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St Andrew's Hospice midnight walk

St Andrew's Hospice launches midnight walk challenge for ladies

Wishaw ladies are being asked to support Lanarkshire’s St Andrew’s Hospice by taking part in the midnight walk this June.Read

Alex Neil

Shotts MSP Alex Neil replaces Nicola Sturgeon as health secretary in Scottish Government reshuffle

IT’S not every day you wake up to be told that you are being put in charge of an £11billion budget.Read

Councillors clash over Cosla delegation

COUNCILLORS in North Lanarkshire are already divided over who should represent the authority on an important local government body.Read

Motherwell Civic Centre

North Lanarkshire Council passes £780 million budget

SPENDING boosts for employment, housing and capital projects are the major features of North Lanarkshire Council’s budget for 2012-2013.Read

5000 new jobs from £15m North Lanarkshire Council initiative

FIVE thousand unemployed people across North Lanarkshire will be helped in their attempts to find work by a £15 million council initiative.Read

1000 new council houses to be built in North Lanarkshire by 2020

A COUNCIL house-building programme is to be doubled in size to create 1000 new homes in the next eight years.Read

Wishaw residents urged to show community spirit in winter

COUNCIL officials are gearing up for winter – and encouraging Wishaw residents to look out for relatives and neighbours should the snow descend once again.Read

Cost of North Lanarkshire’s winter weighs in at £9.2 million

LAST winter’s severe snow conditions cost North Lanarkshire Council nearly £9.2 million.Read

Stevie Kirk

Stevie Kirk recalls his finest hour

WHEN substitute Stevie Kirk warmed up on the Hampden touchline 20 years ago, he had a gut feeling that it was going to be Motherwell’s day.Read

North Lanarkshire Council agrees record-low 1.5% housing rent increase

NORTH Lanarkshire Council have agreed the lowest rent rise in their history, increasing payments by 1.5 per cent for each of the next two years.Read

Shotts environmental charity encourages use of real Christmas trees

WISHAW residents are being encouraged to buy a real Christmas tree this year by the Central Scotland Forest Trust.Read

Airdrie and Shotts voters elect Pamela Nash as Britain’s youngest MP

SHOTTS has the youngest MP in the UK – after voters elected 25-year-old Pamela Nash as their Labour representative.Read

Shotts organisations receive grant boost from Dr John Reid MP

DR John Reid gave a welcome helping hand to local good causes as one of his final duties as Shotts MP.Read

Grant applications invited from Shotts community groups

APPLICATIONS have been steadily arriving for the good-cause grants which are to be handed out by Doctor John Reid.Read

John Reid MP invites applications for grants to good causes

GOOD causes in the Shotts area are invited to apply for a £2000 grant from the local MP.Read

MSP calls for scrapping of online public information proposal

SHOTTS MSP Karen Whitefield insists the Scottish Executive should withdraw their controversial public notices plan – after suffering parliamentary defeat.Read

Karen Whitefield leads MSPs’ support of public notices remaining in local papers

SHOTTS MSP Karen Whitefield has called on the Scottish Executive to rethink their plans to move public information notices from newspapers onto the internet.Read

David Clarkson named Motherwell's Player of the Year [VIDEO]

DAVID Clarkson was crowned Motherwell’s player of the year as the Fir Park club celebrated their return to Europe for the first time in 13 years.Read

McGhee points way to Europe

MOTHERWELL manager Mark McGhee believes that another 13 points can take his side into Europe, and has his players gearing up for a thrilling month of vital matches against their top-six rivals.Read

McGhee's men draw a blank against the Bairns

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Author Profile

Deputy Online Editor Judith Tonner is a sports journalist who has previously worked at the Wishaw Press and East Kilbride News.