East Renfrewshire
Proper noun
Meaning
East Renfrewshire
A council area of Scotland (one of 32); it was formed in 1996 on the abolition of Strathclyde Region.
Examples
The stricter rules apply to 2.3 million people across East Dunbartonshire, Renfrewshire, East Renfrewshire, Glasgow, West Dunbartonshire, North and South Lanarkshire, East and South Ayrshire, Stirling and West Lothian.
Schools in East Renfrewshire recently made the headlines when their council decided to spend a quarter of a million pounds on virtual reality headsets for every classroom.
More than £1.1million has been spent on emergency funding for households in East Renfrewshire, latest figures show.
That was the message from East Renfrewshire Soccer Development Association (ERSDA) president Graham Vance after 150 volunteers gathered in Barrhead to further their own coaching skills, writes Niall Christie.
The money has come from the East Renfrewshire Renewable Energy Fund (ERREF), which superseded the Whitelee Wind Farm Fund in 2016.
This will be in part down to 8,200 people from other council areas in Scotland expected to make the switch to East Renfrewshire.