Falkirk Council

Falkirk's council tax is to rise by seven per cent

Council tax to rise by seven per cent

Ofgem has ordered all UK energy companies to suspend the practice of forcibly installing prepayment meters. Pic: Christopher Furlong/Getty Images

Family face £12,000 electricity bill

There are five assaults a day on teachers in Falkirk schools, according to new figures. Picture posed by models.

Surge in assaults on staff in schools

The future of Grangemouth Stadium is in doubt as Falkirk Council says it can no longer afford to operate it

Top athlete joins fight to save Grangemouth Stadium

The plans include 500 homes, parkland, and a new neighbourhood centre with potential for retail and community use. Picture: Contributed.

Proposed Gilston Park mixed-use project 'ready to deliver £120m of investment'

The cost of the Avon Gorge upgrade project has now risen to £70 million

Falkirk Council: Warning £70m cost of Avon Gorge project cost makes it 'unafford...

Falkirk Council leader Cecil Meiklejohn said she stopped using Twitter because of abuse

Forgotten Villages campaign: Call for Falkirk Council leader to resign

The Scottish Conservatives have criticised a rise in the number of disabled people on the council housing waiting list. Picture: PA

Rise in number of disabled people on council housing waiting lists criticised

Children in P1 to P3 with autism were initially told they could only return to school four days a week

Scottish council U-turns over autistic youngsters' school return

John McAteer was left without heating during a freezing cold week (Picture Michael Gillen)

90-year old Scottish man left with no heating during coldest week of the year

Children in P1 to P3 are starting school next week.

Young children with autism not able to return to school next week

Picture Michael Gillen

GMB claims Falkirk Council 'put depot staff at substantial risk' after COVID out...

High Street at Bonnybridge Toll next to Bonnybridge Memorial Gardens - garden area full of rubbish and reports of being overrun with rats. Picture: Michael Gillen

This street has been branded one of Scotland's dirtiest areas

Senior charge nurse Rosario Walshe beside a Remembrance Tree mural that has been installed as a backdrop on one of the full-length windows in the ward. Picture: Andrew Milligan/PA Wire

'I didn't believe the virus was real', Covid-19 patient told nurse

A temporary coronavirus testing centre will be set up in Denny as of Monday, January 18 for at least three days. Picture: John Devlin.

Change of location for temporary Covid testing centre

Secondary school pupils in schools run by Falkirk Council have been ordered to keep a “contact log” in the run up to Christmas.

Falkirk pupils told to keep ‘Covid diaries’ to track school coronavirus outbreak...

Michelle Thomson.

Michelle Thomson thanks supporters for Falkirk East SNP election ticket

The planning permission in principle application to Falkirk Council, lodged by landowner Hansteen Land, includes the development of a 55.6-hectare site at Polmont.

Jobs boost as plans revealed for hundreds of new homes in Polmont

Falkirk pupils will go through a ‘phased return’ for the first two weeks of term

Falkirk pupils will go through a ‘phased return’

Six members of staff have resigned from a council facility in Falkirk after claims that bosses were not enforcing lockdown rules

‘Mass resignation’ at council facility after claims that bosses “refused to stop...

The firm is looking to boost its ranks as a result of the contract appointments. Picture: contributed.

Building services contractor McGill set to boost headcount after duo of contract...

Falkirk Council gritters given new names

High maintenance costs for Falkirk Council under PFI school contracts

Forth Valley Royal Hospital could cost NHS £70m more than estimated

Blaze-hit Bo’ness band are now Britain’s number one champions

A spokeswoman for Falkirk Council said no political groups had been invited to the event. Picture: TSPL

Yes Scotland campaigners told to leave school

Antonine Wall gets in the way of bid to revive Lowland malt

Wheel of fortune: Big in Falkirk has transformed the town

Smokers to be banned from fostering and adopting by councils

Ban on ice-cream and burger vans within 500 metres of schools

Falkirk Labour leader backs bid to rejoin COSLA fold

Green light plea for an ideal home town

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