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Day: April 22, 2026

DUMBARTON NOTEBOOK: IF IT WISNAE FOR THE VOLUNTEERS WHERE WID WE BE?

April 22, 2026 heaneymedia

Can’t make it to a polling station on 7th May 2026? You can apply for a proxy vote, allowing someone you trust to cast your

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Scottish Liberal Democrats set out plans on drugs and homelessness

April 22, 2026 heaneymedia

by Lucy Ashton Scottish Liberal Democrat leader Alex Cole-Hamilton has used a visit to Glasgow City Mission to set out his party’s plans for tackling

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INVESTIGATION: Argyll soldiers in Kenya babies scandal

April 22, 2026 heaneymedia

by Josephine Casserly, Ivana Davidovic, BBC News, and Bill Heaney “Edward”, a nine-year-old Kenyan boy, has always been aware that his father worked for the British

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Common-sense Tory rural manifesto will end two decades of SNP neglect

April 22, 2026 heaneymedia

Russell Findlay on the election campaign trail amongst farmers. by Bill Heaney The Scottish Conservatives will today (Wednesday) publish a dedicated rural manifesto designed to

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  • Nepal flood death toll rises to 900 as number of missing climbs
  • Scottish hospitals told corridor care ‘unacceptable’ in new NHS plan
  • Rest and Be Thankful traffic lights will be removed when no roadworks are happening
  • Billionaire’s superyacht leaves Firth of Clyde for Oban
  • POLICE SCOTLAND: Frontline officers administer lifesaving Naloxone 1,300 times over the last five years 
  • Helensburgh Central train station. Picture by PEDRO

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Nepal flood death toll rises to 900 as number of missing climbs

Nepal flood death toll rises to 900 as number of missing climbs

People look at damaged houses after flash floods in Nepal’s Nuwakot district by Democrat reporter The death toll following devastating floods in Nepal has surpassed

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Scottish hospitals told corridor care ‘unacceptable’ in new NHS plan

Scottish hospitals told corridor care ‘unacceptable’ in new NHS plan

The Health and Care Improving Flow Plan asks health boards to reduce corridor care. NHS boards have been told that caring for patients in corridors

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Rest and Be Thankful traffic lights will be removed when no roadworks are happening

Rest and Be Thankful traffic lights will be removed when no roadworks are happening

Traffic lights will be removed when no roadworks are taking place at the Rest and Be Thankful. A councillor remarked that the decision to remove

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Billionaire’s superyacht leaves Firth of Clyde for Oban

Billionaire’s superyacht leaves Firth of Clyde for Oban

by BILL HEANEY A superyacht worth around £300million departed the Firth of Clyde today after spending more than a week at James Watt Dock in

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POLICE SCOTLAND: Frontline officers administer lifesaving Naloxone 1,300 times over the last five years 

POLICE SCOTLAND: Frontline officers administer lifesaving Naloxone 1,300 times over the last five years 

by BILL HEANEY On this International Overdose Awareness Day, Police Scotland is recognising the people, families and communities affected by drug overdose. Today also marks

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Helensburgh Central train station. Picture by PEDRO

Helensburgh Central train station. Picture by PEDRO

Helensburgh and Lomond Community Group, Scotland. Pix By Pedro

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BBC SCOTLAND: Hints of fiery finale for last ever episode of River City

BBC SCOTLAND: Hints of fiery finale for last ever episode of River City

The BBC has released images from the final River City episode which show a bloodied Lenny Murdoch, the show’s arch-villain, amid a dramatic fire scene.

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NHS workers call off strike after pay offer

NHS workers call off strike after pay offer

Ward clerks had planned to walk out from today 28 August 2026 by LUCY ASHTON Local health board workers have called off a planned three-day

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