Feature: Police reveal drug crime reduction in Cowane Street

A YEAR-LONG crackdown on anti-social behaviour in a number of high profile City Centre hotspots has been hailed a success by police.Read

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MARCH came in like a lamb and departed in similar vein.Read

Model pupils are class act

WALLACE High School saw some model pupils take to the catwalk recently to celebrate their annual Fashion Rocks show.Read

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THOSE who decree such things, for once, seem to have got it dead right.Read

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PROUDLY he sits atop the rowan, singing his heart out. As far as he is concerned, spring is definitely springing as he announces his availability and indeed, his suitability to all the vicinity’s female blackbirds.Read

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ALMOST imperceptibly, a tide is beginning to run.Read

Simple Minds

Simple Minds to play Glasgow Barrowlands

SCOTTISH GREATS Simple Minds are set to play at Glasgow Barrowlands this Saturday (February 25).Read

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PERHAPS it is the fact that they are now common enough to be seen regularly on the fringes of many of our towns and cities or maybe it is simply that they do not generate the same excitement as other raptors.Read

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IT’S nice to talk! It’s even nicer to be talked to! However, increasingly in this hi-tech world of ours, we all too often find ourselves addressing machines rather than people.Read

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IT’S funny how a word gets somehow lodged in the mind. I’ve recently referred to both mallard and chaffinches as “ubiquitous” birds, which unquestionably, they are.Read

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“PEANUTS, peanuts; If you haven’t got bananas don’t be blue; Peanuts in a little bag are calling you”.Read

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LOVE is in the air. At least some birds seem to think so.Read

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THE number of garden centres, DIY supermarkets, garages and even corner shops now offering a range of bird food, feeders and an ever widening variety of nest boxes and the like is surely an indication of the remarkable growth in public interest in wildlife and especially in birds.Read

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THE one topic that has dominated recent conversations has been the weather!Read

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FLIGHT is a most incredible gift and never has the ability to master the air been more clearly illustrated than during the BBC’s most recent offering ‘Earthflight’.Read

Feature: Sweet treats on Christmas Day in Thailand

NICHOLAS Burton (23) is a student teacher living and working in Sisaket, a city in Thailand’s Issan region.Read

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WEATHER-WISE, 2011 has been more a year to forget than remember.Read

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THERE are parts of the razzmatazz of the modern Christmas that I dislike profoundly.Read

Blog: December date no barrier for Thai sports day

NICHOLAS BURTON is a 22-year-old teacher living and working in Sisaket, a city in Thailand’s Issan region.Read

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WHEN the wind blows like it did last week and may yet blow again this week, there is little else to do other than batten down the hatches.Read