HELENSBURGH and Lomond Civic Centre was officially opened on Tuesday March 1 by the town's British no.1 wheelchair tennis champion, Gordon Reid.

The East Clyde Street complex combines the old Clyde Street School, later the Clyde Community Education Centre, and new-build offices for some 140 Argyll ad Bute Council staff.

THE 2002 BBC documentary about Helensburgh TV inventor John Logie Baird is again available on Youtube.

For some years the film — directed by Jan Leman and owing much to work by the late Anthony Kamm — was available, but then it disappeared from the website.

MEMBERS of Helensburgh Heritage Trust will offer guided town centre walks at the time of the NVA Hinterland events at St Peter's Seminary in Cardross from Friday March 18 to Sunday March 27.

Walks will start every day at 11am and at 2.30pm, and will last between 90 minutes and two hours. They will commence at the Victoria Halls on Sinclair Street and will finish at the Clock Tower at the foot of Sinclair Street. They will be free of charge and no booking is required.