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Paisley town centre will host a month-long Christmas carnival with details announced today of a programme of festive family events designed to drive footfall to local traders throughout December.

Renfrewshire police are appealing for information after a cyclist was knocked off his bike in Paisley.

A Paisley town centre parking initiative has been extended for another seven months in a move to drive footfall to local businesses.

Paisley’s popular Sma’ Shot Day celebrations are set to return with a day-long programme of spectacular entertainment in the town centre.

Drug squad cops seized thousands of pounds of drugs during two early morning raids in Paisley.

A derelict Paisley pub is to be demolished and replaced with a drive-thru restaurant after plans were given the go-ahead.

Scots singer Paolo Nutini shared a rare social media post to announce that he will be touring around Italy this summer.

A tourism boss has hailed Paisley’s cultural renaissance as the town prepares to host a major UK event.

A woman who was reported missing by her worried mum was actually on a New Year’s Day bender in Paisley.

A memorial service to the 71 young lives lost in the Glen Cinema disaster will take place on Hogmanay in Paisley town centre.

missing woman has been released as police search continues. We told how Soung Nguyen was last seen in the Calside area of Paisley, Renfrewhsire at around 9.40am on Sunday.

Paisley last night. Emergency services scrambled to Neilston Road, near Lapsley Avenue after a 40-year-old man was seriously assaulted by hoodlums at around 9.30pm on Friday, June 4.

Join thousands of others in getting the stories that matter to you sent straight to your inbox.A gang of teen yobs hurled racist abuse at a young man and woman as they walked through Paisley town centre.The victims were targeted in Gilmour Street near the cenotaph around 9.20pm on Friday.Cops said a 16 year-old boy and a 23 year-old woman were heading from nearby Gilmour Street train station after getting off a train when the group approached them and began to shout racist taunts at them.The abuse continued for a several minutes before the louts made off from the scene.The frightened pair approached police in the area but a search for the suspects proved unsuccessful.It is understood the victims were unhurt in the incident but have been

Covid-19 pandemic. In desperation, he armed himself with a hammer and a knife and started making threats in Paisley town centre in an attempt to raise awareness of his plight.

Get the stories that matter to you sent straight to your inbox with our daily newsletter.A notorious crook who went on a thieving spree armed with a pair of scissors has been placed on a tag with a warning ringing in his ears.William Hutton, 50, who has more than 100 previous convictions, was spared jail despite targeting shops in Paisley.Desperate Hutton even claimed he was only stealing “for money for food and electricity,” when he was snared in the town’s High Street.Yesterday he appeared for sentencing after pleading guilty to charges of stealing a quantity of razors from Superdrug in the Piazza Centre, on August 29, 2019.He also admitted stealing a quantity of DVDs from WH Smith, High Street, on August 30, 2019.Hutton of Spiersfield

Get the stories that matter to you sent straight to your inbox with our daily newsletter.It may have been raining on Sunday - but that didn’t stop Paisley marathon runner Dylan Glynn pounding the streets of the town for 26 miles in aid of a much-loved local charity.The 32-year-old completed the virtual London Marathon in aid of Paisley charity the Star Project.On his momentous journey through the streets of the town, Dylan ran past many key sites that have links with the Star Project.Places such as the charity’s base in Wallace Street, Fountain Gardens, Paisley Men’s Shed, St Mirren Park, Glenburn Community Library and areas linked to the Paisley City of Culture bid were all on the route.Dylan even had support from community members

And Dylan is honoured that he will be able to complete his 26.2 miles on the streets of his hometown.His efforts have already raised almost £1,500 for The Star Project, and in support of the lifeline organisation, Dylan plans to include a number of Renfrewshire places on his route that are vital in the community work done by the charity.Places such as the charity’s base in Wallace Street, Fountain Gardens, Paisley Men’s Shed, St Mirren Park, Glenburn Community Library and areas linked to the Paisley City of Culture bid are all on the route.Dylan said: “I am really honoured that I will be able to run the marathon on the streets of my hometown.“I was initially going to defer my entry for a year as I thought it was completely cancelled.“But

PAISLEY DAILY EXPRESS: Live news as it happens Procurator Fiscal Depute Calumn Forsyth told the court: “The car park is in Paisley town centre.“A member of the public looked out of his window and saw the accused.“The accused approached the motor vehicle and went down to the driver’s door where he repeatedly tried the handle of the door.“He then walked to the other side of the vehicle, a BMW, and attempted to open the passenger’s door on the other side.”The court heard the witness noted what Mack was trying to do, but did not phone the police until the following day when he spotted the thief back at the same place.The prosecutor added: “The witness saw the accused in the same local area on May 27 and that point he contacted police.”Cops

Read More About: Adelle hopes pupils will soon get chance to see the work up close when dance schools are given the green light to open again.She added: “We got some disappointing news last week from Nicola Sturgeon that dance schools will not be allowed to open until September 14 at the earliest, which was devastating really.“It will mean we will have been shut a full six months.“It’s frustrating because we feel we have all the correct measures in place, we have socially distanced spaces, a one way system, we have a track and trace system so we will know exactly who is in the building.“But fingers crossed we get the go-ahead in September.” Read More About: Featured in our mural pictures is 18-year-old Megan Gallacher who joined the school

Detectives are trying to identify a man who is in critical condition after he being run over in a Paisley street. Officers believe he had also sustained injuries before he was hit in the town’s George Street in the early hours of yesterday morning.