- More uni courses cut in England
- Haulier fare subsidy 'must remain'
- Tax-dodging landlords 'targeted'
- Housing market recovery 'not there'
- 'Little prospect' for oil fund plan
- Disability cuts 'are devastating'
- Heart care 'more likely for rich'
- Lockerbie probe request to Libya
- Lennon bomb plot accused for trial
- 'MP' held after Commons disturbance
- 'Serious failings' at health board
- Cottage death OAP 'was murdered'
- Murder jury retraces woman's steps
- Pine marten control called for
- Direct flights 'key for economy'
- Navy diver joins Concordia probe
- Independence plan 'may block bank'
- Moore suggests earlier referendum
- Anorexia no fad, says MSP father
- Bronze sculpture stolen from museum
Local Headlines
Fury over football stadium eyesore
RESIDENTS are demanding action to clear the eyesore that is the former Bellshill Athletic football stadium.
OAP jailed for indecency
NEIGHBOURS were stunned to learn this week that a Carfin pensioner had been jailed for molesting four young girls.
Public event to decide future of town centre
NORTH Lanarkshire Council is producing a Town Centre Framework for Motherwell, designed to help guide ‘future improvement and change’.
Pet owner hits out after shooting
A VIEWPARK cat owner has slammed a cruel thug who shot her pet in the face.
Seniors enjoy special treat
members of Lodge St Enoch 1288 Tannochside laid on a treat for local senior citizens last week when they held their annual pensioners’ dinner at Tannochside Olde Club.
We had a gun to our head
North Lanarkshire Council leader Jim McCabe accused the Scottish Government of financial blackmail as the 2012/13 budget was unveiled.
Hospitals slammed on gall bladder deaths
HEALTH chiefs have been criticised after an inquiry into the deaths of three patients who had gall bladder surgery at Lanarkshire hospitals.
Award is just the business
A TEAM from Bellshill Academy were rewarded for daring to enter the ‘Dragons’ Lair’ when they scooped first prize in a business enterprise competition.
MSP launches furious blast over Raith upgrading snub
UDDINGSTON and Bellshill MSP Michael McMahon has hit out at the Scottish Government for snubbing Lanarkshire for the second time in a month.
Council give apprenticeship jobs boost green light
ALMOST 2,000 more people are to be helped into work after plans to combat unemployment in North Lanarkshire were given the green light.
Bid to claw back disabled blue parking badges
HUNDREDS of disabled parking badges are still in circulation in North Lanarkshire after the permit-holders have died.
LEFT TO DIE
A MOSSEND woman this week hit out at those responsible for putting a four-week-old kitten in a plastic bag and leaving it to die.
Supermarket plan in doubt over land use
SAINSBURY’S proposed development in Motherwell could be in doubt after the Scottish Government stated the Hamilton Road site should not be used for shopping.
Steelworkers outraged by bridge snub
WORKERS at the Dalzell Steelworks in Motherwell are up in arms over the Scottish Government overlooking them as a supplier for the new £1.5 billion Forth Road Bridge.
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Council sorry for bus stop blunder
NORTH Lanarkshire Council has apologised for misleading public transport users at the start of the year-long environmental improvement works in Hamilton Road and Muir Street.
Lorry collides with bridge
A 59-year-old man suffered only minor injuries after the lorry he was driving tipped onto its side at the railway bridge on Craigneuk Street, Motherwell, last Wednesday around 11am.
Neighbour fury as sex offender strikes again
NEIGHBOURS were shocked this week to learn that a serial sex offender had been housed beside them in Motherwell.
Minister to get station message
ORGANISERS of a petition against the feared closed of Airbles Station presented hundreds of signatures to Motherwell and Wishaw MSP John Pentland last week.
Remembering the campaign to save Caterpillar - 25 years on
A SPECIAL event will be held next week to mark the 25th anniversary of an Uddingston factory workforce’s struggle to save their jobs which captured international headlines.
JOBLESS BOOST
MILLIONS of pounds is set to be spent tacking unemployment throughout North Lanarkshire.
Police hunt conman who dressed up as a woman
A DESPERATE con man dressed as a woman to dupe bank staff into releasing funds from a pensioner’s account.
Residents aim to bring gala back to Viewpark
VIEWPARK is to stage its first gala day in more than a quarter of a century later this year.
Work set to start on new roundabout for Bellshill
WORK will begin next week on a new roundabout which is being built in Bellshill’s Hamilton Road.
Destination unknown
The environmental improvement scheme which will close Muir Street and Hamilton Road, Motherwell, for a year is now under way.
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Give us a straight answer
Motherwell and Wishaw MSP John Pentland has called on the Scottish Government to clearly state Airbles Station will not close.
School rocked by second tragedy
TAYLOR HIGH in New Stevenston has been rocked by a second tragedy in the space of a month.
Money advice service saved from axe threat
A MONEY advice service provided by Bellshill Citizens Advice Bureau has been saved after North Lanarkshire Council agreed to continue funding.
Man admits to keeping dogs for use in fights
AN Uddingston man has pled guilty to keeping dogs for animal fighting.
Hat-trick for Lawmuir
CHILDREN and staff at Lawmuir Primary are celebrating the Bellshill school being awarded Fairtrade School status for the third year running.
Fury over hoax caller
THE emergency services have condemned a hoax caller who falsely reported a major blaze at Woodside Tower in Muirhouse.
Police probe spate of arson attacks
AN investigation has been launched following THREE arsonist attacks in Motherwell on Friday night.
Council scraps parking charge plan until 2015
The Labour administration at North Lanarkshire Council has scrapped plans to introduce car parking charges until at least 2015.
2 commentsFury as Bellshill Woolworths workers miss out on cash
FORMER workers at Bellshill’s Woolworths store have been left bitterly disappointed after being excluded from a UK-wide compensation deal.
Granddad dies in church accident
A GRANDFATHER has died after a tragic accident at the church where he worshipped all of his life.
Muir Street to close for 16 months
MUIR STREET in Motherwell is set to be closed for four months longer than anticipated to allow environmental improvements to be carried out.
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SORT IT OUT
AN angry councillor has blasted North Lanarkshire Council for not doing enough to help find a new permanent home for junior football side Bellshill Athletic.
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Thursday 23 February 2012
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