking and Exploitation Prevention Order for exploitation as part of Operation Dynos

POLICE: Man given Trafficking and Exploitation Prevention Order for exploitation as part of Operation Dynos

03 November 2026 by LUCY ASHTON A man has been given a Trafficking and Exploitation Prevention Order (TEPO) after being sentenced during an ongoing operation

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Asbestos Group campaigner says significant reforms could make huge difference to victims and their families.

Asbestos Group campaigner says significant reforms could make huge difference to victims and their families.

The way we were – workers at Denny’s Dumbarton and John Brown’s shipyard, Clydebank. by BILL HEANEY What is the appropriate compensation for former Clydeside

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SNP TO DOUBLE FUNDING TO £4 MILLION TO ASSIST ABUSED WIVES TO LEAVE HOME WITH THEIR CHILDREN

SNP TO DOUBLE FUNDING TO £4 MILLION TO ASSIST ABUSED WIVES TO LEAVE HOME WITH THEIR CHILDREN

Conservative MSP Meghan Gallacher and Justice Secretary Neil Gray. by BILL HEANEY Women who are being abused were able to benefit from a fund to

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Helensburgh and lomond Community Group Scotland

Helensburgh and lomond Community Group Scotland
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Scotland’s NHS gearing up for another grim winter under SNP, forecast LibDems

Scotland’s NHS gearing up for another grim winter under SNP, forecast LibDems

by BILL HEANEY Scottish Liberal Democrat health spokesperson Adam Harley MSP has today warned that the NHS is “gearing up for another grim winter” if

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HALF OF UNPAID CARERS HAVE TO CANCEL MEDICAL APPOINTMENTS

HALF OF UNPAID CARERS HAVE TO CANCEL MEDICAL APPOINTMENTS

by BILL HEANEY Unpaid carers cannot afford to attend medical appointments. A new report published by Carers Scotland has revealed that half of unpaid carers

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