Articles...
Aug 14 2008
A LANARKSHIRE MSP said this week that the high level of drug-related deaths in the county showed that the ‘harm-reduction’ approach to tackling the drugs menace does not work....
Aug 11 2008
THIS week in the Advertiser reported on two Hamilton teenagers who admitted to stabbing a high-school pupil....
Jul 31 2008
SOUTH Lanarkshire Council and the Scottish Government have agreed a list of priorities for the current financial year....
Jul 24 2008
A CENTRAL Scotland MSP claimed this week that the country’s criminal justice system was in “meltdown”....
Jul 10 2008
CAMPAIGNERS trying to establish a cycle path between two Clydesdale communities have now got the backing of a local MSP....
Jul 4 2008
THE ADVERTISER reported this week on how Scottish Government ministers threw out plans for a new supermarket in Biggar....
Jul 3 2008
MINISTERS have thrown out a planning application for an Aldi supermarket in Biggar, with one of their reasons being that the town's population of under 2500 is just not big enough. ...
May 9 2008
BLANTYRE councillors this week outlined their plans to tackle anti-social behaviour and crime....
Apr 10 2008
WITH the opening to competition of Scotland’s £340 million non-domestic water market on April 1, we should spare a thought for the charities and churches who, after 2010, will lose their current exemption from paying water charges....
Mar 21 2008
NEARLY one in five people in South Lanarkshire will have to sell their assets, including the family home, to fund care in later life....
