Pirates demand $25m for release of supertanker crew including Scot James Grady (Daily Record)
RANSOM payments to pirates will only encourage further hostage-taking, Foreign Secretary David Miliband insisted today. The hijackers of a Saudi oil tanker with two British crewmen, including Scot James Grady, of Renfrewshire, are said to be demanding £16.6million for the hostages' release.
The crazy world of health and safety rules (Daily Record)
THESE days it seems even the safest occupations are a minefield of hidden hazards. No job goes without a long list of rules and regulations, as staff at Renfrewshire Council recently found out.
Cocaine dealer's lover evicted (EveningTimes Online)
A WOMAN has been kicked out of her home for letting her lover deal cocaine in the house. The landmark ruling is the first victory against drug dealing for Paisley's Ferguslie Park Housing Association.
vinyl rock in hong kong and take title (Paisley Daily Express)
A GROUP of school pupils from Renfrewshire upstaged multi-platinum selling artist Simon Webbe at the annual Hong Kong Jam Festival. Vinyl, who hail from Barrhead, were voted Best Performing Act at the respected music fest, while Darren Buntin strummed up a Best Individual Guitarist gong.
We (Paisley Daily Express)
FUEL poverty is up by 400 per cent. That?s why 12 front-line debt advisors are to get specialist training on how to provide help and support to people suffering from fuel poverty.
Cops to hand parking fines job to council (EveningTimes Online)
PARKING offences are to be decriminalised across west Scotland in a bid to free up dozens of police officers. Strathclyde Chief Constable Steve House wants local authorities to take over issuing fixed penalty fines to help put more bobbies on the beat.
