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UK’s top astronaut Mike Foale touches down at Paisley secondary school

06/03/2015 2 Mins Read

Britain’s most famous astronaut Mike Foale visited a Paisley school on a mission to inspire young people interested in careers in the space industry. Mike, whose career includes six missions into space and commanding the International Space Station, visited Castlehead High School to deliver a special talk to third year pupils. The pupils got to

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Sweet things hit the spot in Renfrewshire Fairtrade Bake Off

03/03/2015 2 Mins Read

Hundreds were sweet for the Fairtrade Bake Off as they packed into Paisley Town Hall to watch Helen McLaughlin, from Paisley crowned the competition winner. The winning cake, a peanut butter cake, was made using Fair Trade peanut butter, bananas, caster sugar and dark, white and milk chocolate. Judging the Bake Off was Guatemalan Fairtrade

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New £200m body to deliver NHS and council services for adults

26/02/2015 3 Mins Read

New plans to merge local authority and NHS services for adults have been given the green light by Renfrewshire Council. The move is designed to help adults in Renfrewshire enjoy longer, healthier lives, lived in their own homes. It will also help local services work together to deliver the Scottish Government’s nine national health and

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Work starts on regeneration of Johnstone Castle

26/02/2015 3 Mins Read

The first phase of work on the regeneration of housing in Johnstone Castle has begun. Demolition of the first vacant block of flats is now underway. The six flats, at Sycamore Avenue, are the first of 48 blocks of tenement flats that will be demolished as part of the programme to regenerate housing in Johnstone

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Fairtrade farmer visits Renfrewshire for Fairtrade Fortnight

25/02/2015 2 Mins Read

A Guatemalan farmer is visiting Renfrewshire to pass on his experience of how Fairtrade has transformed the prospects for his rural community. Ismael Diaz Rivas will be visiting schools, businesses and community groups during Fairtrade Fortnight, which runs from 23 February to 8 March. Ismael is president of the CIPAC cooperative which operates in the

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Youth Parliament candidates meet with Council Leader

25/02/2015 2 Mins Read

Young political hopefuls held their very own question time when they got the chance to grill Renfrewshire Council's leader and chief executive. Seven of the ten candidates standing for election met with Councillor Mark Macmillan and Sandra Black at the Council Chambers in Renfrewshire House. Posing questions about child poverty, the minimum wage and education

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£ 273m Renfrewshire City Deal Moves Ahead

17/02/2015 3 Mins Read

The Glasgow and Clyde Valley City Deal, which will benefit Renfrewshire with three major infrastructure projects, took another step forward this week with the appointment of eminent people from business, politics and academia to bodies associated with the £1.13bn City Deal. Renfrewshire is represented by Council Leader, Mark Macmillan, who has the Portfolio for Enterprise.

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Phase two of Arnotts work ‘massive boost’ for town centre

11/02/2015 3 Mins Read

The next stage of a landmark development on Paisley’s iconic Arnotts site has been hailed as ‘the latest leap forward’ in the ongoing transformation of the town centre Work is now under way to turn the distinctive listed frontage of the former store on Gauze Street into 11 luxury apartments, with retail units on the

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Paisley in line for £2m town centre transformation

10/02/2015 4 Mins Read

Paisley town centre is in the running for a multi-million-pound transformation after the council cleared the first hurdle on a bid for major investment funding. Renfrewshire Council has been awarded £113,300 of Heritage Lottery Fund (HLF) money to develop detailed plans for a large-scale project to restore some of the area’s architectural treasures to their

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Pupils go back to future at Johnstone Town Hall

09/02/2015 2 Mins Read

A group of schoolkids went back to the future by planting a time capsule inside the soon-to-be-opened £14.5m Johnstone Town Hall. The pupils from local schools placed a series of items – including school ties and shirts, coins of the day and profiles of themselves – inside a lead container, now buried under the paving

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Six of the best go for national bar awards

05/02/2015 2 Mins Read

Six of the best pubs and clubs in Renfrewshire are out to prove they are ‘best bar none’ in Scotland. The six premises, all winners at Renfrewshire’s own Best Bar None awards last month, have been shortlisted for national awards. Six of the best pubs and clubs in Renfrewshire are out to prove they are

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Fun Friday for kids

04/02/2015 1 Min Read

FRIDAY night is fun night for youngsters at Paisley’s Lagoon Leisure Centre. A new Friday Fun Club is being launched this week on February 6 and eight to 14-year-olds are being encouraged to come along for the two-and-a-half-hour sessions that run between 6pm and 8.30pm. The youngsters will take part in fun sports such as