Michelle Macginty: Last News

A Leven councillor has pledged to act on the concerns of Bonhill residents over rundown football pitches after a petition neared 500 signatures.

Council chiefs say they are continuing to pressure the Scottish Government to fund a flood prevention programme in Dumbarton East.

A brave Levenvale mum battling incurable cervical cancer will save lives by sharing her story, West Dunbartonshire Council’s deputy leader has said.

Councillors have hit out at plans to radically redraw the Dumbarton Scottish Parliament constituency.

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.

Developers behind proposals for a wind farm in the Vale of Leven that could power more than 50,000 homes must work alongside the community to shape the plans, councillors have stressed.

Renton’s new £15m school campus was officially opened last week.

Warmth centres are set to be opened this winter for people in West Dunbartonshire struggling with soaring energy bills.

West Dunbartonshire’s new Labour council administration have launched a £5m plan aimed at helping residents with the soaring cost of living.

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.

Labour have taken control of West Dunbartonshire Council, winning an outright majority for the first time since 2012.

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

Join thousands of others who have signed up for the Daily Record newsletter.A cancer survivor who says without screening her family would have had to bury her has told how she believes cancelling routine tests has played down the disease.Figures revealed last week show that almost 400,000 screenings have been delayed after the decision was taken to pause them during the Covid-19 pandemic.And Alexandria woman Michelle McGinty, who was diagnosed with cervical cancer in 2016, has said the move could have huge consequences for people with the disease going forward.She told the Lennox Herald: “For years we’ve had campaign after campaign telling us about early detection and early treatment and how that’s the most important thing.“I think that

A campaigner who fought for families caught up in a lethal bug outbreak at a Scottish hospital fears lessons have not been learned for today’s coronavirus crisis.