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Wishaw News for 25 November 2009

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McConnell defends 13 per cent rise in his expenses Nov 25 2009

MOTHERWELL & Wishaw MSP Jack McConnell’s expenses increased to more than £26,000 during the last financial year, 2008/09.Read

Craigneuk Library saved despite £15m budget cuts Nov 25 2009

NORTH Lanarkshire Council signed off on £15 million of savings – and as the Wishaw Press revealed ahead of the meeting under-threat Craigneuk Library escaped the budget cuts.Read

Workers slam North Lanarkshire Council in expenses row Nov 25 2009

HARD-UP North Lanarkshire Council have been slammed for using Big Brother style tactics after accusing employees of “fiddling” their travel expenses.Read

Paid work placements available for young unemployed people Nov 25 2009

YOUNG unemployed people in North Lanarkshire can now apply for paid work placements through their local Jobcentre Plus.Read

Morningside residents celebrate traffic victory Nov 25 2009

THE residents of Morningside are celebrating victory after the Scottish Executive refused planning permission for a development which would have allowed heavy lorries to go to and from a freight line at nearby Chapel over 200 times a day.Read

Shotts Highland Games organisers receive civic award Nov 25 2009

IT started with a meeting 60 years ago in the long-since demolished Miners’ Institute and a £5 loan – a far cry from the £20,000 in donations raised this year.Read

Council will break into homes for gas checks if necessary Nov 25 2009

NORTH Lanarkshire Council’s new gas safety team is to crack down on tenants who endanger their neighbours.Read

International Children's Games countdown hits the streets Nov 25 2009

ROAD all about it – signs promoting the Lanarkshire 2011 International Children’s Games have gone up all across the county.Read

Lanarkshire tourism on the increase Nov 25 2009

YOU might not think of Lanarkshire as being a top tourist attraction but figures released this week show it is one of the region’s top growth sectors.Read

Lung disease is brought to fore at Wishaw Hospital Nov 25 2009

RESPIRATORY nurse specialists from Wishaw General Hospital were speaking to the public last week about one of the country’s biggest killers.Read

Costello murder trial witness backtracks Nov 25 2009

A MAN has told a murder trial that he saw a dad collapse to the ground outside Cambusnethan Miners’ Club after being punched.Read

Fears grow from missing Craigneuk girl (15) Nov 25 2009

WISHAW Police are appealing for the public’s help in tracing a teenage girl who has been missing from her Craigneuk home since Saturday.Read

Ravenscraig plans are back on track Nov 25 2009

CHRISTMAS has come early for the Ravenscraig regeneration project after a new £2m funding package to kickstart the stalled second phase of the project was announced yesterday (Tuesday).Read

Drugs worth £10,000 taken off the street Nov 25 2009

WISHAW Police Office’s Pro-active Policing Unit achieved some excellent detections last month – drug seizures with a street value of more than £10,000.Read

MB Airsystems collect leading business award Nov 25 2009

WISHAW-BASED company MB Airsystems are tackling the recession head-on after they won a top business award.Read

Post early for Christmas Nov 25 2009

THE Royal Mail is reminding people in Wishaw to post their Christmas mail early this year.Read

Golden girl Mhairi is face on the Children’s Games bus Nov 25 2009

MOTHERWELL Athletics Club star Mhairi Hendry has become one of the faces of the International Children’s Games which are coming to Lanarkshire in 2011.Read

Thieves strike at £32m Ravenscraig sports complex Nov 25 2009

WORK on the new £32 million Regional Sports Complex at the Ravenscraig site was held up not once but twice last week – after thieves stole more than £10,000 of power tools from two containers on the site.Read

Thornlie Primary pupils reach out to help Eastern European children Nov 25 2009

ALONE, dirty and forced to beg in the streets of Eastern Europe, disabled orphan Datuna never dreamed that one day he would receive a life-changing operation.Read

Road safety play message to schools Nov 25 2009

SECONDARY schools across Wishaw and Motherwell are set for visits from a theatre company who will perform plays with a road safety message.Read

Vandals target buses in Craigneuk Nov 25 2009

WISHAW Police are hunting yobs who smashed windows on two buses travelling through Craigneuk.Read

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