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• Motown 60s show will reign supreme

  GLASGOW is going back to the 1960s after the stars of a new show arrived in the city.

• Police plea in bin blaze scare probe

  A POLICE hunt was today stepped up in a bid to trace firebugs who torched a wheelie bin and left it ablaze in the close of a Glasgow tenement block.

• CONVERTERS HAVE YOUR SAY ON PLANS FOR NEW WASTE HANDLING PLANT

  A PUBLIC consultation was launched today to give people the chance to have their say on a planned £154million rubbish recycling plant in Glasgow.

• GOOD NEWS – WE'VE EXTENDED OUR CONTEST'S CLOSING DATE Opportunity could be knocking for you

  THE contest is hotting up as the city's future stars rush to enter Glasgow's most talked about talent contest before the final deadline.

• Beam me up to a career in engineering

  STAR Trek-type technology is being used to tempt school children to take up careers in science and engineering.

• demolition day at last for danger flats SINKING FEELING Local residents and businesses face more upset as diggers move in to bring down block

  DIGGERS have moved in to demolish a condemned East End tenement block, more than four months after residents were evacuated.

• A-listed former children's hospital could provide base for artists and radio station TRUST BIDS TO RESCUE LANDMARK BUILDING

  A HISTORIC A-listed building in the heart of Paisley could be given a new lease of life as a community hub.

• Showing off Glas-GLO style

  THREE Glasgow-based designers have teamed up to show off their work at one of the UK's leading design festivals.

• Staff fail obese children

  JUST over a quarter of health staff know national guidelines on childhood obesity, a Glasgow study suggests.

• we'll give maggie's a night to remember TV PRESENTER KAYE WILL PULL ON HER WALKING SHOES AND STRIDE OUT FOR CANCER CASH

  BROADCASTER Kaye Adams is to join hundreds of fundraisers on a moon-lit meander through the streets of Glasgow.

• Teenagers are praised for efforts in special project Path leads to a better future DOWN TO WORK Charity and businesses combine to help youngsters learn job skills and improve communities

  IT WAS a piece of unused land which has now been transformed into a green oasis in the middle of a housing estate.

• Jean, 88, could be a prisoner in her own home for months

  AN elderly woman is a prisoner in her own home after she was told it would take months to get a ramp.

• He died with his family around him. My daughter died a horrible death when she was 20 years old with her full life ahead of her. You call that justice? DEATH OF THE LOCKERBIE BOMBER No forgiveness from some of the families who lost their loved ones

  THE Lockerbie bomber has died - nearly three years after he was released from a Scots jail.

• King in claim on Whyte's Gers shares

  Rangers director Dave King has claimed he has first option on Craig Whyte's shares in the club.

• Boffins to bring city £5m boost

  Sports scientists from around the world are expected to inject around £5million into the local economy when they jet into Glasgow ahead of the London Olympics.

• Loose Women's Janet is Prince and Princess of Wales Hospice star guest

  LOOSE Women panellist Janet Street-Porter presided over a gathering of more than 550 women at a charity fundraiser in Glasgow.

• Climb raises £20k in Joe's memory

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• You've lost that Govan feeling -

  A LONG-SERVING boss who helped save a Glasgow institution from closure has left his post after nine years.

• Macca helps refs send off £2k to charity

  KIND-hearted members of a football referees' group have presented two charities with £2000 following a fundraising sportmans' dinner.

• IN:DEMAND SHOW IS THE NOISIEST YET AS FANS WELCOME TOP POP ACTS TO SECC screaming success

  THOUSANDS of screaming fans flocked to Glasgow's SECC to see some of the biggest names in pop perform.