Joyce White: Last News

Street parties and community events were held over the four-day bank holiday weekend as residents came together to mark the Queen’s historic Platinum Jubilee.

A beacon was lit at the top of Dumbarton Castle to mark the Queen’s Platinum Jubilee last night.

An “unfathomable” decision to slash £2million of funding for West Dunbartonshire’s most deprived children has been slammed as new stark figures revealed the attainment gap is widening.

West Dunbartonshire Council’s chief executive will write to Scotrail and the Scottish Government’s transport minister to oppose proposals to cut hours at local railway ticket offices.

West Dunbartonshire Council’s chief executive is stepping down this summer after being at the helm for more than a decade.

Join thousands of others in getting the stories that matter to you sent straight to your inbox.Residents across West Dunbartonshire are being encouraged to collect a free lateral flow test in a bid to keep Covid-19 infection rates down.Lateral flow testing kits can now be ordered online via the UK Government website or collected from asymptomatic testing sites in Clydebank and Dumbarton.They can also be picked up from the test centre at Risk Street Dumbarton or Napier Hall in Old Kilpatrick.

Get the stories that matter to you sent straight to your inbox with our daily newsletter.Councillors stuck to their decision rejecting the extension of a Dumbarton quarry - despite the council’s top chief warning it could result in a £2.245million bid for compensation.Chief executive Joyce White called for a rethink after the planning committee refused permission for the extension of Sheephill Quarry in the Kilpatrick Hills in January.She warned West Dunbartonshire Council that the planning decision could mean forking out the seven-figure sum to operator William Thompson and Son because it would reduce the land they can quarry.But following a five-hour discussion at a full council meeting last week, councillors narrowly voted to stick with

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