Rigside

The congregation at Rigside and Douglas Water merged with the Douglas congregation to form Douglas Valley, and services have been taking place in Douglas and then in Rigside Halls every Sunday. Since the Rev Robert Cleland left, services have been ...

LITTLE Honey Love is only four, but she is amassing title after title in beauty pageants. She is winning glitz and natural pageants and her awards include the Mini Supreme and the Mega Ultimate Grand Supreme title, as well as Miss Easter Sparkle. And ...

A pensioner has lost a bitter legal battle with a multi-millionaire Tory peer over a patch of land next to his recycling yard that he has used for more than 17 years. Tom McAllister, 68, said he decided to clear the disused plot, which was used as a ...

RIGSIDE'S new £96,000 playpark was packed with 50 excited school children just five minutes after its construction was completed. The eagerly-awaited facility in Muirfoot Road got swamped by Rigside Primary pupils coming out of school at five past ...

On 1 April, South Lanarkshire Council dismissed proposals to build Owenstown, a £500m co-operative community, at Rigside in the Douglas Valley. The proposed site was less than ten miles from New Lanark, where 200 years ago Robert Owen created the ...

With the huge project to build 3000 new homes for a population of around 8000 people near Rigside nearing its crucial planning permission stage, Bill appears to be a very apt choice for the job. For more information on this story, pick up a copy of the ...