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Trio went to meet online girls but were confronted by gang

THREE men were allegedly attacked at Blantyre railway station after they visited the town to meet girls one of them had been chatting to online, a court heard this week.Read

Mystery over just who wrote letter slamming school protest parent

ONE of Blantyre’s best-known community activists this week denied writing a letter to the Advertiser critical of the man leading the St Joseph’s Primary School protest.Read

Blow to campaign against new school site

OBJECTORS were dealt a blow last week after a council planning committee approved recommendations to relocate St Joseph’s Primary School in Blantyre.Read

Protestors take primary school fight to Scottish Parliament

PROTESTERS have vowed to take their case to the Scottish Parliament after last week’s controversial decision over the St Joseph’s Primary School site in Blantyre.Read

Movie industry secrets taught at Blantyre summer club

BLANTYRE’S Terminal One are on the lookout for budding actors and singers, as well as studio technicians, cameramen and sound engineers as part of this year’s Summerscene programme for young people.Read

St Joseph's objectors suffer setback

PROTESTERS battling against controversial plans for a new school in Blantyre were this week dealt a blow.Read

Popular visitor centre is saved from closure

BLANTYRE’S David Livingstone Centre has been saved from closure - and that’s official.Read

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

End of an era as Craighead School closes

HAMILTON’S Craighead special needs school last Thursday held an open afternoon.Read

Warm welcome for new community police inspector

BLANTYRE, Uddingston and Bothwell have welcomed a new community police inspector, who will take the helm after Inspector John Riley’s retiral.Read

Car yob is sentenced

A BLANTYRE yob was this week ordered to carry out a total of 300 hours’ community service for an incident in which he drove a car at a man.Read

Fete to be opened by TV’s Miss Hoolie

CHILDREN’S TV favourite Miss Hoolie will be the special guest at this year’s Blantyre Old Parish Church’s Summer Fete on Saturday.Read

High Blantyre pupil tested for swine flu virus

TESTING for swine flu has been carried out on a child at a Lanarkshire primary school this week.Read

Council accused over Blantyre school plan procedure

A GROUP of Blantyre residents claimed this week that South Lanarkshire Council have misled the public and the Scottish Government over plans to build a new primary school in the town.Read

Blantyre community meeting hailed a big success

A COMMUNITY awareness event held at Priestfield Hall in High Blantyre has been praised by local people – with similar events now being rolled out across the Blantyre and Hamilton area.Read