A FORTH VALLEY nurse has been recognised for her amazing work in the community by being named on the Queen’s Birthday Honours list.NHS Forth Valley’s deputy nurse director, Rita Ciccu Moore, has been awarded an MBE for services to nursing and to the NHS
A MAN who asked his partner to stab him with a knife has been given a chance to show his behaviour was a one-off at Alloa Sheriff Court. Ross Stewart, 25, appeared for sentencing on Thursday, June 6, having previously admitted a charge of threatening
THE owners of an asthmatic Clackmannan cat are desperate to see their missing pet safe and home.Large black and white feline George went missing from the town’s St Serf’s Grove last Thursday, June 13, around lunchtime and has not been seen since.The cat
A REPORT has been published following a public meeting in Alloa last month to generate ideas and garner support for a rail link to Dunfermline.The meeting was organised by local John ‘Chick’ Hosie for Green MSP Mark Ruskell and was held at Alloa Town
SAUCHIE fans will have plenty to shout about in 2019 as the Beechwood Park side make a return to the Junior football scene in the guise of a brand new feeder team.Club supremo Noel Dalli set his sights on realising the potential of the Wee County side.Indeed
THE decision to revoke the over-75s TV licence exemption has been blasted by elected members in the Wee County. Announced earlier this month, the move sparked fury up and down country, with those over 75 likely to begin paying the £154 annual fee
TWELVE young women from Clackmannanshire Secondary Schools celebrated their successful completion of a Play Mentor programme with family, friends and well-wishers at a celebration in Alloa Town Hall at the end of last month.On the May 28, the Play Mentors
FROM the moment he realised he had no future at Raith Rovers, Liam Buchanan waited in hope that Jim Goodwin would call him again.The veteran striker had already rejected the advances of the Irishman the past two seasons instead opting to stay and finish
THE local arm of a charity received praise following a parliamentary debate. Home-Start Clackmannanshire, which has been supporting families since 1988, was “congratulated and heartily commended” by MSP Alexander Stewart. The Conservative Mid-Scotland
A SAUCHIE man who left a Polmont guard scarred for life was jailed at Stirling Sheriff Court last week.Angus Cowan hurled a rock at the officer which struck him on the shin – penetrating down to the "bone of the leg".After seeing images of the
