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Hollywood in the Hillfoots
by Henry Ainslie   
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LAW: Simon Smith and his assistants
 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.

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Wasps are loving life at the top after latest win
by Scott McClymont   
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NO PRESSURE: Andy Scott is mobbed
 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.

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Angry Alva community want action in room row
by Scott McClymont   
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STANDING UNITED: Alva community council
 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”.

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Leaders slam 'pet project' deal
by Henry Ainslie   
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UNITED: Labour and SNP have hit out
 WEE County councillors have united in condemning senior council officials for employing the wife of a top director in a £300-a-day consultancy role.

As revealed in the Wee County News last week, Lynne Blair,  the wife of Director of Services to  People Grahame Blair, was paid nearly £8,000 over a six month, one-day-a-week consultancy contract to help deliver his pet project – a telecare system designed to improve service and cut the council’s care costs.

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Damp leaves Alloa dad in the cold
by Alison McCallum   
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DAMP: Alloa dad Mark Harrison
 AN ALLOA dad has been turfed out of his new council home after serious damp was found throughout the property – despite inspectors giving it the all clear before hand.

Mark Harrison had been homeless for 18 months, and though things were beginning to look up when he was given the keys to the Argyll Street property in December, his joy was short-lived when only a number of weeks later, while decorating the property, he noticed a damp patch in the bathroom.

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Newborn puppy found in street
by Heidi Marttinen   
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FRAIL: The tiny puppy
 A MYSTERY newborn puppy was discovered by a passer-by in Tullibody last week.

The hours-old black pup  was found lying on a pavement in The Orchard area on Wednesday evening. The man immediately contacted the Scottish Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (SSPCA).

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Walker hails Maitland's role as Alloa aim to stay on top
by Scott McClymont   
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TOP MANAGER: Allan Maitland
 ALLOA defender Scott Walker has hailed Allan Maitland’s role in reviving the club ahead of Saturday’s visit of Peterhead.

Defender Walker has played a key role in helping push the Wasps towards a title push after a difficult season last year.

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