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Reamonn Gormley’s parents speak for first time about their son’s death

THE parents of Reamonn Gormley have spoken of the pain on the first anniversary of their son’s death.Read

Parents of Reamonn Gormley call on changes to knife law

THE heartbroken parents of Reamonn Gormley this week told how they are calling for changes to knife law – exactly a year on from their son’s brutal murder.Read

Tributes to Ryan (18) found frozen to death in Hamilton

TRIBUTES were this week paid to a missing teenager who was found frozen to death in Hamilton.Read

Hunt as young woman suffers broken arm in Hamilton Palace night club attack

A YOUNG woman suffered a broken arm after being viciously attacked on the Hamilton Palace’s dance floor.Read

Kidney match found for Larkhall man

A KIDNEY donor match has been found for a young Larkhall man suffering from a rare form of renal failure.Read

Blantyre schoolgirl in Got to Dance semi

A Blantyre schoolgirl is through to the semi-final of Britain’s top TV dance competition.Read

Lewis McGowan: Plans after John Lewis advert

The Hamilton boy who starred in last year’s most talked-about Christmas advert is keen to take on a major movie role.Read

NHS Lanarkshire fined £24,000 after patient contracts deadly bug

NHS Lanarkshire have been fined £24,000 by a sheriff – after a patient contracted the potentially-lethal Legionnaires’ Disease while in hospital.Read

Larkhall Professional Men’s Club celebrate Burns Dinner

LARKHALL Professional and Businessmen’s Club president Steve Winterbotham welcomed a full house to their Burns Supper at the Strathaven Hotel.Read

Council chiefs looking at ways to make pedestrian access safer to new £9.7m Larkhall school

COUNCIL chiefs were this week looking at ways of making a pedestrian access for children walking to a new £9.7million primary school in Larkhall safer after complaints from angry parents.Read

Council’s school bus run “is like delivering parcels rather than people.”

CONCERN has been raised over a council-run bus service for 17 children with learning difficulties which takes over 90 minutes to get to school each day.Read

Steelworks snubbed in multi-million pound project

Multi-million pound contracts to provide steel for the new Forth Road Bridge have all been awarded to foreign firms... sparking anger at the Dalzell steelworks in Motherwell.Read

Circus of Horros show goes uncensored

A SHOW being held in Motherwell Concert Hall that features nudity and a dwarf performing stunts using his genitals will NOT be censored by council officials.Read

Bid to establish South Lanarkshire Fairtrade zone

SOUTH Lanarkshire could become a ‘Fairtrade Zone’.Read

Blantyre woman’s African aid trip

A BLANTYRE woman is heading to Malawi to help out in hospitals and schools there.Read

No Knives, No Lives campaign launched in Hamilton next week

A CAMPAIGN to tackle knife crime is being launched next week in Hamilton – a year after the murder of Reamonn Gormley.Read

Hastie’s bakery to shut in Blantyre

A FAMILY-RUN bakery chain is going out of business after 145 years, taking with it 46 jobs.Read

Victim of car crime tells of incident

FURTHER to your article last week about the break-ins to cars at the £1-a-day parking area beside the Palace Grounds retail park in Hamilton, I would like to thank officers of Strathclyde Police for their help during a difficult time after mine was one of the vehicles targeted.Read

Tom Hateley not taking Morton for granted

TOM HATELEY has warned his Motherwell team-mates that they could be on the end of a Scottish Cup shock if they take the threat posed by Greenock Morton lightly.Read

West of Scotland Cup preview

TWO neighbouring county clubs head into the West of Scotland Cup, second round ties on Saturday admitting that they have sights set on other targets - promotion in their respective divisions.Read