Last night’s rest centre arrangements will continue today, Wednesday 1 December. SSEN’s last official update to the Council confirmed around 200-250 properties are still without power meaning welfare provisions will continue at McLaren Leisure Centre until 10pm, while Thornhill Primary School will continue to offer respite between 4pm and 10pm. Read more…
A temporary rest centre has been set up at Thornhill Primary School. Around 350 properties in the area surrounding Callander remain without power following Storm Arwen and Stirling Council has established Thornhill Primary School as a rest centre to provide warmth, a hot drink and a chance to charge your Read more…
Following recent reports of drink spiking in Stirling, the members of the District of Stirling Licensing Board have issued the following statement. Cllr Danny Gibson, Chair of the Board, said: “The Board would strongly encourage people to report any concerns over drink spiking or injection to Police Scotland and they Read more…
Local residents will be pleased to hear that Stirling Council has approved funds to repair the Branshogle and Catter Burn bridges. The closure of these bridges has had repercussions throughout the area as we have seen with the increase of heavy goods vehicles within Kippen (which is on the diversion Read more…
Concerns have been raised with new councillor Jane Hutchison about drivers failing to observe the 20mph speed limits within the village. Jane has been in touch with the appropriate people at the Council and reports that a traffic survey has been requested as a first step. Data from the survey Read more…
Community testing returns to Cowie tomorrow, Thursday, 17th June, as part of ongoing efforts to reduce the spread of Covid-19 across Stirling. Residents across Stirling who do not currently have any symptoms of Covid-19 can voluntarily attend the Coronavirus testing unit, which will be available at Cowie Community Centre from Read more…
The Community Council receives a report from Forth Valley police officers every month. You can read the latest one here
Parents and carers are being warned of the dangers posed by an acrobat stacking toy found to pose a risk of choking and suffocation due to small parts. The ‘Stackrobat’ toy, which was being sold on www.brilox.com, was investigated by Stirling and Clackmannanshire Council Trading Standards following a report from Read more…
The following information has been circulated on behalf of the Police Scotland Prevention, Intervention and Partnerships Divisional Coordination Unit, E Division but is relevant to all communities across Scotland. The following links are to materials available on NHS Inform website. Please circulate this as widely as you can to enable Read more…
During these uncertain times accurate information can be difficult to differentiate from the masses of ‘fake news’ in circulation.. Here’s some information from Police Scotland and Trading Standards Scotland that you might find useful. Police Scotland https://www.scotland.police.uk/keep-safe/personal-safety/shut-out-scammers Trading Standards Scotland https://www.tsscot.co.uk/coronavirus-covid-19/coronavirus-scams/