Renfrewshire

Saints' cup game with Gers on BBC

BBC Sport (Free subscription) | 03/12/2008

St Johnstone's Homecoming Scottish Cup fourth round tieagainst Rangers will be screened live on BBC Scotland.

Houston we have a problem

Railway Eye (Free subscription) | 29/11/2008

Good to see Transport Scotland setting the very highest standards of public probity. This from The Herald " Opposition politicians and unions last night called for an inquiry after a report raised questions of conflict of interest in the award of Scotland's £2.5bn railway franchise. " Concerns arose after Guy Houston quit as finance and corporate services director of Transport Scotland following publication...

Scotland: Dundee Hope To Close The Gap

Footy Mad Club News (Free subscription) | 29/11/2008

Today allows the First Division spotlight to be trained on Dundee and St Johnstone as they fly the SFL flag today.

Why has Scottish Devolution Worked?

OUPblog (Free subscription) | 27/11/2008

Rab Houston, author of 'Scotland: A Very Short Introduction' looks at why Scottish devolution has worked.

Scotland: UFO "sightings" in Elderslie

Signs of the Times (Free subscription) | 25/11/2008

Eagle-eyed believers have told of spooky sightings of UFOs flying high in the sky above Renfrewshire. Two residents in Elderslie contacted a leading UFO website to tell how they spotted glowing orange-coloured objects moving around as they tailed planes coming in and out of Glasgow Airport. Now UFO experts are urging Buddies to be on the alert amid suggestions that aliens could be keeping an eye on...

Renfrewshire Cross Country Race at Rouken Glen

My Training for WHW Race 08 (Free subscription) | 22/11/2008

Time: 1.10pm Route: Rouken Glen Distance: 10miles (2mile warm up, 6mile race, 2mile cool down) Race Time: 41mins 30secs I have a busy day today! I was teaching swimming for 3hours from 9-12 at Bowfield Hotel in Howwood. Home by 12.30pm, then straight out again for the cross country race at Rouken Glen. Arrived just in time to join Donald, Davie, Stevie and Neal for a warm up round the 2 mile loop....

Directory Listing:- University of Western Scotland Business School

The Complete MoneyScience (Free subscription) | 19/11/2008

Paisley, GB View the full item at MoneyScience.

U16 trio called up for Victory Shield decider

United Youth (Free subscription) | 13/11/2008

England U16s boss Kenny Swain has named United schoolboys Sam Johnstone, Tom Thorpe and Ra’vel Morrison in his squad for the November 28th clash with Scotland that will decide the winners of this season’s Victory Shield. Goalkeeper Johnstone retains his place in the squad after being an unused substitute in England’s last match against Wales - [...]

Professor Douglas Munn

News Scotsman (Free subscription) | 12/11/2008

Mathematician and musician Born: 24 April, 1929, in Kilbarchan, Renfrewshire. Died: 26 October, 2008, in Troon, Ayrshire, aged 79.

• Professor Douglas Munn - Scotsman.com

Book review: Scotland: A Very Short Introduction

Scotsman.com Living - Books (Free subscription) | 08/11/2008

SCOTLAND: A Very Short Introduction by Rab Houston Oxford University Press, 144pp, £7.99

Glenrothes: this week's other election

Re-cycle of Life (Free subscription) | 03/11/2008

It lacks the glamour, and let's face it the global importance, of the US election. But don't let that put you off the struggle being waged in that most curious of corners of Fife (in general the strangest part of Scotland, and I can say that coming from Paisley). These things can hang on a handful of votes. Several points to remember about the possible outcomes on Thursday: 1) If Labour wins, no matter...

Renfrewshire Cross Country Relay

My Training for WHW Race 08 (Free subscription) | 18/10/2008

I decided to run the Cross Country Relay today. My foot felt okay and as the ground was very wet and boggy I thought it would be alright and it was. I helped marshal for the first few races and then warmed up by running around the course. It looked and felt very wet. Kilbarchan had four teams and I was running third leg after Donald Kennedy and Andrew Clugston. Our team didn't have a fourth runner....

John Houston: Painter and teacher whose greatest subject was the Scottish landscape

The Independent (Free subscription) | 18/10/2008

The artist John Houston contributed greatly to the cultural life of Scotland over the last half-century, through his bold, expressionistic painting and his long commitment as a teacher to several generations of students at Edinburgh College of Art. With his wife, the artist Elizabeth Blackadder, he travelled extensively, but the land and seascape of his home country became his greatest stimulus. Occupying...

Scottish hero hospitalized

Times of the Internet (Free subscription) | 11/10/2008

PAISLEY, Scotland, Oct. 11 (UPI) -- Scottish authorities say a former baggage handler who became a hero in 2007 for helping thwart a terrorist attack has been hospitalized for asthma. John Smeaton, 32, was in stable condition after being hospitalized Friday night at Royal Alexandra Hospital in Paisley for a severe asthma attack, The Daily Telegraph reported Saturday. Smeaton became a hero in Scotland...

Cycling, Kilbarchan and news of an interview

My Training for WHW Race 08 (Free subscription) | 28/09/2008

This is a long weekend holiday in Scotland so Katrina has Friday and Monday off school. So on Friday we went for a cycle ride to our friends near Greenock. It was 15miles each way so we had a good ride and a good day. Yesterday was our club's, Kilbarchan AAC , George Cummings Relay at Houston. I was hoping to be able to run but decided against it as my foot is still a little sore. I went along to help...