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Day: September 12, 2025

BOOKS: Bidding a fond farewell to Edinburgh Book Festival 2025

September 12, 2025 heaneymedia

And that’s a wrap! And just like that, another brilliant Festival cycle comes to an end. The tents are down, the benches tucked into storage,

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Labour MPs’ growing fury over Mandelson appointment …

September 12, 2025 heaneymedia

Labour MPs are publicly and privately expressing their anger over the appointment of Peter Mandelson as the UK ambassador to the US and the handling

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SOCIAL CARE COSTS IN WEST DUNBARTONSHIRE SOAR BY £30 MILLION

September 12, 2025 heaneymedia

West Dunbartonshire Council has spent almost £30 million on social care overtime and agency staff since 2020 That money is part of the £400 million

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Man in his 40s arrested as part of the investigation into the Donegal filling station tragedy

September 12, 2025 heaneymedia

This is the sixth arrest since the explosion at a service station in Co Donegal village in 2022 Ten people lost their lives following an

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ALEXANDER: SCOTCH WHISKY TRADE DEAL ABOUT SCOTLAND NOT SWINNEY

September 12, 2025 heaneymedia

By Bill Heaney Scottish Secretary, Douglas Alexander, has called on John Swinney to “put aside his personal point scoring” and work together with the UK

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  • SCANDAL of Loch Lomond and Trossachs National Park Authority member elections and treatment of Sid Perrie
  • LABOUR JUSTICE SPOKESPERSON PAULINE MCNEILL SOUNDS ALARM AS CRIME RISES
  • UK Government backs high street with acceleration of cheap import reforms and crackdown on dodgy online sellers
  • Peter Murrell jailed for five years and three months for embezzling £400,000 from the SNP
  • ASDA BE FRESH DAIRY PRODUCTS FROM GRAHAMS FAMILY DAIRY AT UP COUNTRY KIPPEN
  • HELLO THERE CHINA! PUPILS WALK ALL THE WAY TO THE GREAT WALL

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SCANDAL of Loch Lomond and Trossachs National Park Authority member elections and treatment of Sid Perrie

SCANDAL of Loch Lomond and Trossachs National Park Authority member elections and treatment of Sid Perrie

by Nick Kempe of Parkswatch An article (see here) that appeared in the Helensburgh Advertiser on June 13 in the name of Dr Heather Reid, the Convener

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LABOUR JUSTICE SPOKESPERSON PAULINE MCNEILL SOUNDS ALARM AS CRIME RISES

LABOUR JUSTICE SPOKESPERSON PAULINE MCNEILL SOUNDS ALARM AS CRIME RISES

LibDems say the scale of the challenge facing police officers and our wider justice system is huge by Bill Heaney Scottish Labour has demanded action as

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UK Government backs high street with acceleration of cheap import reforms and crackdown on dodgy online sellers

UK Government backs high street with acceleration of cheap import reforms and crackdown on dodgy online sellers

High street businesses backed with tax changes that will level the playing field. Government accelerates plans to scrap the duty relief on cheap imports and

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Peter Murrell jailed for five years and three months for embezzling £400,000 from the SNP

Peter Murrell jailed for five years and three months for embezzling £400,000 from the SNP

Nicola Sturgeon’s estranged husband previously admitted to stealing from the SNP Peter Murrell’s police interviews released  Sturgeon was ‘utterly deceived’ as Murrell was sentenced for

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ASDA BE FRESH DAIRY PRODUCTS FROM GRAHAMS FAMILY DAIRY AT UP COUNTRY KIPPEN

ASDA BE FRESH DAIRY PRODUCTS FROM GRAHAMS FAMILY DAIRY AT UP COUNTRY KIPPEN

Photographs by John Young Spent an enjoyable afternoon in Kippen at Graham’s The Family Dairy as they announced their biggest ever deal with Asda. The

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HELLO THERE CHINA! PUPILS WALK ALL THE WAY TO THE GREAT WALL

HELLO THERE CHINA! PUPILS WALK ALL THE WAY TO THE GREAT WALL

West Dunbartonshire Council  A massive well done to St Mary’s, Duntocher, and St Martin’s Primary School, Renton,  who are the first in the UK to

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JAMES FRASER HONOURED FOR WORK IN TOURISM ON LOCH LOMOND

JAMES FRASER HONOURED FOR WORK IN TOURISM ON LOCH LOMOND

by Democrat reporter James Fraser has been awarded a British Empire Medal (BEM) for his services to tourism and heritage in the Loch Lomond and

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HELENSBURGH RNLI EMERGENCY RESPONSE

HELENSBURGH RNLI EMERGENCY RESPONSE

HELENSBURGH RNLI EMERGENCY RESPONSE The Helensburgh Lifeboat completed four callouts in a single week, responding to a beached rib, an engine failure, a false alarm,

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