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Hamilton News for 5 June 2008

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Former cup winners raise charity cash Jun 05 2008

MEMBERS of the first Hamilton team to lift the Scottish Amateur Cup have done their bit for charity. Read

Summer fayre at church Jun 05 2008

GILMOUR and Whitehill Church are holding their summer fayre this weekend. Read

Debates at Townswomen's Guild Jun 05 2008

THE weighty topics of legalisation of prostitution and whether England should adopt the "not proven" verdict (as we have in Scotland) were debated by members of Hamilton Townswomen’s Guild at their June meeting. Read

Dr Soma Sudershan Reddy, left, with solicitor Raymond Brown

GP cleared of hot tub sex charge Jun 05 2008

A HAMILTON doctor accused of touching a woman inappropriately in a hotel hot tub has been cleared.Read

Hamilton Inner Wheel quiz Jun 05 2008

FOLLOWING on from their success in the District Quiz last year, it fell to the ladies of Hamilton Inner Wheel to organise and host the competition for this year’s Rose Challenge Trophy. Also, having won the competition last year, the Hamilton club could not enter the contest.Read

Kathleen chalks up big cash win Jun 05 2008

A RETIRED headteacher is the final winner in our May £10,000 Cash Giveaway.Read

Man in station fracas charge Jun 05 2008

A HAMILTON man is alleged to have committed a breach of the peace by fighting in the town’s bus station.Read

They overstepped the line with this! Jun 05 2008

A FURIOUS council worker this week hit out after she was issued with a £60 fine at a Hamilton retail park.Read

Friends reunited Jun 05 2008

TWO former pupils flew half way across the world for a school reunion in Hamilton on Saturday.Read

New drive to keep kids safe Jun 05 2008

LANARKSHIRE councils have joined forces on a campaign to promote public awareness on child welfare.Read

Fury over new care contracts Jun 05 2008

PEOPLE employed in the private care sector yesterday (Wednesday) staged a demonstration in Hamilton.Read

NHS Lanarkshire smoke ban is key initiative to improve health Jun 05 2008

SMOKERS are being encouraged to kick the habit ahead of a new ban taking place throughout NHS Lanarkshire’s grounds from August 1.Read

Plan for South Lanarkshire carers to give up the fags Jun 05 2008

FOSTER carers and people wishing to adopt children in South Lanarkshire will be asked to sign up to a new no smoking policy.Read

Fiscal’s talk at meeting Jun 05 2008

HAMILTON Soroptimists welcomed Stewart Houston as guest speaker at their latest meeting.Read

Eddlewood drugs death: man on supply charge Jun 05 2008

A MAN has been charged with supplying drugs to James Nelson who died of a suspected overdose.Read

Hamilton Mobile phone crook faces assets grab Jun 05 2008

A MAN convicted of selling fake mobile phones from his Hamilton flat was this week facing further legal action.Read

Road safety campaign takes to county streets Jun 05 2008

A POWERFUL campaign seeking everyone’s support in keeping children safe is taking to the roads of Lanarkshire.Read

Hamilton MSP slams Nat tax plan Jun 05 2008

HAMILTON South MSP Tom McCabe this week hit out at the SNP’s Local Income Tax policy.Read

Council in £200k land purchase Jun 05 2008

COUNCIL bosses this week agreed to pay more than £200,000 for a tiny site required for a road scheme.Read

Macera relishes his pizza glory Jun 05 2008

A HAMILTON fryer is on top of the world after he clinched second place at the pizza-making ‘Oscars’.Read

Huge cash boost for trust Jun 05 2008

THE life-saving leukaemia charity The Anthony Nolan Trust was given a major boost after receiving a donation of almost £50,000 from a Lanarkshire-based business.Read

Protection racket witness fined for contempt of court Jun 05 2008

A LANARKSHIRE man who committed contempt of court in a long-running extortion trial has avoided a jail term.Read

Hamilton crackdown on knife yobs Jun 05 2008

MORE than 60 weapons have been removed from the streets of South Lanarkshire during a four-week crackdown aimed at tackling the area’s appalling record of violent crime.Read

Rope skipping champ to visit South Lanarkshire Jun 05 2008

FORMER World Rope Skipping champion Maarten Goedeme will pay a short visit to South Lanarkshire next week.Read

Strathclyde Loch restrictions remain in place Jun 05 2008

AN unusual level of algae bloom detected last month in Strathclyde Loch is subsiding. Read

Quarter residents launch fight to save open ground Jun 05 2008

BATTLELINES are being drawn over plans to develop a recreation area and adjoining grassland in Quarter.Read

Hannah and Alex celebrate diamond wedding Jun 05 2008

The couple were married in 1948. They were joined by South Lanarkshire Provost Russell Clearie in their home last Monday for the special occasion.Read

Conwoman guilty of £300k ‘cancer’ swindle Jun 05 2008

A HEARTLESS conwoman took more than £¼m from her Lanarkshire fiancé by pretending she was terminally ill.Read

Lanarkshire Dog walkers raise £5700 Jun 05 2008

THE Scottish Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals raised an amazing £5700 with this year’s sponsored dog walk at Strathclyde Park — and possibly more when all sponsorship money comes in.Read

Land ahoy for Quarter Primary! Jun 05 2008

QUARTER Primary’s nursery class launched their new outdoor play area, which includes a wooden ship, with a pirate party last week.Read

Calls to shut down popular youth centre Jun 05 2008

CALLS were this week made to shut down a popular youth facility in Hamilton.Read

HIPY to host bingo evening Jun 05 2008

HAMILTON Information Project for Youth's Duke of Edinburgh Award group will host a bingo night next Wednesday (June 11).Read

Hamilton Probus club’s outing Jun 05 2008

MEMBERS and friends of Hamilton Probus Club enjoyed a trip to Scone Palace, near Perth.Read

Art exhibition at Chatelherault Jun 05 2008

CHATELHERAULT’S Cadzow Gallery is to host a photographic exhibition of carers’ portraits, ‘24 hours’, from June 2 to celebrate Carers Week.Read

Teenagers rescued from mud Jun 05 2008

A RESCUE operation was this week mounted after two teenagers became stuck in mud.Read

Alona wedding exhibition Jun 05 2008

BRIDES-to-be in Lanarkshire should note in their summer diaries that The Alona Hotel in Motherwell is set to host a weekend wedding exhibition on Saturday, June 7, and Sunday, June 8.Read

St Paul's pupils put their best foot forward Jun 05 2008

YOUNGSTERS at a Hamilton primary took part in a School Walk Week.Read

Line dancers raise charity cash Jun 05 2008

LINE dancers from the Jock Stein Sports Centre, Hamilton, display a cheque for the £623.34 they raised for Marie Curie Cancer Care. Read

Don’t sell drunks booze, warn cops Jun 05 2008

POLICE will send a letter to every pub and offsales in Hamilton, Larkhall and Blantyre, as part of a crack down on violent crime and street disorder.Read