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Council has lowest employee absences in four years
West Dunbartonshire Council has seen a marked improvement in employee attendance with many services recording their lowest absences in four years. The latest Wellbeing Attendance Management report was presented to the council’s corporate services
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Two men charged with alleged Dalmuir disturbance
Two men were charged last week in connection with an alleged disturbance at an address in Scott Street, Dalmuir. The men, aged 28 and 21, were arrested after police attended on September 17. See more: BME communities encouraged to join police
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GCC: GMB donate to Drumchapel foodbank
GLASGOW’S cleansing department has donated £500 to Drumchapel’s food bank to help them feed the city’s most vulnerable residents. Staff began collecting for these organisations four months ago and handed over the cash to this group who have been
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OPINION Gil Paterson: Controls disappointing but necessary
A LOT has happened in the past month with the pandemic – some good and some bad. On the bad side, and after me spouting on in my last column how well we were doing in suppressing the Covid-19 virus, down then to 20 new infection cases a day, that
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BME communities encouraged to join police force
Police Scotland is reaching out to BME communities and encouraging them to consider a career in policing. The force is hosting a 90 minute online recruitment event on Thursday, October 8, between 6.30pm and 8pm which will be held via Microsoft
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Funding for youth work increased to support sector
Funding for youth work is being increased by more than 30 per cent to recognise the vital role the sector will play in making up any ground lost in learning during the coronavirus pandemic, the Scottish Government has announced. A newly created
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Demand for advice continues to increase due to Covid-19
Citizens Advice Scotland has warned that the coronavirus pandemic is impacting all levels of society as new data shows how the vast majority of people using the advice network are doing so for the first time. The latest monthly data report published
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Scotland braced for 70mph winds with Storm Aiden set to batter country
SCOTLAND could soon be battered by 70pmh winds as the first named storm of the season makes landfall. September has seen unusually high temperatures but that is set to come to an end as Storm Aiden approaches the UK. In fact, the Met Office
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The 9 bizarre laws that still exist in Scotland – and you’ve probably already broken some
Have you ever gone fishing on a Sunday? How about having a drunk sing-along on a train? Well you might have just broken the law. That’s just a couple of the bizarre pieces of legislation that are still, technically, in place today. Here, we
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First-time buyers have one week left to apply for up to £25,000 deposit fund
First-time buyers in Scotland have less than one week to apply for a fund of up to £25,000 to help them get on the property market. The Scottish Government’s First Home Fund has been “particularly popular” since the reopening of the housing market
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Harry Potter steam train to pass through Clydebank today
THE steam train made famous in the Harry Potter film series is due to pass through West Dunbartonshire train stations today. The locomotive and carriages from the ‘Jacobite’ train are due to travel south at the end of their summer season taking
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Scottish election: Plan to delay Holyrood vote ‘being considered’ amid virus threat
PLANS are being drawn up to potentially delay next year’s Holyrood elections, according to reports. Contingency plans, including pushing the vote back or being an entirely postal ballot, are both thought to be under consideration – with the coronavirus
