In this week's Advertiser

Published 9 Sep 2010 10:58

What's making the news in this week's Advertiser:

* A grieving dad plunged to his death from the roof of his East Princes Street home on Friday evening. Paul Lafferty, 46, had never recovered from the death, in a suicide pact, of his teenage daughter Neve just 11 months ago.

* RAF veteran Joanna Martin - who is confined to a wheelchair - is looking forward to taking part in a half-marathon to raise funds for the charity which helped her.

* Helensburgh lad Jacob Foster, 17, walked across Scotland this week and raised £1,000 for Jigsaw.

* An incredible £31,350 has been raised for Yorkhill Hospital for Sick Children thanks to a Helensburgh mum's fundraising initiative.

* A police campaign to protect the lives of young cyclists is being mounted in Helensburgh.

* A celebration tinged with sadness took place at Cove fire station on Friday when two long-serving fire officers retired.

* Helensburgh needs a new petrol station - that's the view of the town's community council who want townspeople to tell them where they think it should be situated. See how you can take part in our survey! Full details in the Advertiser.

* The visitor attractions at Luss are putting £5 million into the local economy every year.

All this and much more in the Advertiser - out today.

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