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m8driving
In Bishopton

101 test stations

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Over the past six and a half years M8 Driving School has built up a very good reputation in the Renfrewshire area and this week Susan Cook Patton and Lori Anderson have made it pass 100 and 101 for Steven Porter Adi owner of the school. It's been full of hard work, fun, laughter as
Sandra Black
In Bishopton

New Chief Executive to take charge at council

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Renfrewshire Council has announced the appointment of Sandra Black as its next Chief Executive. Sandra is the current Director of Finance and Corporate Services at the council. She will take up the post of Chief Executive from 1 December. The council’s outgoing Chief Executive, David Martin, leaves this month to take up the post of
Case study family 2
In Bishopton

Innovative project generates over £340,000 for local families in need

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A unique service to give Renfrewshire’s children the best start in life through a stronger focus on early years intervention and more support for families has reached its first anniversary. Families First ‘core teams’ were set up by Renfrewshire Council in Linwood and Ferguslie 12 months ago to take forward a neighbourhood-based approach to helping
eigen art
In Blog

Caussade Fine Arts 1st Art Exhibition

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Caussade Fine Arts 1st Art Exhibition For the entire month of November, Eigen will host Caussade Fine Art’s 1st local art exhibition which showcases the work of new artist in the local area. Local artist Allan Elliott began the art classes in March of 2014, with only a few pupils to begin with. It has
abbey-town-hall
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Leader wants town to be creative industry centre of excellence

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Renfrewshire’s Council Leader wants to help transform Paisley’s future by turning the town into a centre of excellence in creative industries. Councillor Mark Macmillan believes Paisley is ideally placed to lead the way for the rest of Scotland in becoming the country’s first town centre enterprise area. The Scottish Government has already created 15 enterprise
Halloween Parade Paisley
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Halloween Festival is well-attended spooktacular

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Paisley ‘s Halloween festival delivered a sensational spooktacular on Friday evening when around 15,000 came out in the town centre for a stunning show of light and dark. The Renfrewshire-Council-run event was being staged for the first time and included a 200-person parade and Scotland’s first-ever fire garden with sculptures made of flames. The parade
scottish-wildcat
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Paisley Natural History talk on the Scottish Wildcat

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Paisley Natural History Society is continuing its autumn programme of evening talks with an illustrated talk by Adrian Davis on Thursday 6 November, 7.30pm at Paisley Museum. Adrian is a leading authority on Scottish Wildcats and has developed an extensive knowledge of this elusive creature. Using field signs combined with remote camera traps, he has
In Blog

Video of Paisleys Halloween Parade

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Video of Paisleys Halloween Parade Video of Paisleys Halloween Parade as it goes through the streets of Paisley which included Spark the LED Drummers as well as a parade of family’s dressed in their Halloween costumes which included members of PACE, stilt walkers, jugglers and massive flowers of fire placed along Abbey Close. Click for
DanceDerby_creditColinHattersley
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Marathon dance show swings into Paisley

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Dance Derby Autumn 2014 Tour 22 October – 5 November 2014 In association with Scottish Opera Company Chordelia is delighted to announce a re-staged, nine-city autumn tour of its critically acclaimed Edinburgh Fringe 2013 show Dance Derby. The dance marathons of Depression-era America, with strict rules, extreme conditions and ferocious competition, were the reality shows
Fireworks 27
In Bishopton

Paisley Fireworks Event Cancelled

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The Paisley fireworks display due to take place on Saturday has been called off due to safety risks posed by the expected wind direction. The Paisley fireworks display due to take place on Saturday has been called off due to safety risks posed by the expected wind direction. But the full afternoon of free entertainment
chameleon
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Chameleon Tattoo Charity Open Day

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Chameleon Tattoo will be holding a charity tattoo day in support of both Breast Cancer Awareness and Help for Heroes. All the artists are giving up their time for the whole of the day to offer specially themed designs at low, low prices. Every single penny of that money will go to charity so please come