Archive for September, 2007

Grandfather wanted

September 6th, 2007

A Councillor in Eastleigh in Hampshire has appealed to the LOCAL NEWS for help in her search for her birth father who came from Glasgow.
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Well-being begins here

September 6th, 2007

So you want to make your life better but don’t know where to start?
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Unporvoked attack

September 6th, 2007

Police in the Southside are appealing for information after an unprovoked attack on a schoolboy which left him in hospital overnight.
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Brolly good show, Toryglen!

September 6th, 2007

Despite constant heavy rain, Toryglen turned tropical to parade in style from the Geoff Shaw Centre to the Community Hall on the other side of Prospecthill Road on Saturday August 11.
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Vigil against deportation

September 6th, 2007

An all-night vigil against mass deportation of asylum seekers was held outside the Home Office building in Brand Street, Govan by Congolese asylum seekers in August.
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Down Oatlands way

September 6th, 2007

‘I was born in Glasgow near the centre of the town, I would take you there and show you but they’ve pulled the building down’

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Design and destroy

September 6th, 2007

Billy Connolly, in an exclusive interview with the LOCAL NEWS in 1998, castigated the ‘idiots’ in the city chambers for their lack of consultation when regenerating the Gorbals and other parts of Glasgow.
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Ian is king of the castle

September 6th, 2007

The Darnley-based fork lift truck specialist, Douglas Gillespie Plant (DGP), has given young golfers another lift.
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Hospice is the winner

September 6th, 2007

The Prince and Princes of Wales Hospice in Carlton Place will benefit from a Golf Tournament held by Glasgow South East Regeneration Agency (GSERA).
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Centenerian still walks on

September 6th, 2007

Pollokshields resident John Steven celebrated his 100th birthday at a surprise party with friends, family, support workers and Scotland’s Deputy First Minister, Nicola Sturgeon in August.
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