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A passenger service across the River Clyde will continue when the Renfrew Ferry is scrapped next month, a council leader has said.

ST Mirren bosses last night vowed they wont be caught cold by the wintry weather as they pull out all the stops to make sure this weekends SPL showdown with Hamilton Accies goes ahead.

Fed-up families who claim they are being terrorised by a gang of yobs last night pleaded for help to win back their community.

A teenage mum yesterday told how she feared for her life when firebugs torched the front door of her flat and left her trapped inside.

The father of a woman who was murdered by serial killer Peter Tobin and buried in his back garden says he his upset that the property is still lived in.

Heavy snow brought more mayhem to Paisley yesterday as drivers struggled on treacherous roads into and out of town.

Hundreds of jobs will be axed if private bus companies are driven out of Paisley.

Private Danny Hallsworth has relived the terrifying and bloody moment a Taliban bullet shot straight through his body.

Six people were quizzed by cops after a series of daylight drug raids on homes in a Paisley housing scheme.

Hundreds of angry parents and pupils have signed an online petition to protest against plans to axe school transport. Mums and dads across Renfrewshire are up in arms about the council’s cost-cutting plans to stop the school bus for all secondary school pupil who live more than two miles from their school.