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AN RAF base in Oxfordshire is trying to trace a local family with links to a Second World War hero.
Staff at RAF Benson are trying to trace Karen MacDonald whose father Flt Lt Duncan McCuaig DFC from Killearn was killed over Germany on September 28, 1944.
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Stirling Enterprise (STEP) will be offering its services to the West Stirlingshire community at a special event at the Black Bull Hotel in Killearn.
The information day, which takes place on Wednesday from 10am until 4pm, is free to attend and will offer advice on everything from learning new skills to starting or expanding your business.
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A FIRE-STARTER who torched three classic cars at a garage in Killearn had his sentence further deferred earlier this week.
Nathan Mowat (25), pictured, caused thousands of pounds worth of damage when he started the blaze in the building in the grounds of the Old Killearn Hospital, by the A81, back in January 2009.
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POLICE in rural Stirlingshire have again issued advice to locals worried about telephone fraud.
They have issued a string of alerts in recent weeks, urging locals to be on the look-out for cold call scams involving bank details, computer software and shoddy workmanship.
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Thieves used a large vehicle with a crane to steal a portable toilet and temporary office from a Stirling Council yard.
The items, worth thousands of pounds, were taken from a locked site on the A81 at Dumgoyne.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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GREEN projects in the Stirling area have been awarded more than £620,000 from the Scottish Government’s £8 million Climate Challenge Fund (CCF).
Going Carbon Neutral Stirling (GCNS), the programme administered by Keep Scotland Beautiful, along with projects in Broomridge, Bannockburn, Doune, Strathblane, 7th Beechwood Scouts, Callander and Killearn, have all received grants to carry out energy efficiency and generation projects, food growing schemes and active travel plans.
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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.
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