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Youth Parliament candidates meet with Council Leader

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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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Paisley Museum
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Paisley Museum ‘inspires’ children’s art at annual exhibition

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The annual children’s art exhibition Inspired opens at Paisley Museum this week, showcasing the very best creative talent from Renfrewshire schools. The exhibition is free, and will run from Saturday 21 February to Friday 17 April. The aim of the exhibition is to showcase the work developed in art and design in all education establishments
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In Bishopton

N’ice one as curlers score a rare ‘eight ender’

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A TEAM of curlers led by the brother of Olympic Gold medalist, Rhona Martin is celebrating an unusual feat that’s the curling equivalent of a golfing hole-in-one. Drew Howie, the older brother of Scots curling star Rhona, was skip of the team playing at the intu Braehead curling rink that achieved an ‘eight ender’ -
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Paisley in line for £2m town centre transformation

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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
Johnstone Town Hall
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Pupils go back to future at Johnstone Town Hall

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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
Best Bar None Awards
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Six of the best go for national bar awards

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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
RAMH 25th anniversary Provost Hall, Brian Caldwell, Stephen McLellan
In Bishopton

Mental Health charity celebrates quarter century of services

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Local mental health charity RAMH today celebrated 25 years of providing services to local communities across Renfrewshire and East Renfrewshire. And they kicked off their special year by launching an appeal to raise £25,000 in their 25th anniversary year, allowing them to move to better premises, where they will be more accessible, more visible and
renfrewshire-leisure
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Fun Friday for kids

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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