FIRE swept across the Ochils on Monday night – burning dangerously close to nearby homes in Alva.

 

Rhodder’s Farmhouse, just outside the town, suffered slight damage when it was set alight by sparks caught in the loft of the home.

 SAUCHIE activity leader Sandra Gruar was named Clackmannanshire’s Citizen of the year 2009 for her desire to help the area’s young people spend their time in a productive way.

 

The group offers diverse classes and workshops from sign language and first aid to sports clubs and health and beauty.

 AN ALLOA man got his fifteen minutes of fame last week when he was given the task of showing the Prime Minister around his workplace, writes Alison McCallum.

 

George Vekic, 46, had the eyes of the country’s media on him as he showed Gordon Brown round his workstation at the Norbord factory last Thursday (February 25).

 WHAT links the Wee County to Cameron Diaz, Cristiano Ronaldo and Tiger Woods?
They have all worked with a high flying legal expert who lives right in the heart of the Wee County.  

 

For almost seven years solicitor advocate Simon Smith – regarded as one of the best libel lawyers in the UK – has commuted to London from his Tillicoultry home working with a client list that reads like a who’s who of Hollywood.

 ALLAN Maitland says his players aren’t feeling the nerves at the top of the table after extending their league lead to eight points.

 

Goals from Stuart Noble and Andy Scott kept the pressure on the Wasps’ title rivals and Maitland maintains the pressure is on Stirling Albion and not his players.

 FURIOUS Alva community councillors have suspended all further meetings in a row with the Council over the group’s location, writes Scott McClymont.

The community group told the local authority “enough is enough” and have demanded they provide them with a suitable alternative after branding their current meeting place “inadequate and unsuitable”.