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Green light for new station at Balgray

Plans for a new railway station in East Renfrewshire have now been approved.

Flag raised in East Renfrewshire to mark Merchant Navy Day

We raised the Red Ensign flag at our Council Headquarters in Giffnock to mark Merchant Navy Day and commemorate all who work at sea, both past and present.

Over 100 new council homes in Maidenhill

We'll be handing tenants the keys to more than 100 new-build council houses in the Newton Mearns over the coming months.

Tobacco detection dogs sniff out illicit cigarettes and tobacco in East Renfrewshire

4,400 illegal cigarettes and 6.5kg of hand rolling tobacco with a retail value of approximately £8,000 have been seized from two shops in East Renfrewshire under suspicion of being counterfeit.