A FORMER Dollar Academy pupil left for dead after a horrifying gang attack is making an incredible recovery.

 

Dad-of-one Mike Minihane endured hours of emergency surgery and spent days in intensive care after a gang-of-five attackers armed with machetes and rifles ambushed him outside his Kenyan home last month. The security worker’s  nose and fingers were hacked off in the brutal attack.

 POLICE hunting a vile pervert who dragged a 14-year-old  Dollar schoolgirl  into a car at knifepoint before submitting her to a sickening sexual assault have launched an appeal for her missing phone.

 

A team of over 20 cops are working round the clock in a bid to catch the abductor, and officers believe the missing mobile – a distinctive black Nokia E63 – could be key in identifying the paedophile.

 OWNERS of an Alloa nightclub have vowed to change the venue’s reputation after the licensing board warned them for breaking underage drinking laws.

 

Chalmers owner Andrew Henderson and premises manger John James Carr appeared in front the of the Clackmannanshire Council licensing board last Thursday (July 1) after police called for the venue’s licence to be reviewed when they discovered five girls under the age of 18 in the club on December 4 last year.

 ALLOA Athletic will run the rule over a trio of trialists over the weekend as they aim to bolster their squad ahead of the start of the season.

 

Former Ayr midfielder Billy Gibson, ex Stenhousemuir midfielder Andy Shirra and Vale of Leithen striker Aaron Somerville are on trial at Recreation Park and featured in Monday night’s friendly win over Albion Rovers.

 A WEE County man who had his nose and fingers hacked off while trying to protect his family during a brutal gang attack in Africa has returned home for his birthday.

 

Mike Minihane, who was brought up in Dollar and attended the Academy, was in intensive care for three days, and kept in hospital for more than two weeks, following the shocking attack earlier this month.

 IT was the end of an era on Sunday morning as around 50 kilos of expolsives brought two Kincardine tower blocks to the ground, writes Alison McCallum.

 

The buildings at Sandeman and Kincairne Courts were no more than rubble after the controlled demolition at 11.22am.