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An East Renfrewshire councillor has said reports of teenagers “carrying knives” are “quite alarming”, as she raised the issue with police.

Bomb squad officers carried out a major operation in a quiet suburb of Glasgow this afternoon, following an alleged disturbance nearby on Thursday evening. Police officers roped off a large area of Malletsheugh Road in Newton Mearns, which has been closed at both ends by police vehicles.

A cash-strapped Scots council has sent out a rallying cry for Harry Styles to help plug an expected £30m budget gap.

A Scots beautician who lost a whopping eight stone has shared her top tips for New Year weight loss - including taking 'before' pictures in your underwear and clearing the cupboards of leftover Christmas chocolate.

An SNP MP has demanded Rishi Sunak drop "unspeakably cruel" policies to lift half a million children out of poverty across the country.

Teenager Lauren McCheyne has seen off competition from thousands of hopefuls to be crowned the winner of our search for Scotland’s next top supermodel.

Pupils, teachers and councillors joined together on Friday, 24 June, to mark the beginning of work at the site of a new learning campus in Neilston.

PAISLEY DAILY EXPRESS: Live news as it happensAnd those taking on Highers are among the 73 per cent of S5 pupils in East Renfrewshire who secured three or more awards at this level - the highest ever.Attainment has continued to rise across East Renfrewshire, despite the challenges posed by the Covid-19 pandemic.St Luke’s High pupil Callum McGuire was particularly badly hit by the pandemic, with the S5 student forced to miss an entire month of school due to self isolation.But the 16-year-old’s dedication to his studies saw him secure five A grades at Higher level.Callum, who wants to study engineering at university after completing sixth year, said: “It was really tough being away from everyone for so long, but the teachers gave me all the

pervert teacher has hit out at a “lenient” prison sentence he was handed - and blasted him for ruining her life. The woman, now 47, was abused when from the aged of 11 to 16 by music teacher William Wright who was caged for 20 months for the attacks between 1985 to 1990.

PAISLEY DAILY EXPRESS: Live news as it happensThe project is part-funded by the Scottish Government’s Regeneration Capital Grant Fund and renovation works, led by Procast, started earlier this month, with contractors aiming to complete the handover to Include Me 2 Club in October.During this time, the Gate Lodge building will be fenced off to the public.In 2019 East Renfrewshire residents and visitors had an opportunity to have their say on the facilities they’d like to see in the park and the overwhelming majority felt the priorities should be toilets, food provision and CCTV.This project will provide both toilets and a cafe, creating a valuable community hub for Barrhead.

panto star Dean Park praised NHS staff on International Nurses Day after a near-death fight with cancer. The theatre acting legend fought for his life after a devastating skin cancer diagnosis in 2015.

Renfrewshire residents will hit the polls on May 6 to elect the region's new MSPs for the next five years. Today, the Local Democracy Reporting Service (LDRS) speaks to Paul O'Kane of the Scottish Labour Party, who is seeking election in Renfrewshire South.Scottish Labour's Paul O'Kane insists he remains determined to serve the community he was born and bred in despite losing out on the Renfrewshire South seat five years ago.The East Renfrewshire councillor said he was "disappointed" not to hold onto the constituency for his party in 2016, as the SNP's Tom Arthur pipped him to the post.But he has dusted himself off and is ready to go again in the battle to get voters back onside.Mr O'Kane has vowed to be a "dogged fighter" for everyone and

hate campaign against social workers following a bitter split from his hero cop wife was caught with live bullets at his home.

Police Scotland has confirmed the trio, aged 22, 26 and 28, were arrested on Tuesday night in the upmarket Glasgow suburb of Newton Mearns. They were detained after a Ford Fiesta was stopped in the suburb's Netherton Road at around 10.55pm on September 29.

East Renfrewshire Council’s director of education has delayed her retirement to help with the challenges thrown up by the coronavirus pandemic.

Crimestoppers are offering a reward of up to £10,000 to anyone who can help solve the brutal murder of an East Renfrewshire man who was violently attacked inside his car.

An SNP MP has called on the UK Government to do more to ensure that money paid out under its Job Retention Scheme reaches furloughed workers.