Falkirk Herald Bulletin 22-08-24

Editor Jill Buchanan talks us through the headlines from The Falkirk Herald.

Transcript

00:00Hello, I'm Gill Buchanan, the editor of the Falkirk Herald, and I'm here to tell you about

00:04some of the stories that are making the headlines in our print edition, which is on sale now.

00:10The latest drug deaths figures for Scotland show a worrying trend, as more people have

00:14died due to drugs in the Falkirk Council area in the last decade than in Stirling and Clackmannanshire

00:19combined. The campaign to save the jobs of 60 disabled workers in Haven Products at Larbert

00:26continues as politicians from all parties unite in a bid to safeguard the factory.

00:31A Falkirk family firm is celebrating 20 years in business this week.

00:36Owner Pauline Spears tells us how her award-winning catwalk boutique began.

00:41Businesses in Falkirk are urging barons to make a promise to build a better future

00:45by shopping local. And there's good news about our schools, with Langley's Early Learning and

00:51Childcare Centre named one of the top in Scotland, and Antonine Primary in Bournebridge picking up

00:56two gold awards. We also feature kind-hearted young people from our communities. Young Corey

01:03Murray from Duny Pace walked the West Highland Way with his dad Jason to raise money for Strathcarn

01:08Hospice, while three schoolgirls from Grangemouth ran a lemonade straw all summer and donated the

01:14money raised to the glitter team who tidy up their town. We've also got pictures from Stennis Muir's

01:20family fun day at the weekend, as well as a gallery of photographs taken by our readers.

01:25And historian Ian Scott looks back at the salt industry in the area and its part in our heritage.

01:32And sport teenage boxing sensation Thomas O'Reilly has been included in Boxing Scotland's elite boxer

01:38group following his second British gold medal win for his country earlier this summer.

01:44All these stories and lots more are in our print edition which is on sale now

01:48and also online at www.falkirkherald.co.uk. Thank you.