Month: October 2026

Broadcaster, journalist and writer Kirsty Wark, pictured at the Edinburgh Book Festival with Democrat editor Bill Heaney, has become the first recipient of a new

St Margaret of Scotland Hospice We’re delighted to say a massive thank you to Clare, who took on the Edinburgh Kiltwalk for the Hospice and

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ABOVE: Orange men gather near Drumcree Church as PSNI officers form a barricade to prevent them from entering the Garvaghy Road last Sunday. Thursday, October

Happy Friday to all our readers, although it hasn’t been a good week here in Dumbarton. Is it ever? Because of our domestic circumstances, I