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4 September 2010: 9:46pm |

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Crimebeat for week ending July 25

TWO men were viciously assaulted by a thug brandishing a bottle in Centrepoint nightclub, Motherwell, last weekend.Read

Royal Mail extends parcel pick-up times at Wishaw office

ROYAL Mail have extended the opening times of the enquiry office at their Wishaw Delivery centre to make it even easier for people to receive items they have ordered online or from a catalogue.Read

Motherwell community gets new play area

MOTHERWELL kids were jumping for joy earlier this month when a new £40,000 play area was opened by Councillor Kaye Hamilton.Read

Wishaw youngster meets golf stars at St Andrew’s

PLUCKY Wishaw youngster Colin McLaren certainly gets around.Read

B&Q in Motherwell raided

THIEVES have broken into Motherwell’s B&Q superstore and pinched nearly £10,000 of goods.Read

Countdown begins to Wishaw music festival B in Belhaven

THE countdown has begun to Wishaw’s hugely popular Be in Belhaven music festival.Read

John Reid takes seat in House of Lords

FORMER Shotts MP John Reid was given his new title last week – and he is now Lord Reid of Cardowan.Read

Lottery money can transform Newmains

THE people of Newmains are being urged to get involved in a project which could give their village a facelift thanks to a multi-million pound Lottery project.Read

Exam helpline for pupils

TEENAGERS from schools across Wishaw will be among 165,000 young people in Scotland who will receive their Standard and Higher Grade results via e-mail, text or by post next Thursday, August 5.Read

Wooded drinking den chopped down by council

A NOTORIOUS Wishaw drinking den has been given the chop by North Lanarkshire Council.Read

Police find £280,000 cannabis factory in Wishaw

A SOPHISTICATED, large scale cannabis factory – with a street value of over £280,000 – has been shut down by police in Wishaw.Read

NLC staff receive awards

WORKERS from North Lanarkshire Council recently gained the nationally accredited Customer Service Professional qualification.Read

Wishaw youth projects urged to apply for grants

WISHAW youth projects were this week invited to apply for funding from a £2.5million cash pot created from the proceeds of crime.Read

Swinney working on “alternate” Newhouse plant closure plans

SCOTTISH Finance Secretary John Swinney met with senior managers at Merck MSD in Newhouse last Wednesday in a bid to save the 250 jobs which will go once the plant closes later this year.Read

65 happy years of marriage for couple

SHOTTS couple Willie and Joey Morton are celebrating 65 years of happily married life together.Read

Childline plea to young people

AS young people in North Lanarkshire are in full holiday mode, a vital helpline service for children has urged them not to keep their problems to themselves over the summer months.Read