A RUN-DOWN Renfrewshire town will today be handed Scotland’s most dreaded award...after being declared the most dismal place in the country. ... Linwood named Scotland’s most dismal town.

Linwood in Renfrewshire has been voted the most dismal town in Scotland. The town has become the latest recipient of the "plook on a plinth" or the "carbuncle" award from Urban Realm magazine.

In 1987, The Proclaimers released Letter From America, a heart-felt lament to the countless industries and communities lost to Scotland in recent generations. The famous line, “Bathgate no more ...

To walk through Linwood Town Centre is like taking a tour through a post-urban wasteland, or a scene from a science fiction novel. In what was once a thriving shopping precinct, a concrete grid ...

Labour MSP Neil Bibby says the threat of closure at the Alexander Dennis factory is the latest example of how the SNP is ...

LINWOOD is in the running for a prize nobody wants – the title of Scotland’s most dismal town. Organisers of the annual Carbuncle Awards have included the area on their shortlist for the ...