Clydeside Stories

Gabriella Bennett

The Commonwealth Games aren't just about sport.  Over the course of the next 12 days we'll be centred at the Clydeside to report on what the locals - and the not-so-locals - are saying about Europe's biggest sporting event. 

The Commonwealth Games aren't just about sport.  Over the course of the next 12 days we'll be centred at the Clydeside to report on what the locals - and the not-so-locals - are saying about Europe's biggest sporting event. 

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"It's a great little ticket" said the conductor on the Dalmuir to Motherwell train yesterday morning. "Not very many people know about it. Not even the locals. It can only be used after 9am but it'll take you right up to midnight and on weekends it can be used at any time."

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