James Trimble

A popular restaurant is hopes the local authority will give it freedom to make a number of changes to the premises.

The Kersiebank Community Project base in La Porte Precinct has now closed but it will not be empty for long if a local gym firm gets the green light for its plans from the local authority.

Work has begun on a programme of investment at Grangemouth Town Hall aimed at protecting the historic building and helping ensure it can continue to serve local people for years to come.

Families in Falkirk can now apply to get their hands on a superstore’s brand-new “Superfam Pass” which offers one lucky household a full year of free groceries.

A building firm had been looking for the nod from the local authority to make a number of changes at its Grangemouth base.

Fire crews were on the scene in minutes after being alerted to the “sound of an explosion” in the Bonnybridge area.

A group of council tenants have been complaining to the local authority for months regarding their bins which are almost always overflowing with rubbish.

The Red Ensign will be raised high and proud in at least one location in Falkirk next week to mark Merchant Navy Day.

A local teenager who spent four years in a children’s residential home due to a family tragedy has praised staff who helped her during that difficult time.

Customers shopping in Scotmid and Semichem in Falkirk and across the UK have helped to raise £22,000 for the Disasters Emergency Committee (DEC) Venezuela Earthquake Appeal in just four weeks.