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Tribunal awards manager £11,000
AN IT manager who quit after being subjected to relentless verbal abuse from his boss has been awarded more than £11,000 compensation.
Published: Wednesday, 9th July, 2008 12:00
Child sex assault schoolboy sent to jail for 14 months
A SCHOOLBOY sex pervert from Alloa who preyed on a five-year-old girl in a toy tent was jailed for 14 months last Wednesday.
Published: Wednesday, 9th July, 2008 12:00
Shaping up for schools’ future
A REVIEW of primary and nursery education in Clackmannanshire will help shape the education of the county’s children for the next 10 years and make sure its schools are fit for purpose in the 21st century.
Published: Wednesday, 9th July, 2008 12:00
‘Bully’ care home nurse struck off
A ‘BULLY’ care nurse at a home in Sauchie, who left a disabled pensioner’s face bruised after shaking her by the jaw has been struck off the nursing register.
Published: Wednesday, 9th July, 2008 12:00
Garry faced a 'mountain' of a challenge
AN INTREPID Tullibody climber battled the unpredictable Scottish weather, hiking up and down Ben Nevis four times in 16 hours.
Published: Wednesday, 9th July, 2008 12:00
PROVOST Derek Stewart bagged two goals from six attempts during Sauchie Fun Day’s beat the goalie competition.
Published: Wednesday, 9th July, 2008 12:00
CHILDREN and adults were bowled over by an armoured personnel carrier on Sunday – the star attraction of the Cambus Bowlers’ Fun Day.
Published: Wednesday, 9th July, 2008 12:00
Liberty Belle at Prestwick Airport
“Liberty Belle”, one of the few World War 2 B17 “Flying Fortresses” still flying, made a historic stop over at Prestwick Airport on Wednesday, July 2.
Published: Friday, 4th July, 2008 13:50
A TULLIBODY woman who embarked on an emotional journey to the other side of the world in search of her mother discovered instead a sister she never knew existed.
Published: Wednesday, 2nd July, 2008 12:00
Terror trial lawyer is cleared of contempt
THE lawyer of an Alva student convicted of terror offences has been cleared of contempt of court – but judges delivered a stinging rebuke to Aamer Anwar at the High Court in Edinburgh on Tuesday.
Published: Wednesday, 2nd July, 2008 12:00
Welcome home to the 'Wee County'
CLACKMANNANSHIRE is set to take centre stage in a nationwide event designed to attract visitors with an ancestral connection to the county.
Published: Wednesday, 2nd July, 2008 12:00
Public flushes out drug dealers
A DESPERATE dealer tried to flush his stash of drugs down the toilet as police officers burst into his home during a series of morning raids. And tip-offs from the Clackmannanshire public – sickened by the damage and destruction caused to lives and property – led drugs unit officers to uncover a ‘shooting gallery’ for junkies in Alloa.
Published: Wednesday, 25th June, 2008 12:00
