David Carnduff

An MSP has claimed another major milestone in his continuing battle to safeguard a pristine area of shore and woodland on Loch Lomond near Balloch.

A major change in the way that health chiefs operate the GP out-of-hours service in Dumbarton and the Vale has come under fire.

NATIONAL Park bosses have been accused of not being well enough prepared for the mass influx of visitors to the area following the easing of lockdown restrictions.

A TEENAGER from Cardross, who recently spent 12 weeks volunteering in Cambodia, is planning to use the skills he developed overseas to support people back home who need help in the coronavirus pandemic, writes David Carnduff.

People venturing out of doors as the lockdown restrictions are eased are being urged to beware of hazards that exist in the countryside around Dumbarton and the Vale.

The charity which owns the Maid of the Loch has urged the public to throw the ship a financial lifeline.

A DECISION by council bosses in West Dunbartonshire to clean classrooms only every other day once schools return after the coronavirus pandemic has been slammed as “disgusting”.

A Dumbarton foodbank which is working flat out to help people cope with the coronavirus pandemic has announced its own "roadmap" out of the crisis.

Planning committee members at Loch Lomond and the Trossachs National Park have come under fire for the way in which a controversial plan at a nature reserve was granted.

A CHARITY which has ensured thousands of older Scots forced into isolation during lockdown have not gone without critical food supplies is expanding its lifeline services to people in Dumbarton.