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Stressed home carers say they are “undervalued, ignored, exhausted and full of anxiety” following a radical overhaul which they claim is leaving the area’s most vulnerable residents at risk.

The Scottish SPCA is appealing for information after a white and grey female cat was found in a box in a street in Alexandria while giving birth.

A Gartocharn resident has written to First Minister Humza Yousaf with concerns over plans for a windfarm in Alexandria.

Aldi have revealed £4.7million plans for a new store in Dumbarton - directly opposite the town’s Lidl.

Nick Vivarelli International Correspondent Bosnian director Jasmila Zbanic (“Quo Vadis, Aida?”) will preside over the main jury of the 6th edition of Egypt’s El Gouna Film Festival, which has announced its full lineup, featuring a rich mix of Arabic and international titles making their Middle East premieres as they compete for top prizes. Following a one-year hiatus, the Oct.

Tributes have flooded in for a Scots teenager who died after being crushed by a quad bike while on holiday on a Greek island.

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Police have acted to reassure communities that they understand the impact of violent crime after a string of incidents in estates across Alexandria and Bonhill.

previously explained that she wanted to be involved in the project because she “really wanted to represent Black women.”But Egyptologist Zahi Hawass, who previously served as the nation’s antiquities minister, is not happy with the “completely fake” portrayal of the famous queen, who he claims was wholly Greek — and “not black.” He’s accused Netflix of “trying to provoke confusion by spreading false and deceptive facts that the origin of the Egyptian civilization is black.”“Cleopatra was Greek, meaning that she was light-skinned, not black,” the archaeologist told the Al-Masry al-Youm newspaper, per a BBC report on Wednesday.In addition, lawyer Mahmoud al-Semary filed a complaint Sunday with the country’s public prosecutor to demand that Netflix be blocked in Egypt, claiming they are trying to “promote the Afrocentric thinking … which includes slogans and writings aimed at distorting and erasing the Egyptian identity.”A petition titled “Cancel Netflix’s ‘Queen Cleopatra'” has more than 3,200 signatures on Change.org. Another petition for the cause that allegedly garnered 85,000 signatures was meanwhile removed from Change.org.

The owner of a taxi firm has told how cabbies are being left out of pocket due to West Dunbartonshire’s crumbling roads.

Two people have been reported to the Procurator Fiscal, as part of an ongoing investigation into historic abuse in Jamestown.

An Alexandria poet whose work has brought laughter and tears to Lennox readers over the years has published her second book.

Police investigating the death of a young man who was killed during a horror two car crash near Loch Lomond are searching for the driver of a pick-up truck.

P7 pupils at Balloch’s St Kessog’s Primary became the first to learn new skills through a pioneering Tullochan programme.

Johnny Depp's new romance with one of his lawyers, the actor's ex-wife, Amber Heard, isn't paying attention to the burgeoning romance.ET confirmed on Thursday that Depp, 59, is dating his former lawyer, Joelle Rich, who represented the actor in his 2020 libel lawsuit in the U.K. A source tells ET, «Amber isn't paying attention to Johnny or his personal life.»«She doesn't care who he dates and just wants to move forward with her life,» the source adds.The U.K.-based attorney represented the actor in his libel lawsuit against 's publisher, News Group Newspapers, after the outlet published an article in April 2018 referring to Depp as a «wife beater.» Depp ultimately lost the lawsuit in 2020.In addition to representing Depp, Rich also was one of the partners, through Schillings, to work on Meghan Markle and Prince Harry’s 2018 case against the , which they ultimately won. Schillings has also taken on other notable clients including Ryan Giggs and J.K.

sundown town. The film tumbles giddily though a montage of late-breaking endorsements, from Bernie Sanders and Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (truly the model for what Booker is doing in Kentucky), Elizabeth Warren and Hollywood power players like Ava DuVernay, Kerry Washington, Regina King and Kentucky’s own Jennifer Lawrence. Some of the transitions are a bit stilted, and the film’s present-tense presentation feels awkward (the news itself is a spoiler). We know how the primary ends, but it is a nail-biter to the very end, nevertheless, from a last-minute injunction called in to beg judges to allow polls to stay open longer for those voters caught in traffic to the weeklong process of counting the mail-in votes.

The potential of police hubs in Dumbarton and Alexandria town centres will be raised by West Dunbartonshire Council’s leader later this month.

Emergency services were called to an industrial estate after a fire broke out in a unit on Sunday evening.

Nightmare roadworks are causing misery in Alexandria but one local business is determined to spread some positivity – by decorating traffic cones in YARN.

Alexandria’s Post Office and shop could be forced to shut because roadworks linked to a town centre revamp have “killed footfall”.

Residents at Crosslet House care home in Dumbarton are celebrating the Queen’s Platinum Jubilee with a number of special events over the course of the Bank Holiday weekend.

Controversial £20,000 planters in Alexandria are set to be removed, after being branded “a waste of money” by the council leader.

Candidates were grilled by the public at a lively hustings organised by the Clydebank TUC in Dumbarton last week.

“The King’s Shadow” by Edmund Richardson (St. Martin’s Press)Charles Masson isn't a household name, even for many avid readers of history, but it's easy to wonder why that's the case after reading “The King's Shadow."Historian Edmund Richardson's book on Masson's search for the lost city Alexandria Beneath the Mountains is less about the treasure hunt and more about the unlikeliest of archeological heroes.A deserter from the army for the East India Company in the 1800s, Masson wound up in Afghanistan and sought to find the remnants of the famed city that was part of Alexander the Great's sprawling empire.That search winds up being the backdrop for Masson's exploits as he dodges spies from the East India company, rivalling rulers and others.

A vile killer jailed for the brutal murder and butchering of a teenage mum who 'looked at him as a father figure' has died behind bars.

A public consultation has been launched over plans for new flats and a Lidl store in Alexandria town centre.

Fears have been raised over local jobs following reports convenience store chain McColl’s is on the brink of collapse.

A mum has told how a padded jacket saved her son’s life after two thugs jumped him in a shocking unprovoked attack.

The body of a man has been found in the River Leven in Alexandria this afternoon.

The Walking Dead viewers back in the early days of Season 5, Father Gabriel Stokes has gone through some thangs, to put it as simply as possible. Currently in the second of Season 11’s three episode blocks, Gabriel is as confident as cold-blooded as can be, and is a world or two away from the haunted priest who was traumatized by his own cowardice. He’s definitely in a better place all these years later, in as much as “better” means “still alive,” since fans are constantly waiting for him to bite the bullet.

Disappointed campaigners say long-awaited plans to develop an eyesore will leave Alexandria town centre “like a housing estate”.

Police have confirmed to the Lennox that they will continue their investigations into "non-recent abuse" in Jamestown for "at least another week."

As Boris Johnson is claimed to have attended a Downing Street garden party in May 2020, the number of Covid-19 deaths in West Dunbartonshire moved towards 100.

Police think that an alleged serial killer – dubbed the “Shopping Cart Killer” – might be responsible for the deaths of four women in Virginia.

The countdown to Christmas officially began in Dumbarton and the Vale as residents turned out at light switch on events.

“It’s not anybody’s job to get abuse.”