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The £1 million Scottish Water project to tackle flooding in Bridge of Weir will not be impacted by mass strike action, the public utility has said.

Council bosses have been accused of adding to the cost-of-living crisis with the introduction of its £40 garden waste permit.

Scottish Power has been accused of a “lack of urgency” when called in on street light repairs in Renfrewshire – sparking calls for improvement from a fed-up politician.

An eyesore health centre is to be upgraded after years of indecision by the NHS.

Calls are being made for council bosses and police to tackle issues surrounding "confusing" speed limits at a Bishopton housing estate.

Older people in Renfrewshire are being sent outwith the area for covid boosters and flu jags.

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Get the latest Renfrewshire stories sent straight to your inbox with our daily newsletterNew safety signs along the River Gryfe should make clear people have died by jumping into the water and not just ask people not to swim, a councillor has insisted.Elected members have agreed to install seven GPS signs at six potentially dangerous spots along the river which will have a designated code attached to them to let emergency services know exactly where a distress call is coming from.Officers have also said in a report they intend to install signs which will say, for example, "Danger- Deep Water/Swimming".But Councillor James MacLaren, who represents Bridge of Weir which the river runs through, has called for stronger wording to be used to

PAISLEY DAILY EXPRESS: Live news as it happensThe debacle will mean another trip to repair the holes in Auchenclioch and Clevans Roads in Bridge of Weir.Local Councillor James MacLaren has hit out at the Council for a “total waste of money”.The Scottish Conservative and Unionist representative says he “couldn’t believe” what has happened.He says this failure could well cause damage to vehicles, given the size of the potholes.Councillor MacLaren had also recently reported a “monster” pothole near to Barnbrock Farm, which he was amazed Renfrewshire Council hadn’t marked for an emergency repair.He is now calling on the Council to urgently explain why these potholes have not been repaired before taxpayers money was spent on surface

Get the stories that matter to you sent straight to your inbox with our daily newsletter.Litter louts who trash Renfrewshire’s roadsides by throwing rubbish out their car windows could be about to get caught in the act as council bosses investigate using artificial intelligence to snare offenders.Conservative councillor James MacLaren has urged the local authority to produce a report on using new software called LitterCam, which could see fines issued to drivers who throw items onto carriageways.LitterCam captures and scans video footage and photographic evidence of the guilty drivers’ number plates and can pick up items as small as an apple core or cigarette butt.The evidence is then sent to the Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency (DVLA),

Get the stories that matter to you sent straight to your inbox with our daily newsletter.Roads chiefs are coming under increasing pressure to install a stop sign at a hazardous Bishopton crossroads before a fatal accident occurs.The community council, elected member James MacLaren and the area's Conservative MSP candidate, Julie Pirone, have joined forces to lobby local authority bosses to urgently take action at the junction of Old Greenock Road and Kingston Road.Drivers coming north up Kingston Road are often unaware they need to give way to cars crossing their path on Old Greenock Road, leading to some major side-on collisions which have been captured on CCTV nearby.Residents also insist it is extremely difficult to see cars coming from

Get the stories that matter to you sent straight to your inbox with our daily newsletter.Environment bosses have been urged to start getting tough over contaminated recycling bins as they confessed a new system for tackling the issue had "taken a back seat".Councillor James MacLaren accused council chiefs of failing to collect overflowing bins if they found they were contaminated, as he claimed some were ignored "forever more" at this week's meeting of the environment board.The Tory man questioned why bins were no longer being tagged if they had incorrect materials in them.Operations and infrastructure boss Gavin Hutton admitted the system had been put to one side due to the coronavirus crisis but said it was being done on a "small scale"

Join thousands of others who have signed up for the Daily Record newsletter.Police and council officials must ramp-up efforts to snare speedsters on a notoriously dangerous village road, a councillor has insisted.Councillor James MacLaren has called for action to be taken on the A761 running between Bridge of Weir and Brookfield, where he fears there may soon be a major accident.The Bridge of Weir representative said he had been flooded with complaints about drivers regularly breaking the limit, while some residents had raised particular concerns about the hazardous junction with Prieston Road.Councillor MacLaren has urged the council and cops to tackle what he described as a "perennial problem" in the area.“Speeding concerns are regularly