Falkirk, Scotland News

WHEN Graeme Bone qualified as a solicitor in 1992 and joined a small practice in Aberdeen, it took him only two weeks to realise that the world of law was not for him a ' but it the took him seven years to change his working way of life.

The virus has swept through the UK since April, infecting thousands of people although most have suffered mild symptoms.

LEAH was born on Thursday, April 16 at 12.11 a.m. in Stirling Royal Infirmary weighing 8lb 9oz.

A steel sculpture costing 250,000 has been commissioned in a bid to promote one of Scotland's most maligned towns - Cumbernauld in North Lanarkshire.

Wednesday 1 July: Alva Pensioners are holding a Bingo Tea in the Alva Parklands Centre, eyes down 7.30pm. All welcome.

Young people can test their DJ skills, learn any number of instruments, have a try at rugby and see how far they can take the bungee run by popping along to this year's Summer Youth Programme.

Posted by Queuebot in Architecture , Pictures , Science & Tech on June 29, 2009 at 2:14 am The people of Falkirk, Scotland needed to connect two waterways, but there was one big problem.

Glasgow to Edin- burgh by train takes less than hour. It's an uneventful kind of journey a ' fast, anonymous and insulated a ' a four-times-an-hour service that gets you from G to E without too much interference from what's in between.

ULLAPOOL: Developed from 1788 by the "British Society for Extending the Fisheries and Improving the Sea Coasts of This Kingdom of Great Britain", as a centre for herring fishing.

AS a qualified chemist, Susan Clark knows more than most about the role of catalysts.

FORTY years ago Jane Davidson realised her dream and brought directional fashion labels to Edinburgh.

Supermarket giant Tesco has unveiled plans to build a new store near Falkirk which could create over 200 new jobs.

LINLITHGOW man Colin Liddell has been recognised for services to business and charity with an OBE in the Queen's birthday honours list.

GERMAN visitors to the Antonine Wall will soon be able to get a much better idea of how to explore the historic World Heritage Site in the Falkirk Council area.

VOLUNTEERING in the community can take many guises a ' for some it means donning a police officer's uniform and ensuring towns such as Bo'ness are safe places to live, work and play.

VOLUNTEERS stepped into the spotlight to gain recognition for their year-round selfless acts.

THE SNP is on course to become the largest party in Scotland in the next general election, taking almost half the seats if the European result was repeated.

As the council gets ready to spend over A 17 million in the next three years delivering 100 new homes, over 50 approaches have been made by private firms keen to become partners.

Inverness athlete Jamie Bowie produced arguably his most impressive performance of the season winning one of the invitation 400metres races held at the Geneva international track and field meeting on Saturday.

Old-fashioned luxury prevails on a four-night meander through Scotland's finest landscapes.