Dundee has been named the best place to live in Scotland months after the opening of its long-awaited V&A museum.
The city has been named ahead of Leith and Stockbridge, in Edinburgh, and Finnieston in Glasgow, in the annual Best Places to Live in the UK survey.
Killearn also made it into this list.
Read it on the Scotsman website.
A new £1.5 million affordable housing development in the village of Killearn by Rural Stirling Housing Association has seen all twelve homes handed over to tenants.
The homes, built by Mactaggart and Mickel, comprise a mix of one, two and three-bed properties and form part of a larger private development. Planning conditions required that a third of all properties in the development had to be affordable homes for rent.
Read it on the Project Scotland website.
Killearn business owners this week hit out at the village’s community council after road works disrupted their businesses.
Works are underway in the village to provide a traffic island in Station Road, with the aim of easing pedestrian access.
Read it on the Daily Record website.
London North Eastern Railway has announced that the direct Stirling to London train is to be reinstated from 9 December, following a temporary suspension over the summer.
Over the summer, the train operator took the decision to withdraw the train service to improve its’ reliability after damage from the infamous ‘beast from the east’ storm last winter.
Read it on the Rail Advent website.
The organisers of this year’s KCFC Annual Family Charity Fireworks and Bonfire extravaganza look forward to welcoming you all to the village on Saturday 3rd November 2018. The gates to the field behind the village hall will open at 19:00 and the event will start promptly at 19:30. Entry is by donation and the entire event is funded by donations on the evening so please dig deep. We’re also proudly supported by the local businesses who advertise in our program which is distributed to 1,000’s of local homes. If you are travelling by car to the village, please allow plenty time to get into Killearn and find a parking place.
More information can be found over at www.facebook.com/KillearnFireworks/
Thieves stole cash and stamps, worth more than £13,000 when they raided a family business.
The Post Office at Oakwood Garden Centre, Killearn, was targeted in the early hours of last Monday (September 24).
Read it on the Daily Record website.
A public consultation is to be held to discuss the future of a popular beauty spot in Killearn, Stirlingshire.
Architects, planners and the local farmer will meet members of the public to discuss plans to create a tourist hub. Bell Ingram’s plans for Finnich Glen include creation of a 150-space car park as well as a visitor centre and shop.
Read it on the Project Scotland website.
Routes across Stirling were in chaos as Storm Ali battered the area.
The powerful winds that accompanied the storm saw trees blown over and uprooted, many blocking key roads.
Read it on the Daily Record website.
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Killearn has been showing on Channel 4’s, Location, Location, Location.
If you missed it, don’t worry! It’s going to be showing again this Sunday (9th September 2018) on 4seven at 6pm, it’s also of course on All4.