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Work to introduce safety measures on a road in Paisley where a teenager was killed has been brought forward and will start next week.

Renfrewshire residents have been urged not to jeopardise the safety of others by tampering with life-saving equipment near water.

The SNP will stay the largest group on Renfrewshire Council after 21 members were elected.

Councillors are set to be issued with devices to help protect them from potential attacks while working alone.

Get the stories that matter to you sent straight to your inbox with our daily newsletter.Renfrewshire’s planning board chief has again been accused of “rushing through” a crunch decision on a major Paisley housing application.A special remote meeting of the board was held on Tuesday after convener Marie McGurk had not outlined her reasons for turning down proposals for more than 600 homes in the grounds of Dykebar Hospital during a meeting last week.She had received unanimous support from the board to reject the application but, due to the mishap, councillors had to re-convene to put on official record their reasons for the decision, which is a statutory requirement.During this second meeting, Conservative group leader Neill Graham was the

Get the stories that matter to you sent straight to your inbox with our daily newsletter.The head of Renfrewshire Council's planning board is facing a call to resign from her post after she failed to explain her reasons for turning down a major housing application prior to it being thrown out.At a remote meeting earlier this week, Councillor Marie McGurk moved to refuse a proposal for more than 600 homes to be built on surplus land at Dykebar Hospital, Paisley.She garnered instant unanimous support from fellow elected members and the plans from a consortium of Barratt Homes, Cala Homes and Bellway Homes were rejected.However, it has since emerged Councillor McGurk did not circulate her reasons for rejecting the plans to other members of the

Get the stories that matter to you sent straight to your inbox with our daily newsletter.Campaigners who have fought against plans for 600 new homes in Paisley welcomed a shock move by councillors to block the development.Planning chiefs had recommended permission be granted to a consortium of developers who wanted to build the properties on surplus land at Dykebar Hospital, despite admitting serious problems around biodiversity, roads and schools.But in what has been described as an “unusual move”, planning board convener Marie McGurk went against her staff during a crunch meeting yesterday and received unanimous support from elected members to turn down the proposal - the site of which was located within her Paisley Southeast