News from Barrhead and Neilston - Paisley Daily Express

Yob tried to slash cop

A THUG who tried to slash a policeman with a craft knife after boozing and taking drugs has been found guilty in court.Read

Youngsters’ toy guns spark shooting alert

ANXIOUS residents sparked a major alert when they spotted youngsters firing guns in a housing scheme street.Read

Three held on shooting charges

THREE men were arrested yesterday in connection with the shooting of the brother of gangland enforcer Stewart ‘Specky’ Boyd.Read

Murder bid probe after shooting

A DAD was recovering from surgery yesterday after being blasted from point-blank range during an early morning shooting.Read

Woman, 33, on murder charge

A WOMAN appeared in court yesterday charged with murder after a man was found dead in his own home.Read

Cops probe yard blaze

POLICE were yesterday hunting arsonists who started four separate fires at a builders’ yard and left a trail of damage costing tens of thousands of pounds.Read

Neilston residents fire fears

NEIGHBOURS said they were living in fear yesterday after firebugs targeted the same house twice in the space of a few days.Read

Drop in NHS sickness rate welcomed

A SIGNIFICANT fall in NHS Scotland’s sickness absence rate in the past two years has made staff available for one million more hours of patient care.Read

Booze driver is banned for four years

A POLISH motorist who got behind the wheel after downing vodka during a boozing session has been banned from the road for four years.Read

Hospital ban for man facing baby charge

A MAN who is accused of picking up a baby in a maternity unit while he was drunk has been banned from going anywhere near Paisley’s Royal Alexandra Hospital.Read

Mountain man Tom meets Chelsea billionaire on charity climb

SUPER-FIT Tom Wilson climbed the world’s tallest stand-alone mountain – and was stunned to bump into Chelsea Football Club owner Roman Abramovich.Read

Roadworks cause chaos

MOTORISTS travelling to Paisley via Barrhead – and vice versa – will face severe disruption over the next 10 days.Read

Knife was for ‘cutting string’

A MAN who was caught walking the streets with a knife claimed he used it for “cutting string” when he was stopped by cops.Read

Specky Boyd’s brother critical in hospital

POLICE yesterday appealed for information after the brother of gangland enforcer Stewart Boyd was shot during an assassination attempt at his home.Read