Fiona Hyslop signs deal to boost council services

SCOTTISH Executive minister Fiona Hyslop was in town last week to sign a new deal with council bosses which should help improve services for people across North Lanarkshire.Read

Red Cross need more volunteer helpers

THE Red Cross in Lanarkshire are looking for volunteers to help out with their medical loan, transport and therapeutic care services.Read

Games reel piping hot

THE Shotts Highland Games pipe band results were as follows:Read

Event helps unemployed

UNEMPLOYED people in Shotts can combine a family fun day with the opportunity to find out about work, training and education opportunities when the North Lanarkshire’s Working summer roadshow comes to town tomorrow (Thursday).Read

Reid even put bar tip on expenses

SHOTTS MP John Reid has claimed for a bar tip, his laundry, tobacco, an LCD television, fancy chocolates, nearly £9000 in home refurbishments, a woman’s fashion magazine and advice on his tax returns in his expenses.Read

Bridge motors on to Prime Minister’s shortlist

THE view from it might not be spectacular but that hasn’t stopped the £5million motorway bridge at Harthill services being nominated for a top design award.Read

Prize night for Shotts Girls’ Brigade members

THE 1st Shotts Company Girls’ Brigade held their annual display and presentation of awards in Calderhead Erskine Parish Church in Shotts last Wednesday.Read

Shotts woman is Star in a Bra model finalist

A SHOTTS woman has become one of only two Scots to make it to the finals of a national modelling competition.Read

Record crowds flock to Shotts for 60th Games

OVER 2000 people in Shotts had fun in the sun on Saturday as the town celebrated its 60th Highland Games.Read

Council to home in on housing issues

NORTH Lanarkshire Council are in the process of developing a new tenant participation strategy.Read

A piping hot day promised at 60th Games

A THOUSAND pipers and drummers will bring the spirit of Scotland to Shotts this weekend – when the 60th Shotts Highland Games take place at Hannah Park on Saturday.Read

Newmains is 'electoral pawn' , says MSP

SHOTTS MSP Karen Whitefield blasted the Boundary Commission for Scotland for using Newmains as an “electoral pawn” after it emerged last week the village could be moving constituency again.Read

Time-honoured traditions make 60th Games a milestone

SHOTTS Highland Games is celebrating with nearly £20,000 of donations this year – a far cry from the community spirit and £5 loan that first set the event on track back in 1950.Read

Highland Games in the money

SHOTTS Highland Games couldn’t bring top-class traditional Scottish competitions to the town without sponsorship – and organisers are celebrating after almost £20,000 was donated this year.Read

Shotts residents and councillors in row with “incompetent” council over Torbothie Road problems

NORTH Lanarkshire Council have been slammed by Shotts councillor Charles Cefferty – following their apparent reluctance to deal with over a decade of problems at Torbothie Road.Read

Young bravehearts play role in Shotts Highland Games

PUPILS from schools in Shotts and Wishaw will take a step into history at Shotts Highland Games – as they compete in the sports programme which reflects competitions introduced by clan chieftains hundreds of years ago.Read

MP John Reid claimed for £30 toilet seat

MP John Reid’s £30 allowance claim for a black, glittering toilet seat has been branded “absurd”, “bizzare” and “petty” by the Taxpayer’s Alliance.Read

Extra weight to heavy events at Shotts Games

SHOTTS Highland Games will play host to the Scottish Championships of the traditional heavy events this year in Hannah Park on Saturday, June 6.Read

Fears grow for a missing publican

POLICE are appealing for information in an effort to trace a Harthill man who has been missing since Monday, April 20.Read

Lorry load of trouble as pitch damage cancelled under-14s game

A YOUTH football team from Shotts had a huge shock when they turned up to play a league fixture last week.Read

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