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  • Muzak intensifies: Jack Hinks returns with new single

    JACK HINKS puts all the pieces together with his brand new track Jigsaw. The Edinburgh songwriter took a unique approach to his latest effort, which was released last week. After tasking himself to write a song representing each stage of grief

  • Natural songwriter Kerri Watt charts journey to debut album

    SONGWRITING comes so naturally for some. While there are tortured souls who will labour for months on material they will later disown, others have an instinctive ability to produce. As far as natural writers go, there are few as prolific as Kerri

  • The Passing Sages to unleash debut EP Burnin' Up

    KNOWN for their funky grooves and pop hooks, The Passing Sages will unveil their debut EP later this month. It has been a few years in the making for the six-piece, with anticipation steadily building since the release of the music video for Burnin

  • Covid-19 in Clacks: Mobile testing centre set up in Alloa

    A MOBILE Covid-19 testing centre has been set up in Alloa today. The centre has been set up at the car park behind Alloa Town Hall after an increasing number of people in the area have tested positive for coronavirus. Dr Graham Foster, director

  • Menstrie man fined over assault at a funeral wake

    A DRUNKEN mourner was fined after beating a British Legion official to the ground at a funeral wake. Robin Stewart, 53, punched the local Legion chairman in the face and tried to kick him during the drink-fuelled incident at the organisation's social

  • Alloa man spared jail over abusive hospital tirade

    A WEE COUNTY man threw "one of the worst tantrums" in a hospital that a sheriff has ever dealt with, a court has heard. Adam Wilson hurled threats of violence and homophobic, racist and sectarian abuse at NHS staff, security workers and police within