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Council complaints drop as East Renfrewshire chiefs hail news
COUNCIL complaints dropped by more than 250 last year, figures have revealed. East Renfrewshire Council dealt with 1,280 complaints between April 2018 and March 2019, compared with 1,547 in the same period the year before. It claims complaints
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Barrhead business is not feeling blue after top award nomination
A BARRHEAD business is in the final of this year’s greeting card retailer awards. Bluestone, in the town’s Cross Arthurlie Street, has been shortlisted as a finalist under category “Best Independent Greeting Card Retailer - Scotland”. And the
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Pupils are raising the bar as they scoop a national award
SCHOOLKIDS from Barrhead have been awarded a national accolade at the annual Social Enterprise in Education Award ceremony. In its 12th year, the awards celebrate innovative young people right across Scotland who have been setting up businesses
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Budding chefs impress in tasty international dish contest
PUPILS from an East Renfrewshire school cooked up a storm in the LinguaChef competition finals. The competition was a partnership project from Scotland’s National Centre for Languages (SCILT) and City of Glasgow College, bringing together languages
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Horse rider urges drivers to rein in speed after close call during hack
A HORSE rider who was ‘verbally abused’ by a driver while out on a hack has urged road users to have more patience. Rachael Colton, from Barrhead, was out on a quiet hack with a friend on the back road between Neilston and Uplawmoor, when a man
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Pupils tackle elderly loneliness through letters
AN East Renfrewshire charity is launching a letter exchange project to tackle loneliness and isolation. Tomorrow’s Older People (TOP), which is led by Voluntary Action East Renfrewshire (VAER), set up the initiative, PenfriendER, with the aim of