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CARE HOMES: The lengthy isolation times have been described as “distressing and harmful”

January 22, 2022 heaneymedia

The limit on the number of households allowed to visit their loved ones has also been dropped The lengthy isolation times have been described as

ENTERTAINMENT: Celtic Connections launches ‘hybrid’ online music festival

January 15, 2022 heaneymedia

By Bill Heaney Celtic Connections have launched a “hybrid” online version of the musical festival after shows had to be cancelled due to Covid restrictions

LOCKDOWN RESPITE: Gartnavel green spaces are just what the doctor ordered

January 12, 2022 heaneymedia

By Lucy Ashton Monty Don and Alan Titchmarsh don’t have a look-in. Gartnavel General Hospital at Anniesland has looked after thousands of patients during COVID-19.

SNOW IS ON ITS WAY TO WEST DUNBARTONSHIRE AND ARGYLL

January 5, 2022 heaneymedia

Mairi Gallagher tells us Helensburgh’s curling club was established in 1847. One of the towns first curling ponds was located in East King Street, but

CARDROSS: ST PETER’S SEMINARY AFTER THE CATHOLIC CHURCH ABANDONED IT

December 31, 2021 heaneymedia

SPECIAL FEATURE On Christmas Eve my son told me about St Peter’s Seminary in Cardross. Its history about being built in the 60s, and how

FAIRYTALE OF NEW YORK: PICTURES BY JULIE GRAHAM

December 6, 2021 heaneymedia

Dumbarton girls on tour in Big Apple PICTURES BY JULIE GRAHAM

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CARE HOMES: The lengthy isolation times have been described as “distressing and harmful”

The limit on the number of households allowed to visit their loved ones has also been dropped The lengthy isolation times have been described as

BAILLIE SUPPORTS SAMARITANS’ BREW MONDAY CAMPAIGN

17th January, 2022 By Lucy Ashton Jackie Baillie has raised a cuppa in support of the Samaritans’ Brew Monday campaign today (Monday, January 17). The

POLITICS: GIRD YOUR LOINS FOR MORE BUDGET CUTS FROM THE SNP

By Bill Heaney West Dunbartonshire Council’s SNP group leader is being hamstrung by his Nationalist colleagues in Edinburgh when it comes to finance for hard-pressed

Sprain, strain or suspected fracture at the gym? Avoid A&E queues and book with MIU

$Sprain, strain or suspected fracture at the gym? Avoid A&E queues and book with MIU$

As the annual drive to get fitter and healthier in the New Year is well underway, the Health Board is advising anyone who has a

More than £16m lost in Covid fraud and errors

Responding to comments from Auditor General Stephen Boyle to the Public Audit Committee that “somewhere between £16 million and £32 million” of the money committed

POLITICS: Tories who want Boris to resign ‘facing intimidation and blackmail’ and should contact police, MP says

MPs who are, or assumed to be wanting to oust the PM, have been threatened with having funding for projects in their constituencies pulled, a

SNP/GREENS INSIST NEW FIRE ALARM LEGISLATION COMES INTO FORCE IN FEBRUARY

The Democrat’s Bill Heaney with Sarah Boyack and Housing Minister Shona Robison. By Bill Heaney Every household in West Dunbartonshire and Argyll and Bute, which

RELIGION: Report faults retired Pope Benedict XVI for handling of sexual abuse cases

Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI sits in St. Peter’s Basilica as he attends the ceremony marking the start of the Holy Year. A long-awaited report on