Articles...
Jul 24 2008
A MAN this week launched an appeal for a monument to be put up in memory of the victims of a forgotten mining disaster....
Jul 24 2008
AFTON Gardens Residents Association are holding their annual summer fair this weekend....
Jul 24 2008
MOTORISTS throughout Lanarkshire are set for more roads misery....
Jul 24 2008
A HAMILTON man was introduced to the Queen at the hospital where he underwent major surgery....
Jul 24 2008
THE Scottish health minister will visit Hamilton next month to perform NHS Lanarkshire’s annual review....
Jul 24 2008
A BUILDING in Hamilton’s conservation area is to be knocked down to make way for flats....
Jul 24 2008
A STREET dance and drama project kicks off this week in the newly-built South Lanarkshire Lifestyles Centre in Fairhill....
Jul 24 2008
MEMBERS of NHS Lanarkshire’s management team were this week at the centre of a ‘fat cat’ wages row....
Jul 24 2008
IN a court story in last week’s Advertiser, it was stated that a motorist injured in an incident involving a tanker on the A72, near Larkhall, had suffered extensive back injuries....
Jul 24 2008
LANARKSHIRE motorists are failing to heed the police’s drink-drive message....
Jul 24 2008
UNIVERSITY of the West of Scotland last month hosted 15 American students to take part in a course on the Scottish criminal justice system....
Jul 24 2008
A DEVELOPER is planning to build 18 homes on an area formerly occupied by three substantial properties at Bothwell’s Earls Gate....
Jul 24 2008
A HAMILTON man who scattered nude photo of his ex-girlfriend in the street where she lived was this week sentenced to community service....
Jul 24 2008
CARE home residents in Hamilton, Blantyre, Larkhall, Stonehouse and Uddingston are set to receive an enhanced package of general medical services....
Jul 24 2008
AN African chief visited Bothwell and Uddingston Rotary Club recently to thank the organisation for collecting bikes to send to Ghana....
Jul 24 2008
AWARDS have been presented to students at the Karen Allison School of Dance in Eddlewood....
Jul 24 2008
POLICE this week used the Strathclyde Force’s helicopter to look for a stolen purse....
Jul 24 2008
The latest round of regional post office consultations began this week in Lanarkshire. While I know that no one wants to see Post Offices closing, it is clear that as a society we are using them a lot less as more and more services become available online....
Jul 24 2008
ACCIES will display the Scottish First Division trophy at Hamilton Park Racecourse’s Ladies Night on Saturday, August 2....
Jul 24 2008
A PLANNING application has been lodged on behalf of the Scottish SPCA in Hamilton to build new ‘mother and pup’ kennels and a roofed exercise area....
Jul 24 2008
A DECISION to approve plans for Europe’s largest onshore windfarm in South Lanarkshire has been condemed as “an abomination.’’...
Jul 24 2008
A 16-YEAR-old youth appeared at Hamilton Sheriff Court on Friday in connection with a £13,000 wrecking spree at a Mercedes garage....
Jul 24 2008
A CENTRAL Scotland MSP claimed this week that the country’s criminal justice system was in “meltdown”....
Jul 24 2008
WORLD War II veteran David McIntyre who moved to Australia more than 50 years ago has set himself a new mission to track down old Hamilton friends....
Jul 24 2008
COUSINS Hugh and George Reid , both from Hamilton, are appealing for anyone who could supply an old photo of their grand-father....
Jul 24 2008
A CEMENT mixer was stolen from a flat in Main Street, Overtown at about 7.50am on July 16....
Jul 24 2008
HAMILTON South MSP Tom McCabe this week hit out as the Scottish Government cut South Lanarkshire’s affordable housing budget....
Jul 24 2008
A DISGUSTED resident has called foraction after five of his young doves were killed by rats....
Jul 24 2008
HAMILTON Rotary welcomed past president of the club, Charlie McBain, as guest speaker at their recent meeting....
Jul 24 2008
POLICE in Lanarkshire have vowed to crack down on bogus callers....
Jul 24 2008
A HAMILTON TA soldier has become a key figure in a production of The Pipers Trail, a celebration of bagpipe and Highland music....
Jul 24 2008
A NEW book aimed at preventing children from being sunburned has been launched in Lanarkshire....
Jul 24 2008
A HAMILTON man was jailed last week for breaching a bail condition forbidding him from contacting his wife and daughter....
Jul 24 2008
A HILLHOUSE woman was this week mourning the death of her husband who died suddenly aged 43....
Jul 24 2008
A CHARITY night held in Larkhall for Yorkhill Hospital has raised £1900....
Jul 24 2008
A MAJOR football tournament in memory of a Larkhall councillor recently attracted over 100 kids from local schools....
Jul 24 2008
POST Offices facing closure are: Bankhead, Lesmahagow, ML11 0AA; Quarter, 21A Limekilnburn Road, Hamilton, ML3 7XA; Westport, The Post Office, Lanark, ML11 9HD; Hareleeshill, 40A Hareleeshill Road, Larkhall, ML9 2EX; New Lanark, Mill 3, Visitors’ Centre, New Lanark, ML11 9DB; Waterloo, 103 Overtown Road, Wishaw, ML2 8EW; Cambusnethan, 98 Cambusnethan Street, Wishaw, ML2 8NJ; Thorndean, 205 Motherwell Road, Bellshill, ML4 2JG; Mossend, 3 Hope Street, Bellshill, ML4 1QA; West Cross, 339 Main Street, Wishaw, ML2 7NG; Coatshill, 56 Coatshill Avenue, Blantyre, G72 9LE....
Jul 24 2008
ST Tam’s Social Club’s main hall will be closed on Friday and Saturday for renovation. The upstairs lounge is open as usual....
Jul 24 2008
A MAN was last week taken to Wishaw General Hospital after his car hit a tree and burst into flames....
Jul 24 2008
ELEVEN Lanarkshire post offices have been targeted for closure....
Jul 24 2008
LANARKSHIRE’S sub-postmasters spokesman this week blamed the Westminister Government for the latest attacks on Post Offices....
Jul 24 2008
PLAYGROUND PASTIME: pupils from Hamilton’s Chatelherault Primary are delighted with their new games tables, which take pride of place in the school playground....
Jul 24 2008
COULD you be the next Judge Jules, Roger Sanchez, or Eric Morillo? then Bar Strada in Hamilton wants to hear from you....
Jul 24 2008
YOUR Advertiser has teamed up with the King’s Theatre in Glasgow to bring you yet another great competition....
Jul 24 2008
One of Scotland’s hottest music festivals is looking for candidates from Lanarkshire to make sure the event goes off with a bang....
Jul 24 2008
EQUI'S Ice Cream Parlours have launched a new flavour of ice cream....
Jul 24 2008
A LANARKSHIRE pub was extensively damaged this week – after fire ripped through the building....
Jul 24 2008
THIS year is the 40th anniversary of the disbandment of The Cameronians (Scottish Rifles) Regiment, Scotland’s only rifle regiment....
Jul 24 2008
A FIVE-year-old boy found a needle and syringe used for drug taking behind the toilet in the bathroom of his new home....
Jul 24 2008
SUMMER Programme: Home School Partnership within the John Ogilvie and Calderside Learning communities (Hamilton and Blantyre primary schools) would like to invite mums, dads and other adult carers and children, who are transferring from nursery to primary 1, to their summer programme....
Jul 24 2008
THE owner of SB Services in Strathaven has retired after 17 years of service to his community....
Jul 24 2008
HERE are this week’s new arrivals from the Wishaw Maternity Unit, Wishaw....
Jul 24 2008
ONE of the Blantyre area’s three post offices is being targeted for closure....
Jul 24 2008
THE following planning applications have been lodged with South Lanarkshire Council:...
Jul 24 2008
TWO Lanarkshire men found guilty of hare coursing have been warned they could face jail....
Jul 24 2008
TWO bus tickets to Oban were stolen during a break-in last Sunday at a house in Glenfarm Road, Newarthill....
Jul 24 2008
AVONDALE and District Young Farmer’s Club held a successful stock judging event at Townend Farm, Stonehouse....
Jul 24 2008
A SPONSORED charity roller skate is set to take place in Strathclyde Park this Saturday (July 26)....
Jul 24 2008
HAMILTON artist Alan Potter will exhibit his works at East Kilbride Arts Centre Gallery, Old Coach Road, next month....
