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Nan defies the years to take talent trophy

A SINGING Blantyre senior citizen beat youngsters less than half her age to win £2000 in a talent show.Read

High drama as police in riot gear raid home

COMMUTERS watched in shock as police in riot gear forced entry into a home in Blantyre.Read

Bygone Blantyre website boosted by over 70 vintage photographs

OVER 70 photos of yesteryear have been added to a Blantyre website.Read

'Hell neighbours' hit with ASBO

ASBOs have been slapped on a noisy and abusive couple accused of making life hell for their neighbours.Read

Eleven stab wounds sealed Brian McQueen’s fate

A PATHOLOGIST who carried out an autopsy on Brian McQueen’s body found ELEVEN main stab wounds.Read

‘Wild West’ jibe hit town in murder aftermath

BLANTYRE was compared to the Wild West in the months following Brian McQueen’s brutal death.Read

Uproar as murder trial jury return not proven verdict

TWO men were last week sensationally cleared of murdering Blantyre man Brian McQueen.Read

Son’s plea to end two decades of heartache

AN appeal has been made to find the family of a Blantyre man who may be able to help reunite a mother and her son.Read

Bus company boss slams council for MOT ‘let down’

A BLANTYRE bus boss was this week locked in a row with South Lanarkshire Council over MOTs.Read

Search on for exhibits as museum plan is revealed

THE Blantyre Resource Centre has made an appeal for potential exhibits from the town or the mining industry for display in a newly-proposed museum.Read

NHS board members move to new posts

TWO members of the board of NHS Lanarkshire have left to take up other career opportunities.Read

Fund-raising Elvis night

THE PETAL(people experiencing trauma and loss) charity are hosting a special event to raise money for the charity’s funds.Read

Driven daft by potholes

CRUMBLING roads in Blantyre look set to be repaired – after a councillor joined officials on a tour of the streets which are worst affected.Read

Millennium Choir hit charity note as members disband

A DISBANDED Blantyre choir have balanced their books by donating all the money left in their funds to The Haven Centre.Read

Bride-to-be wins trip-of-a-lifetime

A BLANTYRE woman couldn’t hide her delight – when she won a once-in a-lifetime round-the-world trip during a phone-in competition which was held on Clyde 1 radio station.Read

The truth is out there – in the sky above Blantyre

PEOPLE in Blantyre were puzzled recently after an apparent UFO sighting in the area.Read

Cash raised for hospice

MEMBERS of the public and staff members of two Blantyre funeral services have helped raise £500 for St Andrew’s Hospice.Read

A HIGH BLANTYRE family are appealing for help to find their pet cat which went missing on New Year’s Day. The one-year-old male cat called Tommy has not been seen since and the Lowis family are desperate to have him back home.Read

Centre of activity

BLANTYRE Resource Centre has been a resounding success since it opened in August last year and now has a new programme.Read

School’s Lotto boost

A LOTTO cash boost has helped schoolchildren at Auchinraith Primary, Blantyre, gain a special new feature for their playground.Read

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