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  • Call for volunteers ahead of latest Rhu beach clean

    BEACH cleaners in Rhu are being urged to don their gloves and wellies and look out their litter pickers for the latest community event this weekend. The Rhu and Shandon Community Council have organised the monthly get together for 10am on Sunday

  • Helensburgh phone boxes face axe as use falls by 90 per cent

    FIVE phone boxes in Helensburgh and Lomond have been earmarked for removal – despite a couple having been used “fairly regularly” in recent months. Three facilities in Helensburgh are listed in a report to go before Argyll and Bute Council’s planning

  • Youth football: Ardencaple 2007s bounce back after cup exit

    ARDENCAPLE’S 2007 team bounced back from the disappointment of their Scottish Cup exit with a fine 6-0 league win over St Cadoc’s at Hermitage Academy. Clearly still smarting from the 2-1 defeat at the hands of Drumchapel on September 7, Caple reverted

  • 'Miss Saigon' is at Hermitage Academy this week

    PUPILS at Hermitage Academy this week stepped up preparations for the school’s latest musical production, Miss Saigon, which will be performed this coming week. Pictured above is the full cast of talented students in rehearsal for the musical, which

  • IN PICTURES: Hundreds take part in first Go Swim Loch Lomond

    MORE than 800 people braved a chilly Loch Lomond in a brand new swimming challenge. The inaugural Go Swim Loch Lomond was hailed a huge success on Saturday, September 7. Children, pensioners and everyone else in-between pulled on their wetsuits

  • Hockey: Helensburgh senior teams are back in league action

    HELENSBURGH Hockey Club’s three teams enjoyed mixed fortunes in their latest fixtures, with the first and third teams losing to Western while the second XI defeated Hillhead. Helensburgh’s first team squad was full of young talent for their trip