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Reducing the number of pupils who qualify for school travel, charging for brown bin collections and cancelling fireworks displays and Christmas lights switch-ons have also been suggested on a list of 47 cuts presented to councillors last week.

The council will commit itself to the changes which will be brought in by whoever wins the council election later this year.

The area will lose out on £2 million and the council leader described the move as "indefensible"

Chief Superintendent Lynn Ratcliff spoke at a meeting of West Dunbartonshire Council’s housing and communities committee last week, introducing a report that showed an 11.4 percent year-on-year rise in sexual crimes.

West Dunbartonshire Council suggests Levengrove Park, Christie Park and Dalmuir Park should have memorial areas to honour those who have lost their lives during the pandemic.

Last month WDC chief executive Joyce White announced that she would be standing down from the role after a decade at the helm of the local authority, saying: “It has been a difficult decision to move on from a job, an organisation and an area I care so much about.”

West Dunbartonshire council is also looking at the option of enclosing the buoys in protective casing as fire and recuse officials said the vandalism could prove tragic to anyone in need of help.

Members unanimously agreed that chief executive Joyce White should write to her counterpart at Scotrail, and to Minister for Transport Jenny Gilruth, to formally reaffirm WDC's opposition to the ticket office and opening hours reductions.

Joyce White has overseen ambitious regeneration projects during her decade at the helm, and is now stepping down to pursue her own projects.

Unite, Unison and GMB have submitted a pay claim to COSLA calling for a minimum wage of at least £12 per hour.

West Dunbartonshire Council turned down the proposals for a second gas beacon at Clydebank as they felt one lit at the Royal castle would be sufficient.