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River Guardians volunteers. Photographed by Harvey Smart.

River Guardians: Guarding the Leven

It’s an overcast, warm and muggy day and the River Guardians volunteer group is down ...

By Clydesider, Harvey Smart

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Photos by Caroline Finn

Little Threads of Joy: Meet the ladies making a difference one stitch at a time

If Mags Reid’s actual smile was as wide as her phone smile, I was looking ...

By Annie Jordan, The Clydesider

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The MV Isle of Islay and the MV Loch Indaal side by side at Turkey’s Cemre Shipyard

The Cemre Shipyard: Why are the ferries being built in Turkey and not Scotland?

On publication of each issue of the Ileach, we place an A3 copy of the ...

By The Ileach

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Layla Blackwell, photographed by Charlie Sherry.

Full Circuit: Joining the Scottish Women Warriors Wheelchair Basketball Team

At the age of 28, I used thirty seconds of bravery to change my life ...

By Charlie Sherry

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“Empty buildings owned by the Ministry of Defence should be reused in response to the housing emergency” says MSP.

The MoD (Ministry of Defence) says that two B listed buildings in Shandon are being ...

By Julian Calvert, The Lochside Press

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Village church saved by its community

Nestled along the historic route connecting Balloch and Stirling, an 1800s church sits on the ...

By Harvey Smart, The Clydesider

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Fish farm

New inquiry into Scottish salmon farming

MSPs have launched a follow-up inquiry to ask if recommendations made six years ago have ...

By The Lochside Press

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Eight months on, still no advert for Kilcreggan GP post

Eight months after the last contracted GP on the Rosneath Peninsula resigned, the post has ...

By Julian Calvert, The Lochside Press

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A Red Squirrel Gnawing a Conifer Cone

£1million boost for red squirrel conservation

Over £1m in new funding has been announced to aid red squirrel conservation efforts in ...

By The Lochside Press

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Trash to treasure - eco warriors

Trash to Treasure Eco-Warriors

Armed with bin bags and litter pickers, a group of young people with additional support ...

By Caroline Finn

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Arrochar is seen as a particular blackspot for litter

Shocking increase in plastic litter on beaches revealed

The amount of plastic litter found on beaches in Argyll and Bute has almost trebled ...

By The Lochside Press

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Magic Scales - and author Paul Murdoch

How one author set out to change perceptions of asthma through stories

“At four years old I remember rolling down a grassy hill on a summer’s day. ...

By Mary Irvine, The Clydesider

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