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Although only formed at the turn of the year, the Scotland Anti-Predator Alliance (SAPA) has built up a network of volunteers who work to track down suspected and convicted paedophiles online.

Fears quickly spread among Thomas Cook call centre staff who were told they would no longer be employed by the holiday company.

For the first time in five years taxi fares will rise throughout the Falkirk Council area.

The local authority is still going ahead with its plans to transform Falkirk Library into a central advice hub despite concerns over its suitability for this purpose.

The row about how to improve household recycling continues with councillors no nearer to reaching agreement.

The people of Falkirk enjoyed a fun morning at the third annual Big Helix Picnic on Sunday, August 12, but miserable weather forced an early end to the event.

Visitors to Forth Valley Royal Hospital are being ask to keep an eye out for a little boy’s toy bunny which was lost in the hospital car park.

Fitness fanatics at a Falkirk gym have successfully completed 38,000 burpees in the name of charity.

A new pizza place officially opened in Grangemouth this week and is serving up tasty takeaway treats as well as delivering over 20 new jobs to the area.

A Latvian living in Falkirk is one of four men on trial at Edinburgh Sheriff Court on charges alleges human trafficking.

Falkirk Council members listened to an impassioned plea from shopkeepers to help them save their businesses and then agreed to site its new HQ in the town centre.

The future of Stenhousemuir’s Tim Hortons drive through looks uncertain as the firm failed to confirm an opening date.

A former Falkirk kit man and Celtic coach has been sentenced to more than three years in prison for sexually abusing a boy in Belfast.

More than 200 additional healthcare professionals will be recruited across NHS Forth Valley to support GP practices over the next three years.

Pub and club owners throughout Falkirk will no longer have to apply for extended hours on certain dates throughout the festive period.

It was a sad moment for Falkirk High Street when twin sisters Linda and Sheena pushed their trolley down the empty aisles to the tills at Marks and Spencers last weekend.

A canal-based social enterprise project which aims to steer isolated individuals in a more positive direction is on the look-out for new members to get on board.

Re-Union Canal Boats has bases in Falkirk and Edinburgh and operates across the Union and Forth and Clyde canals.

Staff opened the doors for the final time in the Marks & Spencer’s Falkirk High Street store this morning.