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The family of a brave Stirling youngster living with an extraordinary rare neurological condition have thrown their weight behind a charity's massive appeal.

A REFORM UK plan to increase the number of prisoners while sending foreign national offenders to jails abroad will be "net cost neutral", the party's home affairs spokesman says.

ON the day of his funeral, Walter Norvals' coffin was taken into Maryhill Crematorium in Glasgow by members of the Blue Angels bikers gang.

THEY were two promising athletes who turned their back on sport to pursue a life of crime and become deadly enemies in the process.

People in Stirling are being urged to ditch the headphones and rediscover live music across the city.

HE was known simply as "The Godfather" after he led a team of armed robbers that carried out a similar series of daring and violent raids across Scotland in the 70s.

A campaign has been launched aimed at ensuring people do not leave a trail of litter behind them in the Stirling Council area.

FORMER top cop Graeme Pearson had a number of encounters with Arthur Thompson as boss of the Scottish Crime and Drug Enforcement Agency.

Identity Amazon Prime Video ????? I remember going to see this mystery-thriller at the cinema twice in a week as I was so taken in by the twists that I had to sample a repeat viewing.

AN inflatable boat that crossed the English Channel carrying a record 230 migrants was "buckling" in the water and could have led to a tragedy, French rescuers have warned.

Spider-Man: Brand New Day Cinemas ????? ????? Tom Holland's fourth solo outing as the web slinger sees him dealing with being forgotten amid dangerous changes to his body and a powerful new enemy.

Public drop-in sessions have been arranged for residents ahead of BBC Radio 2 in the Park in a bid to minimise disruption.

The natural psychedelic found in magic mushrooms could ease depression, a study has found.

Normally this time of year would find me digging in Kings Park.

THE glorious summer months provide the perfect opportunity to give your brain some extra care.

Bridge of Allan shopkeeper Rizwan Ashraf has completed a gruelling Alpine charity cycle - all in memory of his late father.

KELTY HEARTS ..................3 STIRLING ALBION .............2 Stuart McFarlane

The family of a Stirling youngster living with an extremely rare neurological condition have thrown their backing behind a charity's appeal to expand their vital offering.

Russell McLean almost capped a fine Stirling comeback in Kelty with a quality solo goal on Saturday - but the demanding striker was left ruing other missed chances instead.

The match started positively for Stirling against a side tipped for the Lowland League East crown, with the students creating the best chance of the opening stages after some good build-up play, although the opportunity was missed.

Stirling has been named Scotland's World Cup capital after football fans in the city followed the team en masse.

A train operator is running services between London and Stirling lasting more than fiveand-a-half hours despite having no available toilets.

MORE than 120 firefighters were continuing to tackle a "devastating" blaze on internationally protected heathland in the New Forest National Park, which is "rarer than rainforests".

FOR more than 30 years he ruled Glasgow's criminal underworld with an iron fist through interests ranging from illegal money-lending to drugs.

FORTH VALLEY SENSORY CENTRE A vibrant community art project is brightening Falkirk town centre this summer as part of Forth Valley Sensory Centre's 20th anniversary celebrations. The Centre's Knit and Natter group has spent recent months creating a colourful yarn bombing installation, now on display across the town centre. Featuring handcrafted bollard covers and decorative designs, the project...

Visitors from all over the globe descended on Killin last week as the rural Stirling village held its regular Highland Games event.

Andy Burnham has pledged to give councils more powers to block new bookmakers and vape shops in a bid to save Britain's so-called "hollowedout high streets".

Project Hail Mary DVD/ Blu-ray ????? ????? Ryan Gosling plays science teacher Ryland Grace who wakes up alone on a spaceship light-years from Earth.

Geppy-X Various ????? In 1999, '70s Robot Anime Geppy-X hit the PlayStation in Japan. An affectionate parody of 1970s mecha anime series, each stage of the 2D side-scrolling shooter was a different'episode'of a fictitious show called Geppy-X.

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