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A Johnstone cycle lane that has been branded a death trap is to be scrapped "with immediate effect" after a fierce backlash from the community.

People in Renfrewshire will see their council tax and service charges go up by three per cent this year.This comes after the SNP administration's £466 million budget was passed unopposed earlier today.

Get the stories that matter to you sent straight to your inbox with our daily newsletter.Mounds of manure have appeared in a stinking stand-off over access to farm fields in Paisley.The row has escalated after a farmer’s increasing annoyance that professional dog walkers were flocking onto their arable land.Other gates giving access to the beauty spot have also been locked.Renfrewshire Council has now been drawn into the bitter dispute as the piles of poo have been dumped on public land it leases to a farming family.Now Councillor Jim Sharkey is demanding a resolution to the stand-off at Honeybog Hill, the last patch of farmland at Arkleston.The Labour member for Paisley Northeast and Ralston said: “The access has now either been blocked or

Join thousands of others who have signed up for the Daily Record newsletter.Renfrewshire councillors have agreed to get behind future cultural and educational events focusing on black history following the tragic killing of African-American George Floyd.At the first-ever virtual full council meeting this week, elected members voted to recognise Black History Month every year in October and consult with the region's black community on how the local authority could best support events outside that month.The idea was put forward in a motion from Paisley Northeast and Ralston councillor, Jim Sharkey, as members engaged in a debate on how best to reflect on the area's past links with the slave trade following the rise of the Black Lives Matter