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  • Helensburgh’s young athletes blow away the opposition

    FORTY young Helensburgh AAC athletes recently competed in the final outdoor track and field athletics meeting of the season at Kilmarnock, and athletes and coaches were delighted to finish the season on a high in winning the overall event, placing

  • All eyes on the pies for award-winning Kilcreggan butcher

    A KILCREGGAN family butcher has won two awards at the 2019 Scottish Craft Butchers awards. Kevin Walker Butchers, based on Shore Road in the village, won the Gold Award for their Traditional Steak Pie, as well as a Silver Award for their Mince Round

  • Printed 'bin date' calendars in Helensburgh to be scrapped

    ARGYLL and Bute Council is to scrap the practice of sending printed 'bin collection date' calendars to households in Helensburgh – and across the area. The authority says the move to online-only information will allow it to divert money towards

  • Eye on Millig: How Helensburgh tried to tackle the demon drink

    IN our latest Eye on Millig column, Leslie Maxwell takes a look, with the help of historian Alistair McIntyre, at Helensburgh's links with the temperance movement of the 19th century – and how the Kirk, and others, tried to clamp down on drinking in