YOUNG people in the Wee County can access dedicated results support next week after receiving their examination results. Skills Development Scotland’s (SDS) results helpline opens next Tuesday, August 10 at 8am. The free helpline offers advice
DRUG deaths in Clackmannanshire fell in 2020 compared to the previous year, recently released data has revealed. The National Records of Scotland published its Drug-related Deaths in Scotland in 2020 report last Friday, July 30. The report
SAUCHIE JUNIORS boss Fraser Duncan admitted it felt like the world was against his club when their game was abandoned last week. After going two goals behind against Blackburn United last Tuesday, Sauchie later took the lead after netting three
GABRIELLA WOOD was defeated at the Olympics on Thursday night but vowed the experience has given her the desire to do it again. Wood, who trains at Alloa's Esprit, was representing Trinidad and Tobago in Tokyo as the first female to compete at
DUNCAN SCOTT said the significance of his Olympic Games performance had not "properly settled in" after he made history in Tokyo. Scott's silver medal in the men's 4x100m medley relay means he is now the most decorated British Olympian at a single
SEONAID MCINTOSH ended the Olympics without a medal as the Wee County shooter failed to qualify for the 3x50m final. McIntosh, the world number one, also didn't qualify for the 10m event early last week but expectations were high for the 3x50m.
KATHLEEN DAWSON is hoping to inspire the next generation of female swimmers after helping to win a gold medal and new world record in Tokyo. Dawson, alongside Anna Hopkin, Adam Peaty and James Guy, won the Mixed 4x100m Medley Relay with a world
A WEE COUNTY mum is thought to be the youngest in Scotland to donate breast milk to the national milk bank hosted by NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde. Tanisha Cooper has been presented with a special certificate to celebrate her achievement, which
ANOTHER vaccination centre is opening in Forth Valley which will have capacity to deliver up to 600 Covid-19 vaccines per day. The facility is being set up in Stirling University’s Pathfoot building and will open on Saturday, August 14, allowing
A CLACKS councillor has issued a reminder of how vital life rings are following a series of thefts in Stirling. Stirling Council recently announced that 11 rings have had to be replaced on a section of the River Forth since last Friday, July 23
A BIKER who overtook at excessive speed on a bend, forcing an oncoming car to swerve into a tree has been fined and banned from the road. Andrew Boylan lost control of his 1000cc, 120 bhp Triumph Speed Triple 955i on the A91 near Tillicoultry,
WEE COUNTY musicians are back in full swing after their first full concert after lockdown. The Clackmannan District Brass Band performed their first organised concert with a full band line-up since the country entered its first coronavirus lockdown
