A THUG who hurled a kerb stone through the kitchen window of a Helensburgh house is making good progress with his community-based punishment, a court has heard.Alexander McBride, 21, of Lineside Walk in Rhu, was spared prison earlier this year after pleading
The results of a study which shows people who have served in the Armed Forces for a short time are at increased risk of self-harm, have been described as "worrying" by an MSP.Maurice Corry, the Conservative spokesman on veteran affairs, was
PUPILS at Hermitage Academy could see changes in the number of classes they attend from day to day, the school’s head teacher has revealed.Addressing the Academy’s parent council last week, Robert Williamson said that varying the number of classes, and
PUBS and clubs in Helensburgh will be allowed to party until 3am on key festive dates after extended licensing hours were approved last week.Argyll and Bute Council’s licensing board agreed to allow licensed premises to remain open until that time on
ARDENCAPLE’S 2006 team hit a rich vein of goalscoring form, finding the net 12 times in the space of two games.First up were OLM United, who caught Caple cold in the first minute with a long-range chip – and soon went on to add a second.Caple hit back
Health chiefs have been accused of lying to NHS board members over the review of breast cancer services at Vale of Leven Hospital.Jackie Baillie MSP made the allegation after quizzing health secretary Jeane Freeman at the Scottish Parliament last week.It
HELENSBURGH Community Council has taken on the organisation of the town’s Remembrance Sunday parade after the local branch of Legion Scotland folded.Norman Muir, the community council’s convener, now wants all the local groups who are involved in the
A TALENTED Taekwondo teen has been hailed as an “inspiration” after being named Young Volunteer of the Year at an annual awards bash.Kirsten Barrett, 17, from Helensburgh, picked up the accolade at the Argyll and Bute TSI event earlier this month, recognising
MEMORIES of more than half a century of happy days were brought back to life for visitors to the Helensburgh United Reformed Church on Saturday as the congregation’s ‘Wedding Dresses through the Ages’ exhibition proved a huge success.Last weekend’s event
TWO pupils at Hermitage Academy have been celebrating after achieving success on the football pitch as well as in the classroom.Tom Powell has been selected in the Scottish Youth FA West Region under 16 squad for the coming season, while Seren Galliers
SIXTEEN senior pupils from Lomond School in Helensburgh have returned home after spending a challenging – and enlightening – 15 days in Tanzania.The trip took place after two years of intensive planning and fund-raising and saw the pupils spend 10 days
ADVENTURER Pip Stewart will describe her epic missions in South America at a talk in Helensburgh this coming week.She’s cycled 10,000 miles from Kuala Lumpur to London in time to start a new job, pedalled and paddled the distance between Brazil and Peru
A CONVICTED rapist from Helensburgh was attacked in prison by another sex offender wielding a makeshift weapon. Ben Slee, 32, was behind bars awaiting sentence when he was attacked by 39-year-old Neil Mackintosh as he made his way back to his cell
GARY Orr became the first home winner of the Scottish Senior Open in more than a decade as he triumphed at Craigielaw Golf Club on Sunday. He held off the challenge of Englishman Paul Streeter to win with a total of four-under-par and he became the first
PLANS have been submitted to revive a Luss museum which has been closed for over two years.An application has been lodged by Luss Estates for the premises at Shore Cottage, which housed the Clan Colquhoun Museum until May 2016.The proposals are a renewal
RHU Amateurs fell at the first hurdle of the West of Scotland Cup on Saturday after a disappointing 3-1 defeat at home to AFC Chryston.Both teams began positively at Ardenconnel, and the early breakthrough came Rhu’s way when Chryston’s goalkeeper misjudged
UNCERTAINTY surrounds future visits to Helensburgh by an iconic steamship due to the reported condition of the town's pier.The Waverley is due to sail from the pier next month on a journey which, according to the paddle steamer's website, is &
HELENSBURGH’S eagerly-awaited Stand Up To Cancer family festival on Sunday was cancelled after bad weather caused “unbelievable devastation” at the event venue.Event organiser Alison Sturgeon, assistant manager at the town’s Cancer Research UK (CRUK)
HELENSBURGH progressed to the second round of the West of Scotland Cup in style on Saturday with a 6-4 win away to Ayrshire side Dalry Amateurs.Dalry started fast and gave the visitors an early scare with a shot which cannoned off the crossbar, but Helensburgh
Musicians have taken matters into their own hands and organised a replacement gig after a new music festival due to take place this weekend was cancelled. Last week, organisers of Loch Lomond Live, which had former Runrig frontman Donnie Munro
HUNDREDS of anti-nuclear campaigners are expected in the Helensburgh area this weekend for a mass rally outside the Faslane naval base.The demonstration on Saturday, September 22, will start at the Faslane peace camp, near the southern entrance to Faslane
SHOCK, anger and shame have greeted horrific allegations of years of sexual abuse and physical cruelty at a care home near Helensburgh - and led to calls for other abuse survivors to come forward and seek help.The Disclosure programme on Monday evening
A HELENSBURGH woman is making final preparations to raise money for a Scottish children’s charity – by climbing Africa’s highest mountain. Polly Dunlop, 58, sets off for Kilimanjaro this Saturday, September 22 in a bid to raise £6,000 for Children
Tries flowed thick and fast at Ardencaple on Saturday as Helensburgh lost 49-28 to Oban Lorne in the first Argyll derby of the season, writes Calum McNicol.A blistering start by the visitors left Burgh with a mountain to climb, and though the Greens won
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