Find out all about Killearn near the northwestern end of the Campsie Fells
That’s analogue just been turned off from the Darvel transmitter.
So great news, if you have TV with build in Freeview HD or a HD set top box. From around 6am you will have BBC1 HD, BBC HD, STV HD and CH4 HD :).
Learn more about Freeview HD at www.freeview.co.uk/HD/Products.
Stage 2 of the digital switchover happens on 25th May 2011, if you use the Darvel transmitter.
All the remaining analogue channels will switch to digital and the remaining digital channels will become available. This means that:
If you have Freeview, BT Vision or Top Up TV you’ll need to re-tune your equipment again.
More information can be found at www.digitaluk.co.uk/when_do_i_switch/stv_central/darvel.
The digital switchover starts on the 11th May 2011, if you use the Darvel transmitter.
Stage 1 (11th May 2011)
BBC Two will go to digital and some new digital channels become available. This means that:
If you have Freeview, BT Vision or Top Up TV you’ll need to re-tune your equipment.
Stage 2 (25th May 2011)
All the remaining analogue channels will switch to digital and the remaining digital channels will become available. This means that:
If you have Freeview, BT Vision or Top Up TV you’ll need to re-tune your equipment again.
More information can be found at www.digitaluk.co.uk/when_do_i_switch/stv_central/darvel.
EMOTIONAL tributes were this week paid to a Stirlingshire cyclist who passed away after an accident during a race in Perthshire.
John Yates (50), of Lampson Road, Killearn, fell when travelling with a group of about 20 other biking enthusiasts at around 11.50am on Sunday, April 17.
Read it on the Stirling Observer website.
The son of a cyclist who died during an endurance race in Perthshire said his father had never been involved in a crash before.
John Yates, of Lampson Road, Killearn, Stirlingshire, died after falling from his bike while trying to ride 100 miles in eight hours with the Glasgow Nightingale cycling club.
Read it on the stv news website.
A cyclist has died after sustaining head injuries while taking part in a biking event in Perthshire.
John Yates, of Lampson Road, Killearn, in Stirlingshire, fell from his bike at around 11.50am on Sunday.
Read it on the stv news website.
AN INTREPID teenager and his friends are about to walk almost 200 miles as a thank you to the hospital which is treating his father for a brain tumour.
Seventeen-year-old Struan Scott and friends Alistair Eddie (18) and Matthew Heron (17) are preparing to set out on Monday on a two-way trek of the West Highland Way.
Donate online at www.justgiving.com/up-n-doon-agin.
Read it on the Stirling Observer website.
Killearn Community Council has failed in a bid to prevent a piece of land in a village housing estate being turned into a private garden.
Applicant Karen Lindsay had submitted application to Stirling Council planners for change of use and erection of a boundary fence next to 16 Rowan Crescent, which was discussed before Stirling Council’s planning panel at a hearing on Tuesday.
Read it on the Stirling Observer website.
Three women have been rescued from a deep gorge in rural Stirling after becoming trapped on a ledge.
The trio were exploring Finnich Glen, near Killearn, and became stuck on a 20m (66ft) high ledge near a place known as Devil’s Pulpit.
Read it on the BBC News website.
One of the largest independent family companies in the UK spirits industry has announced a 41% increase in profits.
Broxburn-based Ian Macleod Distillers said profits after tax for the year to September 2010 reached £3.1m.
Read the full news article on BBC News website: www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-scotland-business-12571415.
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