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Blantyre are divided over new school plans

THE four councillors for Blantyre snubbed a recent public meeting – attended by about 200 residents at the TACT Hall – as a planning dispute over St Joseph’s Primary School rumbles on. Read

Larkhall residents want ‘right of way’ to be re-opened

FED-UP residents this week called for a blocked-off lane which has been a magnet for tenny tipplers in the past to be re-opened. Read

Lanark and Carluke News

Milkboy dies in road tragedy

THE tragic death of a young teenage milkboy has shocked the Carluke community. Read

All welcome at Fairtrade sale in parish church

THE Lesmahagow Old Parish Church will be open tomorrow (Friday) from 10am till noon for the sale of Fairtrade goods. Read

Blantyre News

Blantyre are divided over new school plans

THE four councillors for Blantyre snubbed a recent public meeting – attended by about 200 residents at the TACT Hall – as a planning dispute over St Joseph’s Primary School rumbles on. Read

Blantyre ASBO man is sent to prison

AN elderly Blantyre man was jailed yesterday (Wednesday) for nearly four months after breaching the conditions of his ASBO twice in one week. Read

Bothwell and Uddingston news

40 ‘affordable’ homes to be built close to industrial site

PLANS for 40 ‘affordable’ housing association flats on an Uddingston industrial site were this week given the green light. Read

Journalist who ‘supported real needs of people’

AN UDDINGSTON man with a long and distinguished career in journalism has died aged 85. Read

Larkhall News

Larkhall residents want ‘right of way’ to be re-opened

FED-UP residents this week called for a blocked-off lane which has been a magnet for tenny tipplers in the past to be re-opened. Read

Thief robs Larkhall OAP after attacking him in bed

A COUNTY OAP was attacked in his bed and then robbed. Read

Motherwell News

Go-ahead given to build 78 new council houses in North Lanarkshire

MORE than 70 new council houses are to be built in North Lanarkshire. Read

Jail for boss of drug factory where boy plunged to his death

A CANNABIS-grower caught after a schoolboy plunged to his death through the roof of his Lanarkshire-based factory has been jailed for five years. Read