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New director of housing appointed for South Lanarkshire

THE man who will head South Lanarkshire’s housing department for the next five years has been ‘appointed from within’.Read

Youngsters join Lanarkshire Score Goals project

PUPILS from three South Lanarkshire schools are taking part in a novel scheme which promotes good citizenship through football.Read

Hamilton cocaine smuggling couple successfully appeal extradition

A HAMILTON couple facing extradition to Portugal for cocaine trafficking have successfully appealed against their extradition.Read

Residents’ concerns grow as man is stabbed in Fairhill

POLICE are appealing for witnesses after a man was stabbed in Fairhill at the weekend.Read

Hamilton District Youth Theatre celebrate 21st year

A POPULAR Hamilton theatre group are celebrating their 21st year this month.Read

Blantyre minister repsonds to complaint about church bells

THE minister at Livingstone Memorial Church has responded to a letter of complaint about the church’s bells, published in the Advertiser last monthRead

Cops hunt malicious firebugs who set a car alight in Blantyre

A PROBE has been launched after a car was deliberately set alight outside a home in Blantyre.Read

South Lanarkshire Council to review charges for cremating under 15s

A HAMILTON minister criticised South Lanarkshire Council this week for charging almost £200 to cremate the bodies of children.Read

Hamilton doctor to take part in charity cycle to raise funds for wounded soldiers

A HAMILTON doctor and his wife will later this year take part in a charity cycle from Land’s End to John o’ Groats.Read

Open mic nights set for Hamilton

A LANARKSHIRE singer-songwriter is asking budding musicians in the area to take part in a new open mic night in Hamilton.Read

Hamilton knife victim speaks out over ordeal

THE victim of a knife-wielding thug who nearly killed him in the Palace Grounds two years ago has spoken about his ordeal this week.Read

Ashgill care home at centre of physical abuse investigation

FOUR workers at a county care home have been suspended pending an abuse investigation.Read

Dog abused by Hillhouse father and son is taken in by new family

ONE of the dogs at the centre of last month’s animal abuse case is settling in with a new family, the Advertiser can reveal.Read

Child porn pervert Paton (56) will hear his fate next month

CHILD porn pervert Peter King Paton had his sentence deferred by a further six weeks on Wednesday.Read

Lanarkshire councils defend use of hypnotist McKenna at youth event

LANARKSHIRE’S two cash-strapped councils this week confirmed that they spent £10,000 on sending jobless teenagers to a three-day event featuring a ‘pep talk’ from television hypnotist Paul McKenna.Read