Dumbarton & Vale of Leven Reporter - Archives
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MAN SLEPT WITH GIRL (14) (16/5/07)
16/05/07 A MAN had unprotected sex with an underage girl he met on the internet.
Published: Saturday, 19th May, 2007 11:10
16/05/07 A CHARITY worker from the bonnie banks hopes to be crowned Scotland's bonniest babe.
Published: Saturday, 19th May, 2007 11:09
GRAN KILLER'S VALIUM AND BOOZE RAGE (16/5/07)
16/05/07 THE murder trial of a schoolboy — who stabbed his gran 23 times — heard how the accused wrote five suicide notes before the brutal assault.
Published: Saturday, 19th May, 2007 11:09
FURY AT VOTING SHAMBLES (9/5/07)
THE number of 'spoiled' ballot papers more than quadrupled as Thursday's election turned into a shambles.
Published: Tuesday, 8th May, 2007 10:34
TEEN TERROR GETS ASBO THEN JAIL (9/5/07)
AN ASBO teen and her sidekick — who carried out a mini crime wave between them — are finally off the streets.
Published: Tuesday, 8th May, 2007 10:24
AUNT'S ANGUISH OVER MISSING TOT (9/5/07)
THE aunt of a three-year-old girl snatched from her bed on holiday has spoken of her fears for her `gorgeous` niece.
Published: Tuesday, 8th May, 2007 10:33
THE spectacular backdrop of Loch Lomondside became a Royal viewpoint when Princess Anne visited on Friday. In the hills above Gartocharn, the Princess spent some time admiring the magnificent view of the loch and the distant hills towards Ben Lomond.
Published: Tuesday, 1st May, 2007 13:06
Candidates’ plans for anti-social residents
WITH just days to go until the election, candidates say tackling anti-social behaviour is top of their agenda. All five candidates for Holyrood's Dumbarton constituency seat have been outlining their plans to crack down on the problem — if they get into power.
Published: Tuesday, 1st May, 2007 12:44
Kids’ tears of distress at vandals’ destruction
SOME of the alleged vandals who wrecked a primary school last week — causing it to close — may be pupils of the school. Lessons were cancelled at Bonhill's Highdykes Primary and some pupils were left in tears after the catalogue of destruction was discovered.
Published: Tuesday, 1st May, 2007 13:11
FIRE AT HOUSE WAS ‘MURDER’ BID (02/05/07)
TWO people rescued from a burning house may be murder targets, police believe. Flames shot through the two-storey home on Friday morning, and detectives are treating the blaze as a deliberate attempt to kill. Firefighters with oxygen masks battled their way inside the Bellsmyre address as their colleagues turned jets of water onto the building.
Published: Tuesday, 1st May, 2007 12:40
'AN ANNUAL DISGRACE' (25/4/07)
TRAVELLING people have returned to the Burgh — causing fury among residents.
Published: Tuesday, 24th April, 2007 09:27
CARELESS cotton bud users have turned the area's shorelines into the dirtiest in the country.
Published: Tuesday, 24th April, 2007 09:23
