Jos Weale

The fight to tackle period poverty has stepped up in Dumbarton and the Vale, with moves in recent weeks aimed at helping girls and women struggling with the costs of sanitary products.

It’s a chilly September night at Our Lady and St Patrick’s High School as the AstroTurf pitches began to fill with some of Clydebank’s bright young stars in girls’ football.

The 12-year-old, who has recently started at Dumbarton Academy, must walk more than two miles to hop on public transport on his own.

The fizz is out, the table is decked with colourful balloons and the tunes are playing away over in a little annex in Helensburgh. It’s party time for an award-winning voluntary group.

An alternative-blues musician will perform at Loch Lomond Live Festival later this month before jetting off to the United States on his biggest tour to date.

The fizz is out, the table is decked with colourful balloons and the tunes are playing – it’s party time in Helensburgh for an award-winning voluntary group.

A CLYDEBANK man was conned out of £7,800 after receiving a call from someone claiming to work at his bank.

GREEN campaigners gathered to rally against the proposed Flamingo Land development at Balloch on Saturday.

A FRUSTRATED dad claims his children have been “traumatised” and left homeless since they were rescued last month from fire-hit flats.

The fizz is out, the table is decked with colourful balloons and the tunes are playing – it’s party time for an award-winning voluntary group.