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Often, many of the people who live in this sort of postcode will be low income singles living in small rented flats.

Geographically neighbourhoods fitting this profile occur in various locations including Canterbury, seaside towns such as Torquay and Blackpool, and Scottish towns such as Dundee, Galashiels, and Paisley.

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Schools

Find out the performance data, locations and contact details of your local schools. All the vital information you need to help make educational decisions for your children.
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Crime

The Strathclyde Police force is responsible for policing the Renfrewshire Council local authority area.
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Council tax

The average council tax per household in Renfrewshire council is £979.00, compared to an average in Scotland of £1,011.26.
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Local news

Tobin is guilty of McNicol murder

16/12/2009 15:12:48

Renfrewshire serial killer Peter Tobin is convicted of murdering Dinah McNicol, 18, following a trial at Chelmsford Crown Court.
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Man, 61, dies in tower block fire

16/12/2009 15:06:18

A man has died and six others have been treated in hospital after a fire in a multi-storey block of flats in Glasgow.
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Party host jailed over stabbing

16/12/2009 11:27:50

A man who killed a friend over a fight about too much noise at his party has been jailed for nearly five years.
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Police bid over agony aunt death

16/12/2009 12:08:50

A large-scale police operation will be staged in Glasgow later in a bid to catch the killer of a radio agony aunt.
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Murder accused offers no evidence

16/12/2009 14:01:08

Convicted child killer Peter Tobin offers no evidence in his defence at a trial for the murder of Essex teenager Dinah McNicol.
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Jail for ninja attack on wardens

16/12/2009 11:39:33

A man who attacked two community wardens wearing a ninja mask and armed with a samurai sword is jailed.
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Affordable housing at Ravenscraig

16/12/2009 12:59:18

Councils approves plans to buy new homes on the former Ravenscraig steelworks site in Lanarkshire and rent them out.
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Community anti-violence paper due

16/12/2009 00:27:12

The first results of what was claimed to be a groundbreaking gangs' initiative are to be published later.
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Man jailed for hairbrush hold-up

16/12/2009 09:57:00

A Scottish man has been sentenced to a year in prison for trying to hold -up a bank in County Donegal with a hair brush.
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Controversial taxi deal approved

15/12/2009 17:27:56

A controversial £2m NHS taxi contract is awarded to a private firm, despite warnings from Strathclyde Police.
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Scot may be first female bishop

15/12/2009 15:14:30

A Scottish Anglican priest could become the first woman bishop in the UK after being shortlisted for a vacant post.
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Man attacked in front of family

15/12/2009 14:40:08

Police appeal for witnesses after a 23-year-old man is assaulted in front of his wife and child in the Govan area of Glasgow.
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BBC Alba

02/10/2009 09:02:33

Naidheachdan Gàidhlig Ionadail, Nàiseanta is Eadar-nàiseanta
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Local news

26/11/2009 12:28:01

Other websites in the Glasgow and west area
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Art anniversary

15/12/2009 01:24:17

Celebrating the centenary of iconic Mackintosh building
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Your stories

24/09/2007 13:02:46

How to send us news from Glasgow and the west
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Railway Stations

Paisley Gilmour Street (0.37 miles away), ScotRail

Paisley Canal (0.66 miles away), ScotRail

Hawkhead (0.67 miles away), ScotRail

Paisley St. James (1.09 miles away), ScotRail

Hillington West (1.65 miles away), ScotRail

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