WE are always delighted to announce positive Yes developments, so thanks to Yes Strathaven secretary Alan Calder for this heartening message.

He wrote: “It is with the greatest of pleasure that we inform you of the opening of the latest Yes Hub.

“Yes Strathaven re-convened and held our inaugural meeting during May this year, after which, in addition to holding street stalls and leaflet drops, we spent many months preparing to open our own hub and drop-in centre.

“Recently we were successful in acquiring excellent premises in a central location which we aim to have open seven days a week. Setting up the Hub was assisted by much appreciated financial support from the Scottish Independence Foundation, with ongoing operations entirely community funded and manned by volunteers.

“We intend to raise the profile of independence and help to convince previous No voters and undecideds by offering a friendly space in which to have a coffee, to read the paper – The National, obviously – or to discuss Brexit, politics or just chat about local issues or even the weather.

“Our highly visible premises, whilst being non-party political, will provide information not readily available in the mainstream media. We are non politicians delivering the simple message that Scotland’s future is best decided by those who live and work here. We hope to become a well-known feature in the town and to work within the community to help achieve independence.”