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Supermarket giant Tesco is coming under pressure to redevelop a neglected Renfrewshire town centre, following allegations it had close links to a firm accused of letting the area deteriorate. It follows reports Tesco was closely involved with a company accused of running down the town centre before the final sale to the retailer. The nature [...]

A primary pupil in Renfrewshire is the toast of his class after he got a helping hand with a school project from US president Barack Obama. Eight-year-old Robert Robertson, from Linwood, near Paisley, decided to write to the US leader after he was asked to get in touch with someone in a different country.

Supermarket giant Tesco has been given approval to exhume 19th Century human remains found in Linwood — leaving the site ready for development. A judge granted Tesco an order allowing the firm to open a burial vault at the former parish church and remove the corpses, which would then be cremated and reintered. The bodies [...]

Plans for a £300,000 playpark and sports area have been given the green light by planning bosses after years of campaigning by community activists.

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 gang of yobs went on the rampage at a butchers shop and caused thousands of pounds worth of damage in a matter of minutes. Horrified shoppers watched in disbelief as they smashed up counters before throwing a heavy set of SCALES at a terrified member of staff.

Renfrewshire is celebrating its first birthday as a Fairtrade county. The campaign to make the whole area an official Fairtrade zone got the go ahead this week in 2009 and to mark the occasion the Renfrewshire Fairtrade Steering Group, who ran the campaign, celebrated with a special Fairtrade birthday cake.

I was handed an old newspaper that shows Johnstone’s war dead as at 24th December 1920. I will work on the image to lift all the text off it so everyone can have a read, but below is a preview.

Every employee at a Paisley bus company has been given the boot. Bosses at Lippen Coaches have sent out letters to all 20 of its drivers, mechanics and administration staff to tell them the company is set to be wound up.

A pensioner fears she will never see her personal possessions again after a storage company went bust.