Westminster MP Mohammad Sarwar has requested an emergency recall of Parliament to discuss the Middle East crisis. • Full story »

Gorbals great, grandfather Phil McCusker has achieved his Karate Black Belt, 1st Dan at the age of 77 (he is second from the left in the picture) • Full story »

Golfers were to the fore recently when they teed up at The Initiative’s Golf Tournament at Ralston Club and raised more than £9200 for good causes. • Full story »

A Govanhill teenager saw off hundreds of competitors from around the world to win both a gold and silver medal at the World Tae Kwon Do championships in the USA. • Full story »

Doors Open Weekend will be Saturday 16 and Sunday 17 September. • Full story »

Clydesdale horses which won first prize in the horses section of Govan Fair’s 250th Parade, are on a winning run. • Full story »

On my first visit to the Local News office way back in September 1999, my hope was that tales of the many characters I knew about who were buried in the Southern Necropolis, would be of some interest to readers of that community newspaper. • Full story »

Pollok man Iain Cowie of Hartstone Road, G53, has been missing since Wednesday July 19 when he attended a job interview at BAE Systems in Clydebank. • Full story »

Directors of Pollokshaws Burgh Hall Trust have honoured John Maclean – a founding father of  the Scottish Labour Party who lived in Pollokshaws – by naming a refurbished room in the building after him. • Full story »

KING’S PARK residents could feature on a local version of Big Brother. • Full story »