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The work will include ironwork repairs, carriageway resurfacing and a pedestrian crossing upgrade. Alternative routes will be available to drivers during all of the closures A series of roadworks in Monklands over the next couple of months will result in several diversions for motorists. Scottish Water will be conducting ironwork repairs on Airdrie’s Cairndyke Crescent…
Moodiesburn’s population has been steadily growing and now stands at around 10,000 Moodiesburn Community Action Group is encouraging residents to have a say on facilities and services(Image: Contributed) A community action group in North Lanarkshire is inviting local residents to their next meeting. Moodiesburn Community Action (MCA) group was launched in late 2022 to provide…
The project explores heritage, environment and hydro power through interactive learning. The launch of the ‘Power Trail’. (Image: ugc) A ‘Power Trail’ has officially launched at New Lanark and the Falls of Clyde – inviting schools, visitors and learners of all ages to explore the remarkable story of waterpower, from 18th-century cotton mills to 21st-century…
Rhiannon Frame joined children’s charity Kibble six years ago as a trainee. Rhiannon Frame joined children’s charity Kibble six years ago.(Image: ugc) An East Kilbride woman who began her working life working in retail and volunteering with a befriender service is now managing a residential children’s house – and says she’s found her “dream job”…
Cabinet Secretary for Transport, Fiona Hyslop MSP said this latest opening is “an exciting milestone” with the completion of the East Kilbride electrification on track for later this year. Transport Secretary Fiona Hyslop boards a Hairmyres train with Joanne Maguire, Managing Director of ScotRail(Image: Reach plc) As passengers celebrated the return of train services between…
The SNP’s Clare Adamson was speaking following First Minister John Swinney’s announcement that promised Scots would benefit from 100,000 more GP appointments and would also see peak-time rail fares scrapped “for good”. (Image: Clare Adamson MSP) Motherwell and Wishaw’s MSP has backed her own party’s programme for government for the next 12 months. The SNP’s…
Groups in Carluke and Stonehouse have installed photovoltaic (PV) panels. Carluke Men’s Shed.(Image: ugc) The increasingly popular Men’s Sheds are renowned for helping health, happiness and skill sharing. However the vital facilities are now also helping the planet. In line with this year’s theme for Earth Day – Our Power, Our Planet – Men’s Sheds…
Barrhead Travel has revealed sunshine is top of the priority list this spring for British holidaymakers, with Tenerife, Mallorca and Turkey emerging amongst the most popular destinations this Easter. Barrhead Travel has also experienced customers chasing the sun with Easter departures set to exceed their record-breaking holiday period in 2024.(Image: WSH]) A Lanarkshire travel agent…
The court heard he and his partner now have a business in Thailand and he intends to return there when freed from prison. Hamilton Sheriff Court.(Image: Hamilton Advertiser) A fugitive drug dealer and extortionist who was tracked down in Amsterdam has been jailed for 16 months. Declan Paton, 26, claimed he fled the country to…
Scullion Law was honoured by Home-Start UK at the family support organisation’s nationwide awards Scullion head of family law Judith Higson, right, receiving the corporate volunteering award from TV presenter Kirstie Allsopp(Image: Contributed/Hamilton Advertiser) A Hamilton law firm has been named corporate volunteer of the year by family support organisation Home-Start UK for its funding…
