Gallowhill-Paisley

A grisly chapter in Paisley’s gangland past was finally closed yesterday as former crime boss Stewart Gillespie was laid to rest.

Hundreds of mourners turned out to bid farewell to 53-year-old Gillespie, who died during adisturbance at his home in the Gallowhill area of town earlier this month.

Back in the 1990s, dad-of-two Gillespie was among the most feared men in Paisley.

He was released from prison two years ago, having served 14 years behind bars for the murder of rival drug dealer Mark R...

Detectives probing the death of Paisley gangster Stewart Gillespie have made an arrest.

A 28-year-old man was charged with the 53-year-old’s murder on Saturday.

On Wednesday, crime boss Gillespie – a convicted murderer infamous for his role in the town’s drug wars in the 1990s – was found dead at his daughter’s flat in Gallowhill’s Glencairn Road.

A 32-year-old man was also seriously wounded in the incident.

Yesterday a Strathclyde Police spokeswoman said: “A 28-year-old man has bee...

A mother forced to flee to Spain with her autistic son has called for an inquiry to be held into his “negligent” care by psychiatrists.

Andrew MacVicar left his home in Gallowhill, Paisley, last month in a bid to escape drug treatment required by law.

And he was joined by his desperate mum, Christine, who believes her son’s treatment was driving him to the brink of suicide.

Police are currently making enquiries into the whereabouts of the mother and son as Andrew is the subject of a Compul...

Officers were called to a property in the Gallowhill area shortly before 11pm where they found two men with serious injuries.

One man, aged 53, died at the scene, while a 32-year-old man was rushed to the town's Royal Alexandra Hospital, where staff today described his condition as "serious but stable".

Police cordoned off the flat in Glencairn Road and officers remained at the scene today.

Door-to-door inquiries are being carried out in the area, and police are checking CCTV images.

A post morte...

SHOCKED cops found a mum lying dead in her home after they smashed down her door.

The 44-year-old – named locally as Sharon Pratt – was discovered by police on Saturday afternoon.

Officers had been drafted in after they received calls from friends concerned for her welfare.

Cops had to break down the door at her flat in Cluny Drive, Gallowhill ... and once inside, they found the mother-of-one’s body.

Police are examining whether the former Castlehead High pupil’s death was caused by a sus...

POLICE last night appealed for help to trace a pervert who indecently assaulted a teenage girl on a bus.

The 17-year-old victim was sitting next to the man, who is thought to be aged around 50, when he pounced.

They had been travelling on the number 64 bus from Paisley town centre towards Gallowhill just after 6pm on Monday when the incident happened.

The upset teenager got off the bus and noticed that the man had also disembarked.

She then went home and told her mum what had happened. At that st...

Work is starting today (Wednesday July 11) on the refurbishment of Gallowhill Court, a high-rise tower block in Paisley, Renfrewshire.

Almost 6,000 square metres of Hanson Structherm’s structural external wall insulation (SEWI) is being used in the 32-week project, by Full Façade Solutions for Renfrewshire Council.

Brian Monaghan, Hanson Structherm national sales manager, said: “Our SEWI system provides a cost-effective external refurbishment solution to greatly improve the thermal perform...

A GROUP of caring schoolkids are fighting back against cyber bullies – and their plan is so successful it looks likely to hit other schools.

The youngsters at Gallowhill Primary have been praised after setting up a business aimed at making sure their pals do not get caught up in a web of hate online.

The pupils picked up a Social Enterprise in Schools Award for the anti-cyber bullying business, Support Me.

The enterprising P7 pupils deliver workshops to younger pupils in their school warning y...

A WORRIED mum fears that a broken fence outside her home could become a death trap for her disabled kids.

Tracey Clements has been complaining to Renfrewshire Council for more than a year about the state of the garden at the back of her council flat in Gallowhill’s Dundonald Road.

And now she has told the Paisley Daily Express that the fence – which has broken wood and nails protruding from it – could cause an injury to her three children.

“I stay in a four-in-a-block flat with a back ga...