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Day: June 28, 2026

Scottish SPCA: Make Scotland the best place in the world for an animal to call home

June 28, 2026 heaneymedia

Scottish SPCA The Scottish SPCA’s supporters are playing their part to make Scotland the best place in the world for an animal to call home.

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Argyll and Bute Council to launch consultation on visitor levy

June 28, 2026 heaneymedia

Helensburgh is one area that would be affected by the visitor levy by Bill Heaney A public consultation is to be launched over a potential

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News, opinion and pictures from West Dunbartonshire.

Recent Posts

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

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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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£100 million competition to back AI companies to fix public services

£100 million competition to back AI companies to fix public services

by BILL HEANEY People in every postcode in the UK will benefit from better public services and a stronger economy as the Government today launches

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Bosses on six figure salaries at under-fire health boards to get 10% pay rises

Bosses on six figure salaries at under-fire health boards to get 10% pay rises

Professor  Caroline Hiscox (left) is the chief executive of NHS Lothian, while Professor Jann Gardner (right) has the same role at NHS Greater Glasgow and

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