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  • Jamie Button to release third single next month

    JAMIE BUTTON will unveil his third single next month, following up on a successful end to 2020. The Dundee-based singer turned heads with the release of his second song Flashbang in November. Racking up a few thousand streams, the tune showcased

  • Council tax to be frozen in Clacks

    COUNCIL tax is set to be officially frozen in Clacks for the coming year when Wee County representatives meet next week. The move not to increase the local government levy will be tabled at a meeting of Clackmannanshire Council on Thursday, March

  • Post Coal Prom Queen release second single from EP

    ELECTRONIC duo Post Coal Prom Queen release new single Wait, Wait! Dig! tomorrow (Friday, Feb 26). The track, which follows on from previous single Salt, is the second to be taken from their upcoming debut EP .PCPQ EP. Lyrically the song is

  • SSPCA at Fishcross caring for tiny badger cub Lavender

    THE SSPCA is currently caring for the youngest badger cub they've ever seen at their Wee County rescue centre. A two-week old cub was found in woodland near Inverness on Sunday, February 14. The tiny cub was spotted by a member of the public

  • Woman taken to hospital after M876 crash near Kincardine

    A WOMAN sustained serious injuries following a car crash on the M876 near the Kincardine Bridge last night. At around 5.20pm, the vehicle - a white Vauxhall Corsa - left the road before slipping down a steep embankment and hitting some trees.

  • Bow Anderson: The heart of an artist

    IF YOU take the heart or the soul from an artist – what would you really have left? Being a great musician is not just about skill, knowledge or even experience. There is an intangible quality; elusive and revered. Those with it will always stand

  • Menstrie dealer facing jail time following drug searches

    A DRUG dealer facing jail time after being caught with thousands of pounds of cannabis in his bedroom and hundreds of pounds in notes hidden in a TV unit. Matthew Allen's home in Menstrie was raided on two occasions, Falkirk Sheriff Court was told

  • 7 Deadly Tunes – HYYTS enter the confession box

    IT IS FAIR to say the HYYTS juggernaut will be rolling on at pace this year, if their recent output is anything to go. The duo certainly could not be accused of laziness – or, indeed, Sloth, as it were – as they turned out four singles in 2020,

  • Ledwidge: 'I had never felt so nervous in my life'

    FEW people ever find themselves in such a position – the sudden realisation that the next few moments of their life may forever change the rest of it. The sobering scale of the occasion, the colossal undertaking ahead and the sheer will to summon

  • Downey: 'It's what I have been building up to my whole life'

    RIANNE DOWNEY has been performing music her whole adult life – from early morning busking on the streets of Glasgow to lockdown streams that have reached fans all over the world. It is the paradigm of young independent contemporary artists and