During the Nazi occupation of Norway, the inlet was heavily mined and bombers also dumped their payloads into the fjord. It is a deadly legacy that still has implications today for shipping traversing the busy stretch of water.
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DELAYED DISCHARGE FIGURES CONTINUE TO SPIRAL
Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, said: “8,306 bed days lost to delayed discharge are 8,306 too many for a health board that is already at crisis point.
TOP QUALITY CARE FOR PARKINSON PATIENTS
Patients also felt informed about their condition, with 80% feeling they had enough information compared with 60% across the UK. Around 84% of patients also said they were given enough information about the side effects of their medication, compared to 60% in the UK as a whole.
POLICE TO CLAMPDOWN ON HATE CRIME
“One day I was waiting on the platform for my train and an older man wearing a green jacket came up to me and spat in my eye for no reason then just walked on without saying anything. I was just standing waiting on the train. I don’t understand why someone would do that. I felt shocked.
ANOTHER DUMMY IN No 10, REPORTS NEW MAIL EDITOR
She marked her new role this week with a front-page splash on the news that Boris Johnson and his partner, Carrie Symonds, are to marry, with her expecting a baby, and a controversial massive heading: ‘ANOTHER DUMMY IN NO. 10’.
CLOSING OUT OF HOURS AND FIVE PER HIKE ON COUNCIL TAX
Agreement that the Out of Hours Service at the Vale of Leven Hospital should remain closed and the Council Tax in impoverished West Dunbartonshire increased by almost five per cent has unleashed a furious reaction from the local public.