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Wishaw News for 15 August 2012

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Wishaw man jailed for defecating on constable inside police office Aug 15 2012

A WISHAW man who defecated on a policeman during a struggle inside Motherwell Police Office has been jailed for four months.Read

Raiders pinch over £5000 from ATM in Cleland Londis Aug 15 2012

A CLELAND shopkeeper has been left counting the cost of a robbery after raiders pinched more than £5000.Read

Councillor Helen McKenna, Head of Land Services Kenneth Wilson and Graham Johnstone, Transport Business Manager, take delivery of the new electric cars for North Lanarkshire Council.

Some of North Lanarkshire Council’s £24,000 electric cars have done less than 300 miles in first year Aug 15 2012

TWO of North Lanarkshire Council’s £24,000 electric cars have each clocked fewer than 300 miles in the first year since they were purchased.Read

In the Frame: Poppy the puppy pops her head out from the flowers Aug 15 2012

THIS little cutie is only nine weeks old – but already you can tell she is going to be a bundle of fun.Read

£373,000 to let North Lanarkshire Council staff away on union duties and business Aug 15 2012

IT has cost the taxpayer £373,103 to let North Lanarkshire Council staff away on trade union duties and business over the last four years.Read

Crimebeat: Tower block vandals trash cop car Aug 15 2012

VANDALS smashed the windscreen of a police car in Motherwell last week.Read

Wishaw raises over £9000 for SCIAF’s emergency drought appeal in the Horn and East of Africa Aug 15 2012

KIND-HEARTED people in Wishaw managed to raise an impressive £9271 last year for people suffering in the drought across the Horn and East of Africa.Read

Scotland’s Festival of History is at Chatelherault, Country Park Aug 15 2012

HISTORICAL re-enactors from across Lanarkshire – including some from Wishaw and Motherwell – are preparing to turn back the clock more than 2000 years on Sunday.Read

Hundreds of children committing crimes across Strathclyde Aug 15 2012

HUNDREDS of crimes have been committed in Strathclyde over the past three years by children aged under 10, ranging from possession of a knife to sexual exposure.Read

Loch can re-open following water contamination Aug 15 2012

STRATHCLYDE Park was re-opened for watersports and boating following a contamination in the loch water.Read

House of Edgar Shotts and Dykehead Pipe Band in turmoil after Facebook comment Aug 15 2012

AN apparently throwaway comment on Facebook has wreaked havoc within the ranks of an award-winning pipe band.Read

Documentary about coping with cancer to be screened in Wishaw Aug 15 2012

MAGGIE’S Lanarkshire will next week screen a ground-breaking film showing how a group of women cope with cancer.Read

St Andrew’s First Aid offer courses in Wishaw and Motherwell Aug 15 2012

FIRST AID Courses are being held across Wishaw and Motherwell to help people deal with any emergency situations they find themselves in.Read

Artist Tom Melville turns Carluke’s high street into giant art exhibition Aug 15 2012

ARTIST Tom Melville has had a brushstroke of genius – he is turning Carluke High Street into one giant art exhibition.Read

Police recreate Chhokar murder scene Aug 15 2012

DETECTIVES investigating the unsolved murder of an Indian waiter in Overtown 14 years ago staged a reconstruction of the crime scene on Monday.Read

Woman says damp house has caused her to lose three babies Aug 15 2012

AN ALLANTON woman is pleading with North Lanarkshire Council to move her out of her damp-ridden house – so that she has a chance of starting a family.Read

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