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Falkirk Council elections 2022: Fuel poverty among the issues on Upper Braes' voters minds

Upper Braes voters will have to choose three councillors from nine candidates on May 5, and many residents will be expecting soaring bills and fuel poverty to be at the top of the agenda for those elected.

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Falkirk Council elections 2022: Candidates face climate change questions in hustings event

Falkirk's Friends of the Earth group had questions for four candidates in the council elections on May 5

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Falkirk Council elections 2022: House building challenge for Lower Braes on the minds of voters

Residents will choose from seven candidates fighting to win one of three seats in a ward where issues including how to cope with 500 new houses being built

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Falkirk Council elections 2022: Grangemouth is hoping for big changes to come

Residents in Grangemouth will choose from eight candidates fighting to win one of three seats, with anti-social behaviour and town centre regeneration high on the agenda.

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Falkirk Council elections 2022: Carse, Kinnaird and Tryst ward covers most expensive and deprived areas

Residents will choose from seven candidates fighting to win one of four seats in a ward of contrasts, with issues including transport housing and poverty.

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Falkirk park could get a new cycle skills trails for all ages

Callendar Park could soon have a new cycling hub beside its par-9 golf course, with the aim of encouraging people of all ages to take up cycling.

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Falkirk Council donate thousands of sandbags to protect Ukraine's historical monuments

More than 3,000 sandbags were recently hauled to Edinburgh Airport to board a flight.

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Scotland answers Kyiv’s call as 3,000 sandbags are dispatched to Ukraine

The bags were donated by Falkirk Council after an appeal from the Ukrainian capital to its twin city, Edinburgh.

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Video captures two men filling 'eyesore' Grangemouth caravan with rubbish

The footage shows two men arriving in a white van, and tossing pieces of wood and carpet into the caravan.

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Bonnybridge residents 'distraught' at being hit with £11k communal repair bill

Residents hit with £11,000 communal repair bills from the council need more time for the money to be paid, according to a councillor.

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The nine Falkirk councillors standing down in the May 2022 local elections

Many of the nine local representatives are veterans of Falkirk Council and have served for more than a century between them.

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Falkirk Council creates new jobs to handle demand of people in care left waiting months for records

Falkirk Council has been struggling to keep up with statutory obligations to give access to people wanting their care records as result of the Scottish Child Abuse Inquiry.

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One of Falkirk's longest serving councillor steps down after almost 40 years

David Alexander will not be seeking re-election in May.

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'Eyesore caravan' filled with wood in car park sparks fury from Grangemouth residents

Police have been called out to the vehicle with locals saying it's attracting youths and anti-social behaviour.

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New mental health services launched for young people across Falkirk

New mental health services are offering support to children and young people aged from five to 24 in Falkirk before they hit crisis point.

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Grangemouth shopkeeper caught selling cannabis cookies keeps licence

Falkirk Council board heard that the cookies had been tested in a police station by officers who found them and “they did test positive for cannabis.”

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Plans to build affordable housing near Falkirk town centre rejected again

There are worries about parking on busy roads that are very close to an entrance to Central Retail Park.

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Russia risk to Falkirk Council's pension fund is 'miniscule'

Falkirk Council's pensions committee was told they have no direct investments in Russian companies, but the turmoil created by the invasion could affect the fund.

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Dangerous Avon Gorge road still not upgraded as Falkirk council bid for funding

The narrow stretch of road which links Falkirk and West Lothian has seen deadly accidents and numerous crashes, and now both councils are working together to secure funding for a long-awaited upgrade.

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Smoking ban for Falkirk council staff on video calls and in their cars

Council employees will be banned from smoking during video calls - even if they are in their own homes - and in their own cars if they are being used for council business.

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Falkirk SNP councillor quits after being arrested and charged over assault allegation

Niall Coleman, who represents Bonnybridge and Larbert, is also the convener of Falkirk Council's licensing board.

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Falkirk bar worker who battered woman during row over wife's affair allowed to keep alcohol licence

Andrew Simpson pleaded guilty to the assault at Falkirk Sheriff Court last year, and Falkirk Council's licensing board heard the conviction was a cause for concern.

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'Life-changing' mentoring programme introduced to three Falkirk district schools

Award-winning charity MCR Pathways has teamed up with Falkirk Council to make it happen.

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Falkirk pubs want extra time to celebrate Queen's Platinum Jubilee

Falkirk council is to consider granting local bars later opening hours for the bank holidays to help people celebrate the Queen's historic jubilee.

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Council tax in Falkirk will rise by 4% from April

The increase was agreed today when Falkirk Council met to set the budget for the year ahead.

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