LOCAL folk can sign up for college courses on their doorstep in conjunction with West College Scotland.

Branchton Community Centre is holding the courses beginning the week August 26, and is now taking names.

The classes are as follows: Criminology - Tuesdays 5pm to 7pm; Photography - Tuesdays 1pm to 3pm; Horticulture - Introduction to Gardening - Wednesdays 9.30am to 12pm; Social Science - Thursdays 1pm to 3.30pm.

If anyone would like to register for a course they should email the centre's manager at branchtonmanager@gmail.com with your name, a contact number and the course title.