January 15, 2026 – THE DEMOCRAT

If we really want change in Church Street electors should vote Independent

January 15, 2026 heaneymedia

DUMBARTON NOTEBOOK by BILL HEANEY Forget about Nicola Sturgeon and her jaunty wee husband when it comes to voting at the Scottish Parliament elections on

SNP’S SCOTTISH BUDGET TAKES THE ELECTION SHINE OFF REFORM UK

January 15, 2026 heaneymedia

Pictured above: Nigel Farage with new Reform UK Scotland leader, Malcolm Offord by Bill Heaney Malcolm Offord has been named as Reform UK’s new leader

Appeal following crash on the A814 near Cardross

January 15, 2026 heaneymedia

by Democrat reporter Road Policing officers are appealing for information following a crash on A814 Dumbarton-Helensburgh road, near to Cardross Crematorium. The crash, involving a

ARCHBISHOP LEADS JUSTICE AND PEACE TRIP TO HOLY LAND

January 15, 2026 heaneymedia

HOLY LAND COORDINATION 2026 Justice & Peace Scotland is preparing to travel to the Holy Land as part of the Holy Land Coordination 2026. Archbishop

ELECTION: MESSAGE FROM SOCIALIST CANDIDATE LYNDA MCEWAN

Friends of Dumbarton Foreshore is at Havoc on Saturday April 18

Friends of Dumbarton Foreshore is at Havoc Dumbarton. One week to go until our big closing #litterpick of this year’s #BigClydeCleanUp at Havoc. Don’t be shy, come

ELECTION: Sophie Traynor SNP for Dumbarton is with Brendan O’Hara MP

Sophie Traynor SNP for Dumbarton is with Brendan O’Hara MP Great to have the support of Brendan O’Hara MP. Together, we’re standing up for our communities, protecting

Helicopter rescues three trapped on sinking boat in Loch Lomond

Boat began to sink between Inchmurrin Island and the Boturrich shoreline on Sunday A helicopter helped rescue three people who were trapped on a boat

BOOKS: The astonishingly varied and accomplished life of a long-forgotten Liberal

Biography Having a Reputation A new biography of James Bryce, one-time Chief Secretary of Ireland and supporter of Irish Home Rule, reveals the astonishingly varied

LIBDEMS WILL MAKE SCHOOLS SMARTPHONE-FREE ENVIRONMENTS

by Lucy Ashton Scottish Liberal Democrat leader Alex Cole-Hamilton has today set out how his party will legislate to make schools smartphone-free environments, as part

Scottish Conservatives’ National Pothole Action Fund would end two decades of SNP neglect

by Bill Heaney Russell Findlay has today outlined his party’s plans to tackle Scotland’s pothole epidemic, which he says is “a monument to two decades

Southport catastrophe which claimed the lives of three children and left 10 more injured, could have been – and should have been – prevented

Southport killer’s parents ‘bear considerable blame’ for ‘preventable’ attack, damning report finds Report by Amy-Clare Martin, Crime correspondent, and Tara Cobham in The Independent Monday

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