February 8, 2026 – THE DEMOCRAT

Domestic abuse in West Dunbartonshire rose by 7.59 per cent to 1,729 in just one year

February 8, 2026 heaneymedia

First Minister John Swinney, Conservative MSP Pam Gosal and Finance MInister Shona Robison. by Bill Heaney West Dunbartonshire faces an ever-increasing number of incidents of

FISH FARMS: 400,000 FISH DEATHS UNREPORTED ACROSS 27 INCIDENTS AND GILL DISEASE MORTALITY HAS INCREASED SHARPLY

February 8, 2026 heaneymedia

by Bill Heaney The mortality rate of salmon being farmed off the West Coast will be investigated by cabinet secretary Mairi Gougeon, pictured right, she

DOMESTIC ABUSE: A Dumbarton man has been banned from contacting his wife for three years

February 8, 2026 heaneymedia

by Dermocrat reporter A local man who subjected his partner to years of abuse has been banned from contacting her for three years. Iain MacPhee

Helensburgh leisure centre damaged by Storm Éowyn delays reopening

February 8, 2026 heaneymedia

Helensburgh Leisure Centre closed last year as a result of extensive roof damage by Andrew Galloway A leisure centre damaged during Storm Éowyn more than

RELIGION: PASSION PLAY PLANNED BY DRAMAKIRK

February 8, 2026 heaneymedia

Church of Scotland A theatre group who have battled wind, snow and Covid to perform an annual Passion Play are set to celebrate 10 years

Bonhill Parish Church: Pictures by Pedro

February 8, 2026 heaneymedia

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

Pope Leo vows to speak strongly against war …

During the flight to Algeria, Pope Leo XIV responds to questions regarding US President Donald Trump’s recent statements, saying he is “not a politician” and

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