FALKIRK COUNCIL GETS EXTRA £244,000 FOR ROAD REPAIRS
Falkirk Council will receive £244,000 from the Scottish Government to help fund road repairs after the severe winter. It was announced in April that an extra £10million would be allocated to Scotland’s 32 local authorities to help cover the cost of unexpected...MATHESON WELCOMES LAUNCH OF SCOTTISH SOCIAL SECURITY SYSTEM
Carers across Falkirk district will be the first people to benefit when the Scottish Government starts to make social security payments later this year. MSPs unanimously passed the Social Security (Scotland) Bill last week, establishing the country’s first social...FORTH VALLEY PATIENTS BENEFIT FROM NEW MRI SCANNERS
Patients in Forth Valley are among thousands of Scots who are benefitting from two new MRI scanners that are helping to reduce waiting times for diagnostics. The Scottish Government awarded £2.4million to the Golden Jubilee National Hospital in Clydebank to fund the...FALKIRK DISTRICT SCHOOLS GET £3.6MILLION TO HELP DEPRIVED PUPILS
A Scottish Government fund aimed at boosting the attainment levels of the most deprived pupils is set to pay out nearly £3.6million to schools in the Falkirk Council area in 2018-19. A total of 2387 schools across Scotland, including 61 in Falkirk district, will...LARBERT SCHOOL GETS SHARE OF RECORD ERASMUS+ EU FUNDING
A Larbert school has played a part in Scotland receiving its largest allocation yet of Erasmus+ funding in 2017. Kinnaird Primary was awarded €6015 (about £5350) for language training and development from the European Union scheme. Falkirk West MSP Michael Matheson is...Photos
VISITING THE EMERGENCY MEDICAL RETRIEVAL SERVICE