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  • Lomond Banks planning application is withdrawn

    THE applicants behind the £30million Lomond Banks development in Balloch have today announced that they have withdrawn the controversial plans. Flamingo Land Ltd and Scottish Enterprise informed the Loch Lomond and the Trossachs National Park Authority

  • Fighting period poverty example to be followed

    The rest of Scotland is set to follow the example of West Dunbartonshire. Since August last year, pupils in the council area have access to sanitary products free of charge. MSPs are considering introducing a law that would make this the case

  • Book Trust wants kids to start telling stories

    The search is on for young people in Dumbarton and the Vale with a budding talent for writing or drawing. Scottish Book Trust has announced that applications are open for their What’s Your Story? programme. Marc Lambert, CEO of Scottish Book

  • Vale machete man handed 'last chance'

    A VALE man who was spared jail after battering at a door with a machete has been allowed to remain at large - despite a flagrant breach of a court’s orders. Dumbarton Sheriff Court heard on Friday, September 6, that Daniel Hollern had been given

  • Flag raised for 'unsung heroes' of emergency services

    Brave emergency service personnel have been honoured at a public ceremony. Provost William Hendrie raised the official flag before a two minute silence was held to remember more than 7,000 who lost their lives in the line of duty as part of national