Falkirk Herald Bulletin 04-07-24

Editor Jill Buchanan talks us through the headlines from The Falkirk Herald

Transcript

00:00Hello, I'm Gill Buchanan, the editor of the Falkirk Herald, and I'm here to tell you about

00:05some of the stories that are making the headlines in a print edition, which is on sale now.

00:09A family has expressed anger at the length of sentence given to the driver, whose speeding

00:15led to the death of their wife and mother. Rizvan Asal was jailed for three years at

00:20the High Court in Dundee this week after admitting causing the death of Doreen Stewart in 2022

00:25by driving dangerously. School may be out for summer, but there's still lots going on as

00:30Falkirk Council carries out £4 million of improvement works on their school buildings

00:35during the holiday period. After only one week of being open, Rosebank Distillery can now say

00:41it's a five-star visitor attraction after an award from Visit Scotland. But all is not rosy

00:47for the nearby Rosebank Beef Eater restaurant, with the owners announcing from July 5th they

00:52will only be serving meals for those staying in the neighbouring Premier Inn. We've got a

00:58fascinating story of how a group of Falkirk schoolboys took on the might of Sporting

01:02Lisbon 60 years ago after they were mistaken for the Scottish National Youth Squad. We've also got

01:08four pages of photographs from this year's Bowness Fair, Builders Europe's leading children's

01:13festival. Congratulations to Brodie Dooley of DCL joinery in Grangemouth, who has been named

01:20Apprentice of the Year. Also well done to everyone at Inchlair Early Learning Centre in

01:26Larbert for becoming Falkirk's first Frobel flag nursery, and also to all the prize winners at

01:32Larbert High School after the school held its first in-person ceremony since the pandemic.

01:39Historian Iain Scott looks at the changes made to the lint rigs in Falkirk over the years and

01:44reveals some fascinating news about what is underground. In sport we're wishing good luck

01:50to Larbert swimmer Susie McNair who is taking part in the European Junior Championships this weekend.

01:56All these stories and lots more are all in our print edition which is on sale now

02:01and also online at www.falkirkherald.co.uk. Thank you.