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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.

TWO twinkle-toed dancers – one from Paisley and another from Renfrew – have waltzed their way into the national finals of a top television competition.

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.

Take a stroll down Paisley’s High Street and the difficulties facing the town are clear for all to see.
Closed and boarded-up shops, a rash of ‘To Let’ signs and the growing number of discount stores all make for depressing viewing on what was once the jewel in Renfrewshire’s retail crown.

You may not recognise his name or his face but, if you live or work in Paisley, you can be sure that Crawford Russell has had an impact on your life.

Police have seized drugs and of cash after spotting a man acting suspiciously in a busy town street.

WEST of Scotland MSP Annabel Goldie has criticised the council’s spending plans on education.
The Scottish Conservative leader, who lives in Bishopton, claims the council’s budget puts ideology before the best interests of pupils.

Renfrewshire’s Council’s representative on Strathclyde Partnership for Transport has condemned as “economically, socially and environmentally unjustified” SPT’s decision to axe the Renfrew Ferry service.

A BUSINESSMAN is hoping to keep the Renfrew Ferry afloat in an ambitious plan revealed to the Paisley Daily Express.

The Renfrew to Yoker ferry across the River Clyde, west of Glasgow, will end in March as part of cash savings.
Councillors on Strathclyde Partnership for Transport (SPT) voted to withdraw the service as part of wider moves to save £2.5m from next year’s budget.