He’s the retired window cleaner who’s raised more than £100,000 for Strathcarron Hospice by collecting empty ginger bottles.

Petal power will be out in force to toast the RHS Chelsea Flower Show centenary celebrations this month.

If you’ve ever watched the pigeons in Venice’s St Mark’s Square, stared in awe at the views from the Almafi Coast, or wondered if Juliet really did stand on that balcony in Florence, it’s possible you could have been bitten by the powerful Italian bug.

The editorial team at The Falkirk Herald have all been issued with brand new phones and laptops to help us continue to deliver the news in this new digital-savvy world.

Was there any woman not moved like me by the news actress Angelina Jolie had undergone a double mastectomy for the sake of her six children?

We asked ...Will you be attending any of the events at this year’s Tryst Festival?

Animal welfare officers are looking for a good home for fun-loving dog Diesel, a two-year-old Staffie cross currently living at the Dogs Trust in West Calder near Livingston.

The wedding of Lorna Anderson and Craig Macrae

The birth of Harrison Beaton Ure

Three generations of Falkirk women who have been supporting education for Malawian girls for 20 years are celebrating the anniversary with a fundraising push.

Last week’s column by our resident historian Ian Scott about the Spitfire training exercises during World War Two stirred up memories for James Ward, who was just a boy at the time.

Big-hearted staff and users of Camelon Community Education Centre are well on course to reach their fundraising 
target for a cancer centre.

Stunning Mohnie Dhillon beat off the opposition to take the crown at a national beauty pageant.

Falkirk Association of Retired Persons

For most of the last 100 years Grangemouth has been the chemical capital of central Scotland. But long before that it was the Camelon Mariners who supplied the country with products from several chemical factories in the Lock 16 area.

A student nurse from Bonnybridge has been named the best in Britain at a prestigious health industry awards.

‘Observe the Sabbath and keep it holy. You have six days in which to do your work, but the seventh day is a day of rest dedicated to me.’ (Exodus 20: 8-10)

Catching up with Falkirk’s four-legged friends

I stumbled upon a major topic of debate last week after a minor incident at work.

The birth of Abbie and Lucie Smith