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New Year will mark conclusion of campaign

JANUARY 1 will mark the satisfactory conclusion of my nine year campaign. Read

Shopping centre cheque boost for Wishaw groups

BUCHANAN Galleries have presented two groups with a cash boost from a Community Bursary fund. Read

Energy drive a winter warmer

WISHAW man John Scott got a visit from Central Scotland MSP John Wilson. Read

Top stories that made the headlines in 2008

THE stories that made the news in the year past. Read

Schools pitch in for annual North Lanarkshire concert

HITTING the right note at this year’s annual schools Christmas Concert were pupils from across North Lanarkshire. Read

Project aims to ease the hardship of young carers

FOR most children the biggest worry at Christmas is what present to open first. Read

Loveable Fern needs new home

THIS little cutie desperately needs a new home. Read

All go to meet green targets

NORTH Lanarkshire is well on track to meet Government targets for recycling in 2010. Read

Work is underway on the complex

Ravenscraig transformed into sports complex

IT might not look like much at the moment – but work has started on transforming this muddy field. Read

Lanarkshire Christmas cards recycle points

MORRISON'S will provide collection points in a bid to recycle 20 million used Christmas card. Read

NHS 24

Calls to NHS 24 go ‘through the roof’

NHS 24 received almost 38,000 calls from people requiring medical assistance during the Christmas weekend. Read

Proud parents Kerry and Stuart

Families' joy at Wishaw festive arrivals

SCOTLAND’S first three Christmas babies were all born in Wishaw General Hospital. Read

Motorists still ignoring cops drink blitz

STRATHCLYDE Police's festive clampdown got underway early in December. Read

Double graduation for Wishaw family

WISHAW man David McKendrick is celebrating the gift of education this Christmas – after graduating from university on the same day as his grandson. Read

Christmas will be spent on patrol in buffer zone

WHILE most of us will be sitting down to turkey with all the trimmings on Christmas Day, Carluke’s Claire Fallan will be spending the festive season surrounded by bullet-marked buildings, rusting oil drum road blocks, faded flags and abandoned cars from the 1970s. Read

International charity calls on local people to back appeal

SCOTTISH aid agency SCIAF is asking supporters to “shine a light in the darkness” for the people of troubled African nation Sudan this Christmas. Read

Top stories that made the headlines in 2008

A look back at this year's top stories. Read

Improve your life by volunteering

PROJECT Scotland is offering someone the chance to change their life and the lives of others by volunteering. Read

Wishaw groups forging way ahead

COMMUNITY groups from Wishaw helped launch a joint policy statement that will guide how people across Scotland learn in their own communities. Read

School reflects on the meaning of Christmas

THE youngsters from Motherwell’s Our Lady’s High held their Christmas Reflections in front of a packed audience at the town’s Our Lady of Good Aid Cathedral. Read

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