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LIVE updates as police speed to crash blocking busy road

LIVE updates as police speed to crash blocking busy road

Vale of Leven Hospital

Vale of Leven Hospital

New Vale of Leven scheme aims to help visitors access the right NHS care

Dumbarton FC announce cooperation agreement with Celtic

Dumbarton FC announce cooperation agreement with Celtic

Dumbarton FC announce Celtic partnership here's the details

'Unhygienic' bin crisis sparks West Dunbartonshire campaign

GMB union members previously pictured outside West Dunbartonshire council headquarters in Dumbarton

GMB union members previously pictured outside West Dunbartonshire council headquarters in Dumbarton

Care at home in crisis - inspectors slam West Dunbartonshire HSCP service

Organiser Susan Young at the 2025 Scottish Bar and Pub Awards

Organiser Susan Young at the 2025 Scottish Bar and Pub Awards

West Dunbartonshire pubs and hotels shortlisted for major national awards

The A898 Erskine bridge set to undergo partial closure for maintenance work

Police Scotland

Car torched in early hours of morning on busy Dumbarton road

Solar roof panel

Solar roof panel

West Dunbartonshire picked for Octopus Energy zero bills homes

Scottish Fire and Rescue crackdown on battery fires in West Dunbartonshire

Scottish Fire and Rescue crackdown on battery fires in West Dunbartonshire

Crackdown launched on rising number of battery fires after campaign

A fresh report on sexual crimes and domestic abuse from Police Scotland has been released

A fresh report on sexual crimes and domestic abuse from Police Scotland has been released

Domestic abuse incidents fall across West Dunbartonshire

Palliative Care Consultant Dr Beth Goundry

Palliative Care Consultant Dr Beth Goundry

New palliative care support transforms end-of-life care at Vale of Leven

Update on collapsed manhole after long queues form on A82

The Go Swim event returns to Loch Lomond

The Go Swim event returns to Loch Lomond

Cold water swimming

Open water swimming event returns to Loch Lomond for another year

Paul Uppal outside Pauls

Paul Uppal outside Pauls

80s institution dubbed 'best wee shop in the village' returns to Old Kilpatrick

Dumbarton Football Club is the latest Scottish club to sign up to the Football Safety App

Dumbarton Football Club is the latest Scottish club to sign up to the Football Safety App

Dumbarton FC adopts new safety app to tackle anti-social behaviour at matches

Youth's bike seized in Bonhill after multiple offences

Youth's bike seized in Bonhill after multiple offences

Antisocial driving

Youth's bike seized amid police drug and crime crackdown

Long delays after manhole collapses on A82 causing half-hour tailbacks

Generic fire image: A towering plume of flame at the scene of the fire

Generic fire image: A towering plume of flame at the scene of the fire

Balloch business in flames after DELIBERATE blaze

News

Scotland’s National Concessionary Travel Scheme for older and disabled people has reported high satisfaction levels

Scotland’s National Concessionary Travel Scheme for older and disabled people has reported high satisfaction levels

How free bus travel is helping older and disabled people across Scotland

The FCDO has warned Brits about keeping their passports safe

The FCDO has warned Brits about keeping their passports safe

FCDO issues important warning to all Brits going abroad this year

Elise Cartmel, general manager for net zero at Scottish Water

Elise Cartmel, general manager for net zero at Scottish Water

Scottish Water becomes first utility to adopt new plastic recycling technology

You can easily book one of these weekend trips with easyJet.

You can easily book one of these weekend trips with easyJet.

EasyJet shares 48-hour Bank Holiday breaks you can take without using annual leave

Caroline Sinclair has been appointed as West Dunbartonshire Health and Social Care Partnership's new chief officer

Caroline Sinclair has been appointed as West Dunbartonshire Health and Social Care Partnership's new chief officer

West Dunbartonshire

New health and social care chief officer appointed in West Dunbartonshire

Loch Lomond and The Trossachs have been named among the UK’s top three staycation destinations

Loch Lomond and The Trossachs have been named among the UK’s top three staycation destinations

Loch Lomond and The Trossachs named among UK's top three staycation spots

Drop-in clinics offering meningitis vaccine to students have been expanded

Drop-in clinics offering meningitis vaccine to students have been expanded

NHSGGC meningitis vaccine clinics expanded as students urged to get protected

Reverend Ian Miller

Reverend Ian Miller

'Let us be warmly accepting of each other, irrespective of our beliefs'

Domestic abuse referrals have risen by 27% in Scotland

Domestic abuse referrals have risen by 27% in Scotland

Child domestic abuse referrals rise by more than a quarter in Scotland

easyJet customers could be owed up to £520 in compensation.

easyJet customers could be owed up to £520 in compensation.

Warning to easyJet flyers set for this holiday spot after 100s of flights cancelled

Generic image of eggs

Generic image of eggs

One dead and hundreds fall ill in UK-wide Salmonella outbreak

Scotland faces a continuing shortfall in mental health officer provision

Scotland faces a continuing shortfall in mental health officer provision

Mental Health and Wellbeing

Scotland faces shortfall of mental health officers despite staff rise

Glasgow Central Mosque

Glasgow Central Mosque

Historic Environment Scotland

New £1m fund launched to help protect Scotland’s historic places of worship

These five cabin bags all fit easyJet's strict requirements.

These five cabin bags all fit easyJet's strict requirements.

5 best cabin bags that fit easyJet's size requirements from suitcases to backpacks

Ryanair will charge you £55 for not checking in online before getting to the airport.

Ryanair will charge you £55 for not checking in online before getting to the airport.

Ryanair passengers issued warning about checking in or risk paying £55 fine

Scottish parents urged to act now or risk losing Child Benefit as deadline looms

Organisations across the UK are invited to apply for funding for projects aimed at reducing electrical dangers in the home

Organisations across the UK are invited to apply for funding for projects aimed at reducing electrical dangers in the home

Not-for-profit organisations invited to apply for £10,000 electrical safety funding

Beaver kit in water

Beaver kit in water

New guide launched as beaver populations grow and spread across Scotland

Can you take a free small bag? Don't get caught out at the airport - hand luggage sizes and cabin bag allowances for Ryanair, easyJet, Jet2, Wizz Air and more.

Can you take a free small bag? Don't get caught out at the airport - hand luggage sizes and cabin bag allowances for Ryanair, easyJet, Jet2, Wizz Air and more.

Ryanair, easyJet and Jet2 free hand luggage sizes compared - full list of sizes

Citizens Advice Scotland has been awarded £2.7 million funding to support vulnerable families and tackle child poverty

Citizens Advice Scotland has been awarded £2.7 million funding to support vulnerable families and tackle child poverty

Citizens Advice Scotland awarded over £2m funding boost to tackle child poverty

The UK Foreign Office has issued a new warning over the risks of fertility treatment in Cyprus

The UK Foreign Office has issued a new warning over the risks of fertility treatment in Cyprus

UK Government issues travel warning over medical treatment at popular holiday spot

Human waste and abandoned lit campfires 'spoiling' Kilpatrick Hills

The glasses are banned from courts, including in Dumbarton

The glasses are banned from courts, including in Dumbarton

'Spyware' glasses banned from filming in all courts in Scotland, SCTS confirms

Aldi is calling on all supermarkets to offer free period products

Aldi is calling on all supermarkets to offer free period products

Aldi calls on UK supermarkets to offer free period products in customer toilets

Trending Across Scotland

How free bus travel is helping older and disabled people across Scotland

FCDO issues important warning to all Brits going abroad this year

Scottish Water becomes first utility to adopt new plastic recycling technology

EasyJet shares 48-hour Bank Holiday breaks you can take without using annual leave

New health and social care chief officer appointed in West Dunbartonshire

Loch Lomond and The Trossachs named among UK's top three staycation spots

Sport

Dumbarton FC announce cooperation agreement with Celtic

Dumbarton FC announce Celtic partnership here's the details

Dumbarton Football Club is the latest Scottish club to sign up to the Football Safety App

Dumbarton Football Club is the latest Scottish club to sign up to the Football Safety App

Dumbarton FC adopts new safety app to tackle anti-social behaviour at matches

The terraced end of Ayr United's Somerset Park, recorded by HES during Ayr United v Dundee

The terraced end of Ayr United's Somerset Park, recorded by HES during Ayr United v Dundee

Historic Environment Scotland

Historic Environment Scotland issues final call for football submissions

Investigation launched after football disorder near Scottish stadium

Commonwealth Games

Renton athlete makes history as first female boxer to win medal for Team Scotland

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National Sport

Kai Havertz and Bukayo Saka gave Arsenal a decisive lead inside the first quarter of the game (John Walton/PA)

Kai Havertz and Bukayo Saka gave Arsenal a decisive lead inside the first quarter of the game (John Walton/PA)

Arsenal make emphatic winning start to title defence

Rory McIlroy (Jeff Roberson/AP)

Rory McIlroy (Jeff Roberson/AP)

Rory McIlroy heads back to range after slipping off the pace at BMW Championship

Carlos Baleba is set to make the move to Old Trafford (Cody Froggatt/PA)

Carlos Baleba is set to make the move to Old Trafford (Cody Froggatt/PA)

Manchester United agree deal for Brighton midfielder Carlos Baleba

Liverpool midfielder Curtis Jones has completed his move to Inter Milan (Peter Byrne/PA)

Liverpool midfielder Curtis Jones has completed his move to Inter Milan (Peter Byrne/PA)

Curtis Jones leaves Liverpool for Inter Milan

Usain Bolt, left, appears to have signed for an amateur football team (Bradley Collyer/PA)

Usain Bolt, left, appears to have signed for an amateur football team (Bradley Collyer/PA)

From sprint stardom to Sunday league – Usain Bolt set for Wythenshawe Vets bow

The trophy presentation after Ethical Diamond after won the Sky Bet Ebor Handicap during day four of the Sky Bet Ebor Festival 2025 at York Racecourse. Picture date: Saturday August 23, 2025.

The trophy presentation after Ethical Diamond after won the Sky Bet Ebor Handicap during day four of the Sky Bet Ebor Festival 2025 at York Racecourse. Picture date: Saturday August 23, 2025.

Love Me Tender could have York faithful in full voice

Joe Root and England will be deprived of a Headingley Test in next summer’s Ashes (Mike Egerton/PA)

Joe Root and England will be deprived of a Headingley Test in next summer’s Ashes (Mike Egerton/PA)

Joe Root rues lack of Headingley Ashes Test after rout of Pakistan

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Dumbarton FC announce cooperation agreement with Celtic

Dumbarton FC announce Celtic partnership here's the details

Waverley will make a rare evening cruise through the Gare Loch and Holy Loch on 19 August, with live music onboard

Waverley is set for rare evening sunset cruise last this month

The host locations for this year’s Lloyds Tour of Britain have been revealed ahead of the race, with riders set to tackle another challenging route across Britain.

Wales to host two stages of the 2026 Lloyds Tour of Britain Women

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Police and emergency personnel at the school in Fagersta, Sweden (Fredrik Sandberg/TT News Agency via AP)

Police and emergency personnel at the school in Fagersta, Sweden (Fredrik Sandberg/TT News Agency via AP)

One killed and two seriously injured in sword attack at school in Sweden

The beach in Shoreham-by-Sea, West Sussex (Yui Mok/PA)

The beach in Shoreham-by-Sea, West Sussex (Yui Mok/PA)

Girl, six, dies in hospital after being pulled from sea alongside family members

The Duchess of Sussex may make her return to acting (Jonathan Brady/PA)

The Duchess of Sussex may make her return to acting (Jonathan Brady/PA)

Meghan ‘in talks for role in Guy Ritchie Netflix series’

Ukrainian Emergency Service firefighters work on a fire at a shopping mall following a Russian drone attack in Kryvyi Rih (Ukrainian Emergency Service via AP)

Ukrainian Emergency Service firefighters work on a fire at a shopping mall following a Russian drone attack in Kryvyi Rih (Ukrainian Emergency Service via AP)

Russian strike kills at least 15 at shopping centre in Zelensky’s home city

People attend a vigil for three women and a boy who were injured a horror motorway crash (Evan Treacy/PA)

People attend a vigil for three women and a boy who were injured a horror motorway crash (Evan Treacy/PA)

Hundreds gather in vigil for family injured in horror wrong-way motorway crash

Professor Sir John Curtice (Andrew Matthews/PA)

Professor Sir John Curtice (Andrew Matthews/PA)

Farage is ‘midwife’ of Holyrood pro-indy majority, Sir John Curtice says

Members of An Garda Siochana stand outside St Michael the Archangel Church in Athy (Brian Lawless/PA)

Members of An Garda Siochana stand outside St Michael the Archangel Church in Athy (Brian Lawless/PA)

Funerals held for teenagers killed in wrong-way motorway crash

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