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Protestors dump coal at door of South Lanarkshire Council HQ

DEMONSTRATORS campaigning against a new opencast coal site on the outskirts of Douglas took their fight to the doors of South Lanarkshire Council this week.Read

English beauty queen needs help representing Scotland

ENGLISH businesses are refusing to sponsor a Hamilton woman’s beauty queen daughter ... because she is representing Scotland.Read

Man stabbed on Blantyre Farm Road in road rage confrontation

POLICE were this week anxious to speak to a couple in a silver Ford Focus Estate after a man was stabbed in a brutal road-rage attack.Read

Cops target Hamilton youths who drop bricks off bridges

POLICE this week slammed young hooligans for putting lives in danger after pelting vehicles with bricks and stones in Hamilton.Read

Calderside Academy ‘A’ student Graeme is a five-star graduate

A CALDERSIDE Academy student has achieved five ‘A’s in his exam results.Read

Mugger in Bothwell threatened to knife man's fiance

A MUGGING victim revealed this week how callous drug addicts threatened to stab his fiancee if she didn’t hand over her £7200 engagement ring during a terrifying street robbery.Read

Lanarkshire estate agents cautious about rising house sales figures

COUNTY estate agents were this week cautious about a market recovery following a reported upturn in business.Read

Hugh Grant is backing Marie Curie Lanarkshire nurses

ACTOR Hugh Grant has lent his support to the Marie Curie nursing campaign to raise funds for nurses in Lanarkshire.Read

Night closures on East Kilbride Expressway

A STRETCH of the A725 trunk road will be subject to overnight closures for a fortnight as part of a £140,000 scheme to upgrade barriers on the busy East Kilbride Expressway.Read

Viewpark man hands himself in after raid on bookies

A COCAINE addict robbed a bookies of £300 but handed himself into the cops after he couldn’t cope with the guilt.Read

Sports Journalism course to start at UWS

THE Hamilton campus of the University of the West of Scotland will host a new BA (Hons) sports journalism degree starting in September.Read

Kittens are dumped on car bonnet at Hamilton supermarket

A CARDBOARD box containing two kittens was dumped on the bonnet of a car parked at Morrisons supermarket in Hamilton.Read

Hamilton hairdressing ambassador steps down from top post

A WELL-known Hamilton hairdresser has stepped down from the National Hairdressers’ Federation after 47 years.Read

Shortcut over wall cost Burnbank postie his job

A POSTMAN who was dismissed over his absence record after injuring himself taking a shortcut on his round has been awarded over £5000 in compensation.Read

Lanarkshire MSP blows whistle over PE omission

NORTH and South Lanarkshire councils failed to mention national targets to deliver two hours of PE every week for school children in new agreements with the Scottish Government.Read

Women set for a treat as the Big Day Out beckons

WOMEN from Strathaven and districts are being invited to join thousands of others at Scotland’s Big Day Out.Read

Jury find Viewpark man guilty of serious assault with a golf club

A VIEWPARK man was last week found guilty of attacking a neighbour with a golf club.Read

Charity event tribute to tragic Larkhall teen Emma

A TRIBUTE night is being held in the memory of a Larkhall teenager who died from Motor Neurone Disease (MND).Read

Burnbank DJ to play at EH1 Festival.

BURNBANK DJ Steven Brown is set for the big time – after winning a national competition to open a festival for some of the world’s top dance music heroes.Read