- Money 'will create youth jobs'
- Steel contract 'review needed now'
- Probe into Rangers takeover urged
- Player on trial over 'sectarianism'
- Trump slams Salmond over wind farms
- Firm shelves city biomass plant
- Road chaos in icy 'perfect storm'
- Budget cash announced for councils
- Section 30 independence vote urged
- FM 'can officially complain to BBC'
- Cross-dressing conman 'disgusting'
- McKinnon's ordeal like 'execution'
- Cash and drugs seized during raids
- No Army base 'would create outrage'
- Referendum views 'need to be aired'
- Gas leak evacuates Shell oil rig
- Glasgow HQ for green technology
- Diageo drink sales decline in UK
- Drivers warned to watch out for ice
- Man dies after head-on collision
News
Modest war heroine Kieks was fighter with Dutch Resistance
MODEST Bearsden woman Grietje Scott wouldn’t call herself a war heroine - but without a doubt she is one of the bravest people you could ever meet.
Milngavie couple Jane and Scott Exit game with £137,000
A MILNGAVIE couple with a young family were overjoyed after scooping a cool £137,000 after winning a TV game show.
COMMUTERS CALL FOR BETTER BUS SERVICE
A ‘PUBLIC Transport Forum’ is to be established, allowing commuters to press for better bus and rail services.
Plea for young people to get referendum vote
YOUNG people MUST be allowed to vote in Scotland’s independence referendum - according to the Scottish Youth Parliament member for Milngavie
Couquhoun Park up for Royal tribute
A BEARSDEN park could get the Royal stamp of approval as part of a national campaign to mark The Queen’s Diamond Jubilee and the 2012 Olympics.
Sport
Curling champs brush off rivals
A YOUNG curler was celebrating this week after her team retained the Scottish Junior Championships in Aberdeen.
West and Endrick rugby weekend action
West and Strathendrick rugby clubs both have away matches tomorrow (Saturday).
Legal eagles swoop on Thistle!
PARTICK Thistle have unveiled a new shirt sponsorship deal worth a “considerable” five-figure sum.
United they stand: combined school rugby side triumph
A combined U18 rugby team from Bearsden and Douglas Academy won the Brewin Dolphin North Glasgow Regional Bowl Final after beating Boclair Academy 20-10.
Trophy time at Allander Gymnastics Club
Members of Allander Gymnastic Club gathered recently to show off all the medals they won at their club championships.
Lifestyle
Banish blues with a spa day at Blythswood Square
WHAT better way to beat the winter blues than with a luxury spa day at Glasgow’s five-star hotel, Blythswood Square.
It’s your chance to see rock and roll dance show at The King’s
FROM the writers, producers, creators and director of the huge success that is Dreamboats and Petticoats, Save the Last Dance for Me comes to The King’s Theatre, Glasgow, from Monday, March 5 to Saturday, March 10.
Guitar man Michael tunes into Far East market
AN ARTISAN guitar maker, who has toured with some of the country’s most famous bands, is set to become big in Japan.
Burns Supper at Douglas Park Golf Club
DOUGLAS Park Golf Club celebrated the life and works of Robert Burns with their annual Burns Supper in the club house last Friday.
Strathblane is soup-er, says web guide
THE Good Soup Guide - an online guide for tourists in Scotland - has praised Strathblane as “an outdoor person’s paradise”.
Community
Country life
Copy and pictures for Country life should reach us by 2.30pm on Tuesdays. E-mail mbherald@jnscotland.co.uk
Pupil power fails to save Killearn ‘turnip field’
BUNGALOWS for the elderly and disabled in Killearn have finally been given the green light after months of discussion.
Country life
District life copy and photographs should reach the Herald office at 27 Stewart Street, Milngavie, by 2.30pm on Tuesdays. E-mail mbherald@jnscotland.co.uk
Diabetes group date
THE next meeting of the Garnavel Diabetes UK Scotland group will be on Thursday February 16 in the Diabetic Unit of Gartnavel General Hospital at 7.30pm.
News from the schools
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Weather for Milngavie
Friday 10 February 2012
Today
Light rain
Temperature: 2 C to 4 C
Wind Speed: 7 mph
Wind direction: South east
Tomorrow
Light rain
Temperature: 2 C to 5 C
Wind Speed: 7 mph
Wind direction: South
