The Latest Breaking News from West Dunbartonshire

The model used – which was a joint partnership between West Dunbartonshire Council, Police Scotland and Scottish Fire and Rescue Service – has now been so successful it will be rolled out across the country.

Local SNP MP Docherty-Hughes says that his constituents in West Dunbartonshire will ‘breathe a sigh of relief’ that Boris Johnson’s time as Prime Minister appears to finally be at an end.

Labour leader Martin Rooney made the comments during a heated debate over Scottish Government funding.

Blue-green algae, or cyanobacteria, are a group of bacteria that can contain dangerous toxins which can be harmful and potentially fatal to pets, livestock and birds if ingested even in small quantities.

Officers were called to Dumbarton Road, Old Kilpatrick just before 8pm on Saturday. The alarm was raised following reports of a fire in the area.

Figures for the 2020/21 academic year were presented to councillors at a meeting of the local authority’s education committee last week, and showed that 90.99 percent of school leavers locally were in a ‘positive destination’ in October of last year, up from 89.66 percent.

The proposals are set to create a household energy partnership and abolish non-residential care charges.

More classrooms are set to be installed to support children so they don't have to be sent outside the local authority area.

SNP member for Kirkpatrick Gordon Scanlan will oppose the cuts, calling staff losses “unacceptable” and warning the idea has “caused distress, and negatively impacted trust and goodwill in senior management.”