AN addict was caught with a Kinder Egg full of heroin after selling drugs to friends in a bid to fund his habit. David Townsley has had a drug addiction for decades and officers caught him red-handed during a drug deal in Benfleet on May 14, 2019. The 55-year-old was spotted carrying out the drug deal before being stopped and searched, with officers finding three wraps of heroin inside a Kinder Egg container. Townsley was later charged with and admitted possession of heroin, and was sentenced at Basildon Crown Court. The court heard that Townsley had been addicted to drugs for a large part of his life and was dealing to friends and associates.
Drumchapel’s Old Police Station converted into new Army Cadet Force facility
Lowland RFCA decided to completely refurbish Drumchapel’s old Police Station to create a safe and suitable Cadet facility.
From: Drumchapel ACF Cadet Centre. Lowland RFCA Crown Copyright.
On the edge of Bearsden, one of Glasgow’s most affluent suburbs, you will find Drumchapel. Known locally as ‘The Drum’. When David Townsley, an Area Works Officer at Lowland Reserve Forces’ & Cadets’ Association (
RFCA), surveyed Drumchapel Army Cadet Force (
ACF) hut, he identified a need to provide better and safer training facilities for local Cadets. With the backing of senior management, the team jumped into action.
AN old police station has been converted into a facility for Army Cadets, which is expected to offer great social benefit to the community. The three-year project on the former Drumchapel Police station included renovation of the building on Kinfauns Drive. The building was put up for sale in 2017, but Lowland RFCA were not successful in getting funding to purchase the property. However, the eventual buyer of the police station put the property up to lease immediately after purchase and they were successful with their funding application and secured a lease. The new building will provide young people in Drumchapel with one of the largest and best equipped facilities in the area; with two floors, multiple classrooms, a large drill hall and an outdoor parade space.
YOUR feature on the Rangers v Dynamo Moscow game brought back memories. One of them was of Torry Gillick, a great Rangers player. He was a down to earth character, who had a poor education, but he could count. He told the referee that the Dynamos had 12 men on the pitch. One too many. He was correct.
Daniel Harris
Via email YOUR correspondent William Dalrymple states that the Royals are above the law and always have been and that the recent tour of the UK by two of them will be good for morale. I am anti-Royalty and think it’s an absurdity in the modern world but even the most deranged Royalist must surely see that this “tour” is more about entitlement than morale boosting.