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300 say no to South Lanarkshire Council over St Joseph’s school move

OVER 300 Blantyre residents have signed a petition in opposition to plans to build the new St Joseph’s Primary School at Park Lane.Read

£30,000 boost for community

BLANTYRE Miners Community Resource Centre has been given a new lease of life this week after receiving £30,000 worth of new equipment.Read

Kristie Lee McLaughlan (12) sparked a huge police operation when she was reported missing last week.

Missing Kristie (12) arrives home in a taxi

A DISTRAUGHT mum this week told how she feared the worst after her 12-year-old daughter went missing.Read

Violent crime is prime target of high-profile police blitz

POLICE stopped and searched 72 people during a three-day blitz on violent crime and anti-social behaviour in Hamilton and Blantyre.Read

Dog bite accuser charged

THE Blantyre teenager who complained to the Advertiser last week after allegedly being bitten by a police dog has been charged with a drugs offence.Read

Couple celebrate 60 years together

IT was all smiles this week for a Blantyre couple as they celebrated their diamond wedding anniversary.Read

Woman admits breach of her ASBO terms

A BLANTYRE woman breached an ASBO by shouting, swearing and banging doors.Read

Winner Isla sets sights on national art competition

A PRIMARY one pupil from St Joseph’s Primary School has won a special award for her artwork.Read

Flats plan given seal of approval

CONTROVERSIAL plans to build nine flats in Blantyre were given the green light by planners last week.Read

Family and colleagues mourn leading lawyer

WELL-KNOWN Blantyre solicitor Crawford Mason has died aged 66.Read

Pupils’ bad behaviour should not be tolerated

I AM writing to express my concerns about the behaviour of pupils from Calderside Academy in Blantyre at lunchtimes. These pupils have no respect for the area, its residents or for the uniform they are wearing.Read

Residents hit out over retail plans at Blantyre primary school site

A BLANTYRE parent blasted South Lanarkshire Council this week after it emerged a retail park may be built on the site of St Joseph’s Primary School.Read

Mum duped by callous puppy scam

A BLANTYRE mum has issued a warning to animal lovers after she was duped out of almost £600 of her hard-earned cash by internet con artists.Read

Parents’ fears grow after horror crash

PARENTS this week claimed their children’s lives were being put in danger every time they walk along Earnock Road to school.Read

Ciara attends Barack Obama inauguration

A LUCKY Blantyre schoolgirl had the trip of a lifetime when she went to see Barack Obama’s presidential inauguration ceremony.Read

Long-lost mum search ends in heartbreak

THERE has been fresh heartache for William McVitie after he contacted the Hamilton Advertiser for clues to his lost mother’s whereabouts.Read

Brave woman’s charity swim in shark-infested waters

HIGH BLANTYRE woman Karen Tait isn’t the sort to get up to anything fishy.Read

Grand old lady Rose celebrates 100th birthday

A GREAT-GREAT grandmother from Blantyre celebrated her 100th birthday last week.Read

Strum’s winning acts keep it in the family

TWO Blantyre cousins were in the winning line-up at the Strum music competition in Uddingston.Read

Cop dog savaged my son says mum

AN angry Blantyre mother is to lodge a formal complaint to Strathclyde Police over claims that her 19-year-old son was “savaged” by a police Alsatian.Read

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