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Students from Motherwell College learn to knit

LEARNING to knit isn’t something many young people in the county consider a priority these days.Read

Clyde Valley High visit Italy

A PARTY of sixth year pupils from Clyde Valley High School in Overtown certainly got a ‘Pisa’ the action on their very own Tuscan adventure.Read

Top North Lanarkshire cop warns fans ahead of Old Firm clash

POLICE officers in Wishaw and the surrounding areas will be out in force this weekend in a bid to stamp out any violence, disorder and domestic abuse during and after Sunday’s Old Firm match.Read

NLC have hit back over claims that it’s withdrawing funding for a day care centre in Bonkle

COUNCIL bosses have hit back at claims that the popular day care centre for the elderly in Bonkle is closing due to their withdrawal of funding.Read

Fallen Wishaw soldier Private Dennis Doyle finally honoured

ALMOST a century after he was killed by a German sniper in the Great War, the final resting place of a Wishaw soldier has been found – which means at last his family can pay their respects.Read

Local band Vigo Thieves to release second single and are attracting interest from major record labels

WISHAW rockers Vigo Thieves have announced the release of their eagerly awaited second single Steal Your Heart, which is scheduled for April.Read

Lanarkshire cousins in 160ft bungee for Mr Giggles

Press reporter Richard Mooney and cousin Keith O’Hanlon raise money for Shotts youngster by completing charity bungee jumpRead

Labour Party candidate in Airdrie and Shotts will be chosen from all-women shortlist

FEARS are growing that the Labour Party in Shotts face an election crisis as party bosses have now forced an all-women shortlist on constituency members as a replacement for political heavyweight John Reid.Read

Over 80 left unemployed after Lanarkshire bus group McKindless cease trading

MOTHERWELL & Wishaw MP Frank Roy has called the loss of 80 jobs at bus firm McKindless a “bitter blow” to the area after staff were laid off with only one week’s wage and no redundancy pay.Read

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Newmains stroke victim forced to leave home after two months with no heating or hot water

A NEWMAINS great-grandmother who recently suffered a stroke has told the Wishaw Press of how she has had to endure more than two months without heating or hot water in her freezing home.Read

Berryhill war dead to be honoured on Craigneuk's Cenotaph

THE Craigneuk War Memorial Group have decided to add the names of the Fallen from Berryhill to the new panels that are being added to the cenotaph.Read

An elderly member of the Bonkle Day Care Project speaks out over its imminent closure

JEAN McLaughlin (75), will be really upset when the centre closes as she has learned lots of new skills during her four years as a member.Read

North Lanarkshire pupils account for ten per cent of exclusions

PUPILS in North Lanarkshire accounted for almost 10 per cent of exclusions in Scottish schools in a recent report by the Scottish Government.Read

An elderly member of the Bonkle day care project talks about its imminent closure

WISHAW woman Margie Walker has just celebrated her 88th birthday – but the news of the Bonkle centre’s imminent closure has deflated her party spirit.Read

An elderly member of Bonkle Day Care Centre on its closure

NEWMAINS resident George Roberts (73), has been attending the Bonkle centre for a year now and admits its closure will create a huge void in his life.Read

£12.2m new campus for High Mill and Victoria Park schools

WORK has started on the £12.2m replacement for High Mill and Victoria Park schools in Carluke.Read

Jack McConnell calls upon constituents to lobby rail company over changes affecting Motherwell station

MOTHERWELL and Wishaw MSP Jack McConnell has urged residents to lobby East Coast Mainline about proposed changes to Motherwell train services.Read

The Scotmid convenience store in Cleland was ram raided last week by thieves

A LANDROVER stolen in Shotts was used by thieves to smash into two convenience stores during ram raids which occurred at villages in North and South Lanarkshire last week.Read

A flock of sheep turn up unexpectedly in residential Overtown

RESIDENTS of Rhu Quadrant in Overtown got the flock of their lives when they opened the bedroom curtains last Tuesday morning.Read

A Wishaw woman hopes to raise £1000 for Help for Heroes by walking the Great Glen between Fort William and Inverness

A WISHAW woman is aiming to raise money to help the UK’s injured soldiers by walking the Great Glen Way between Fort William and Inverness.Read

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