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Join thousands of others in getting the stories that matter to you sent straight to your inbox.A council charge for rat extermination has been suspended after elected members voiced major concerns about an apparent spike in infestations across Renfrewshire.Labour councillors Karen Kennedy and Eddie Devine lodged a motion at a virtual meeting on Thursday requesting the £61.20 charge be temporarily pulled after being flooded with complaints from Paisley residents.Environment convener Cathy McEwan argued the council imposed one of the lowest charges for pest control in the country and highlighted the number of reports about rat issues had actually reduced over the past few years.She tabled an amendment arguing there was “no evidence” to

Join thousands of others in getting the stories that matter to you sent straight to your inbox.A pair of Paisley councillors have called for pest control charges in Renfrewshire to be temporarily dropped until an "explosion" of rat infestations is sorted out.Labour group chief Eddie Devine and Paisley Northwest representative Karen Kennedy have tabled a motion ahead of a meeting tomorrow requesting the council suspends charges "associated with the control of rodents".Councillor Devine, who represents Paisley Southeast, says he has been inundated with complaints in recent months from people who have spotted rats around their homes in the Charleston, Lochfield, and Glenburn areas of his ward.And he has insisted the council needs to bring the

Get the stories that matter to you sent straight to your inbox with our daily newsletter.Education bosses have said they will "strive to do better" for Renfrewshire pupils with additional support needs (ASN) after a Paisley councillor insisted families had felt failed during the pandemic.Councillor Karen Kennedy questioned officials at the latest meeting of the education and children's services board on what lessons they had learnt over the past year around caring for ASN children in mainstream schools.She claimed families in her Paisley Northwest ward had told her they felt "let down" by the council in terms of online support for their children while schools had been closed, as she pressed officers on whether anything would change about

PAISLEY DAILY EXPRESS: Live news as it happens Controversial Paisley politician, Paul Mack, was hauled before the Standards Commission for Scotland over a series of alarming emails sent to councillors Eddie Devine and Alistair Mackay.A panel found he had repeatedly breached the Councillors’ Code of Conduct after a hearing at Renfrewshire House. Read More News: It emerged that Councillor Devine and his daughter, fellow elected member Karen Kennedy, had been offered panic alarms by the police in response to increasingly distressing messages from Mack - including one labelling Councillor Devine a racist.The hearing also heard Councillor Mackay contacted cops over an email which he believed incited violence against him.Chair of the Hearing

Big-hearted Karen Kennedy found her own pot of gold at the end of a rainbow with a wealth of donations and gifts for key workers.