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Hunt for driver who fled scene after Audi crashed into wall

A hunt has been launched for a driver after he crashed his Audi into a wall. The red Audi A3 careered into a wall in the village of Twechar, East Dunbartonshire, near to a canal at the Biffa waste site on Friday. A man who was passing by stopped at the ...

Police look to trace man who crashed car into wall

The smash happened at around 2.45pm on Friday, March 4, when red coloured Audi A3 car crashed into a wall in Gavell Road, Twechar, near to the canal at the Biffa waste site. A man who was passing by stopped to assist however the driver of the Audi ran ...

Viewers choose car rescue hero Paul for bravery award

Television viewers chose Paul Surgeon (25) as the winner of a special courage award on STV's “Scotland's Real Heroes”. The popular local hairdresser risked his life in a dramatic rescue on the Twechar to Kilsyth road in May, 2012. Just seconds after he ...

Further accolades for Twechar development

Places for People has picked up another award for its innovative affordable housing development in the former mining community of Twechar, East Dunbartonshire. Named after the nearby ruins of the Roman-built Antonine Wall – a UNESCO World Heritage ...

Twechar van heist nets £20k haul

One Facebook reply read: “There's something very odd about this. Things like that don't happen in Twechar. The van and trailer must have been targeted.” But another disagreed, commenting: “I've had a trailer, three bikes and the hubcaps off a car in ...

Memories of Twechar mining village

A Twechar-born man who worked as a pitboy in the village colliery is writing a book on his experiences. John Andrews (86), who is appealing to people to donate old photos to an exhibition in the local community centre, hopes to publish “Memories of ...

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