Dumbarton and Vale of Leven Reporter

In this week's Dumbarton Reporter questions are raised over the funding of a new Dumbarton Academy. http://www.dumbartonreporter.co.uk/news/roundup/articles/2010/03/02/397653-in-this-weeks-dumbarton-and-vale-of-leven-reporter/

Dumbarton missed the opportunity to put pressure on the top four when they slumped to defeat at Arbroath on Saturday. http://www.dumbartonreporter.co.uk/sport/roundup/articles/2010/03/02/397644-away-day-misery-for-plucky-sons/

A GRANDMOTHER who was injured after being caught in a house fire last week has lost her fight for survival. http://www.dumbartonreporter.co.uk/news/roundup/articles/2010/02/23/397395-blaze-victim-dies/

WITH every fixture in the Second Division falling foul to the elements on Saturday, Dumbarton boss Jim Chapman was once again left cursing the weather. http://www.dumbartonreporter.co.uk/sport/roundup/articles/2010/02/23/397391-chapman-curses-the-big-freeze/

THIS week's news on unemployment is a stark reminder that it is far too early to say that the recession is over. http://www.dumbartonreporter.co.uk/opinion/roundup/articles/2010/02/23/397388-the-commons-touch--john-mcfall-mp/

In this week's Dumbarton and Vale of Leven Reporter a joiner who falsely claimed more than £3,000 in benefits learns of his fate in court. http://www.dumbartonreporter.co.uk/news/roundup/articles/2010/02/17/397139-in-this-weeks-dumbarton-and-vale-of-leven-reporter/

IN the face of funding reductions of more than £800m from the Labour Government in London, we have managed to deliver a budget that has had the minimum on impact of services for the year ahead....

I READ that the average family accessing childcare in West Dunbartonshire is to pay over the odds as the council prepares to hike its charges. Why? http://www.dumbartonreporter.co.uk/opinion/roundup/articles/2010/02/17/397134-why-no-results/

POLICE have confirmed they are treating the death of Dean Geary as suspicious. http://www.dumbartonreporter.co.uk/news/roundup/articles/2010/02/10/396886-death-of-dean-geary-suspicious/

THE shocked family of a young man who tragically died at the weekend say they are still expecting him to walk through the door. http://www.dumbartonreporter.co.uk/news/roundup/articles/2010/02/09/396825-mystery-of-deans-final-movements/

POLICE are hunting a potentially dangerous man who punched a five-year-old boy in the face in a supermarket toilet. http://www.dumbartonreporter.co.uk/news/roundup/articles/2010/02/09/396824-boy-attacked-in-supermarket/

REPORTS of gun shots led to armed police sealing off streets on Friday night. http://www.dumbartonreporter.co.uk/news/roundup/articles/2010/02/02/396581-shots-fired/

THE future of St Martin's Primary has taken a new twist after it was revealed that a solution has been found which could keep the school open. http://www.dumbartonreporter.co.uk/news/roundup/articles/2010/02/02/396580-merger-could-save-school/

THE first public Inquiry hearing into the tragic C-diff outbreak at the Vale of Leven Hospital took place yesterday (Monday) in a packed Dumbarton Sheriff Court. http://www.dumbartonreporter.co.uk/news/roundup/articles/2010/02/02/396579-cdiff-public-inquiry--it-now-feels-real/