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Rail staff could boycott Balloch to Glasgow line over safety fears

RMT regional organiser Mick Hogg issued the warning, as he outlined fears that it could only be a matter of time before a member of Scotrail staff is seriously injured or killed as a result of thugs using train services.

Daily Record

Controversial £20k Alexandria planters set to be removed this month

The garish designs caused an outcry last year, and are set to be axed less than a year after being moved into position.

Daily Record

Owner of fire-hit Alexandria church launches fundraising appeal to save it

Andrew Cuthbert says he is "devastated” by the latest fire, which came less than a week after another blaze.

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Thousands of Kiltwalkers descend on Balloch as trekkers raise £3m for charities

The kilted heroes made their way through Dumbarton and Alexandria before finishing in Balloch.

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Dumbarton plays host to lively hustings - with candidates in Alexandria this week

Some of those standing in next month's election were questioned about the future of the West Dunbartonshire Leisure Trust, after proposed cuts to staffing, about the environment, freedom of speech and how they will work with local trade unions during two hours of debate.

Daily Record

Fire crews race to another blaze at Alexandria's former St Andrew's Church

Scottish Fire and Rescue Service confirmed that they were in attendance for the second week in a row.

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Alexandria gym named Scotland's best fitness business at national awards

Fit-in in Alexandria was recognised, with founder Lisa Milton saying that it was her clients who won the award for being so welcoming.

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West Dunbartonshire Council Election 2022: Meet the Leven candidates

Currently the ward, which covers Bellsmyre, Renton, Bonhill and the south of Alexandria, is represented by Labour’s John Millar, the SNP’s Ian Dickson, Jim Bollan of the Community Party and Alba’s Caroline McAllister.

Daily Record

Probe launched after fire at Alexandria church at the centre of £750k redevelopment plans

Fire crews raced to the B-listed former St Andrew’s Parish Church in Main Street just before 11pm on Easter Sunday, with eyewitnesses reporting seeing flames from inside the building.

Daily Record

Alexandria rugby star Duncan Munn reflects on Six Nations experience

The 18-year-old outside centre, who came through the ranks at Loch Lomond and currently plays for Boroughmuir Bears, started all five Six Nations matches for Kenny Murray’s side – and reflected on a character-building tournament for the young Scots.

Daily Record

EgyptAir Resumes Flights to Benghazi

EgyptAir announced that it would operate daily direct flights between Cairo and the Libyan city of Benghazi starting on 18 April this year, after an 11-year suspension due to the deteriorating security situation following the "revolution" that ousted the late President Muammar Gaddafi. The Libyan authorities allowed the resumption of…

Asharq Al-Awsat

US Prosecutors Rest Case Against ISIS ‘Beatle’

Prosecutors rested their case Tuesday against an alleged member of the notorious ISIS kidnap-and-murder cell known as the "Beatles." El Shafee Elsheikh, 33, declined the opportunity to testify in his own defense at his trial in a federal court in Alexandria, Virginia. Asked by Judge T.S.

Asharq Al-Awsat

Public consultation launched over Alexandria regeneration plans

Glenesk Homes and Lidl are asking for residents views on the proposals for 25 one and two-bedroom flats in a four-storey development, a new supermarket and car parking, replacing the existing Mitchell Way.

Daily Record

Palm Sunday church attacks: Egypt’s ‘worst day of violence’

Egypt’s security situation five years after ISIL-claimed church blasts killed 48 people.

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Isis on trial: What we have learned so far at the trial of British jihadist El Shafee Elsheikh

The self-confessed Isis member is accused of taking part in hostage-taking operation that led to the killing of American and British journalists and aid workers. Richard Hall reports from Alexandria, Virginia

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Isis on trial: Families of victims hope for justice as landmark case of Isis ‘Beatle’ begins in US court

El Shafee Elsheikh is accused of brutal treatment of hostages and of being involved in the deaths of journalists and aid workers, writes Richard Hall in Alexandria, Virginia

Asharq Al-Awsat

US Trial Begins for ISIS Militant who Beheaded American Hostages in Iraq, Syria

An alleged member of a group of ISIS militants that beheaded American hostages in Iraq and Syria, nicknamed "The Beatles" for their British accents, faces a US criminal trial beginning on Tuesday. El Shafee Elsheikh, 33, will stand trial in federal court in Alexandria, Virginia, just outside Washington, on charges…

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Scots mum’s fury over well-being of son who eats wall and floor coverings

Caitlyn, of Alexandria, said her son's room has only a bed in it as they await the work required to give him a safe space to call his own.

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Egypt Navy Rescues Crewmembers of Sinking Lebanese Ship

The Egyptian Navy rescued last week ten crewmembers of a Lebanese cargo ship that sank off the coast of Alexandria in the Mediterranean Sea, an Egyptian military statement said. Spokesperson of the armed forces Colonel Gharib Abdelhafez said on his official page that as part of the continued efforts to…

Daily Record

Alexandria's Smollett Fountain to be renovated this spring

The works will take up to eight weeks to complete.

Tribune News Service

Commentary: Threats, vilification and screaming parents: The death of public service

Rep. Rodney Davis joined a number of his fellow Republicans on June 14, 2017, for an early morning baseball practice on a field in Alexandria, a Virginia suburb of Washington, D.C. They were getting ready for an annual charity game that Republicans and Democrats have played for over 100 years,…

Glasgow Live

Body found in search for missing Dumbarton man George Walker

The discovery was made in the River Leven in Alexandria yesterday. He has not yet been formally identified, however, the family of the 36-year-old have been informed.

Daily Record

Young Scots dad-to-be saved by padded North Face jacket during 'slashing' by yobs

Lewis McGinty believes the duo were trying to stab him but was protected by his thick coat during the shocking attack in Alexandria, West Dunbartonshire.

Asharq Al-Awsat

Egypt, EBRD Launch New Cooperation in Energy, Tourism

Egypt and the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) signed two memoranda of understanding (MoU) on green hydrogen and established the Sector Skills Council (SCC) to boost the tourism sector. They also signed an agreement to implement an Alexandria metro line with a total value of €250 million. The…

Daily Record

Alexandria cancer survivor urges women to attend smear test appointments as uptake falls

Only 70 percent of eligible women between the ages of 25 and 49 in West Dunbartonshire came forward for tests last year.

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