Ourtoonjohnstone.co.uk News, photos and chat from Johnstone Town, Renfrewshire

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.

COUNCIL bosses insist repairs to broken pavements on a newly-refurbished bridge have not fallen through the cracks.

Families who have lost a loved one to suicide are to be given the chance of placing a poignant purple ribbon of remembrance on a special tree.