Bo'ness, Scotland News

THE Scottish SPCA is appealing for information after a distinctive white German Shephard dog was found in Bo'ness severely emaciated, suffering from a womb infection and with painful sores on her body.

A FREEZE on rents and council tax, 690,000 to tackle youth unemployment, no compulsory redundancies and a boost for roads maintenance were approved at Falkirk Council's budget meeting on Wednesday.

CENTRAL Scotland Police and the Falkirk Community Safety Panel plan to visit Tesco, Bo'ness next Wednesday, February 15 from 2-4pm. Get along to the mobile office and find out about ATM cash point skimming devices and see an active demonstration of how they operate.

A PRESENTATION will be made on Falkirk Council's main issue report into a forthcoming local development plan, as part of community consultation.

Falkirk East's MSP Angus MacDonald, whose constituency covers Bo'ness and Blackness, has welcomed news that Scottish Water will freeze household water charges for 2012/13. In April household charges will stay the same level as they have for four years - meaning the average charge will remain at A 324.

Drop into Tesco Bo'ness tomorrow, January 26 to have your say on issues affecting Falkirk Council's next local development plan.

AT THE weekend the Grangemouth Sub-Area Command community team, whose patch includes Bo'ness, had several calls in relation to loud music and parties.

A COUPLE facing extradition to the United States for allegedly exporting chemicals used to make the deadly drug crystal meth have split up due to the pressures of their legal battle.

AT ODDS with the weather forecast, it was one of those black and white days on a visit to Bo'ness, which, as every schoolchild should know, is a shortened version of Borrowstounness, the nose of land jutting into the Forth.