Review of the year 2020
| Published date | 31 December 2020 |
| Date | 31 December 2020 |
| Publication title | Paisley Daily Express |
REnfREwSHiRE Council bosses also unveiled a radical new vision for the town centre, which included flattening the Paisley Centre to make way for homes and building a High Street cinema.
The ambitious ideas, dubbed The Vision for Paisley Town Centre 2030, could see the heart of the town completely transformed over the next decade.
There was also news of a historic link up between Paisley charity Kibble and the town's football team, St Mirren.
Kibble pledged to plough £400,000 into the club in return for almost a third of its shares and allowing fans' group SMiSA to buy a controlling stake in the Buddies by next year - - ive years ahead of schedule.
February Paisley North and West MSP Derek Mackay was expelled from the SNP and urged to resign by Renfrewshire councillors after he admitted sending hundreds of inappropriate messages to a 16-year-old boy.
Staff at Glencoats Primary School in Paisley were subject to vile "homophobia and hate" after inviting a drag queen into the classroom to talk to kids as part of LGBT History Month.
It was later revealed the drag artist had x-rated content on their social media.
Severe Flooding hit parts of Renfrewshire at the end of the month with disabled elderly couple John and
Wilimina Martin evacuated from their house in Blackstoun Road, Ferguslie.
March This was the month the coronavirus pandemic hit the UK and quickly ended our way of life as we knew it.
All major events were cancelled, schools and businesses shut, people were ordered to work from home where possible and everyone had to stay at home.
Panic buying cleared shelves of essential food across Renfrewshire prompting one Johnstone mum to make a 36-mile round trip from Johnstone for baby milk.
Ten members of the Fox family from Ferguslie, including six-year-old Corey who has epilepsy, were stranded in Lanzarote after their flights home were cancelled.
They eventually made it home three days later than planned.
Several Paisley businesses adapted to the changing times including Castelvecchi on New Street which started doing home deliveries.
While Paisley man Calum Wishart who battled COVID-19 in hospital urged people to take the deadly virus seriously before it kills more people.
The 25-year-old, who has no underlying conditions, said he faced the "worst week of his life" and had been unable to eat or sleep for days...
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