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An Independence for Scotland Party was also registered last May. On the Unionist side, All for Unity (A4U) led by former MP George Galloway, also had its registration approved by the Electoral Commission today. It too plans to field candidates on the list alone. The only party to sign up to the AFI umbrella group is Solidarity, which has been involved from the outset, fuelling suspicions it is using the new party as a Trojan horse to rehabilitate Mr Sheridan, whose political career wa...

RENFREWSHIRE Council is investigating whether a new community Post Office for Lochwinnoch could be based in one of its buildings. It was announced earlier this month the Post Office inside the village Spar shop would be closing in March. The move has caused outrage among residents who now face travelling to Johnstone, Beith or Kilburnie to collect or send parcels. And for those who don’t drive, the journey will be even more awkward with no public transport links from the village to Be...

Andy Doig A consultation will be launched on introducing more safety measures at a notoriously dangerous Johnstone junction, council chiefs have insisted. Two elderly women were knocked down at the town centre junction of Walkinshaw Street and High Street in October, with one of them tragically losing her life and the other receiving extensive treatment in hospital. Roads chiefs came under pressure last month from campaigning Johnstone councillor Andy Doig to ask the community whether the...