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4 September 2010: 9:40pm |

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Motherwell team on TV’s Postcode Challenge

A TEAM from Motherwell will appear on STV’s quiz show Postcode Challenge this Friday, July 23, hoping to scoop the big £25,000 jackpot prize.Read

Wishaw visitors enjoy trip to Loudoun Castle

MORE than 1000 people from Wishaw enjoyed a wonderful day at Loudoun Castle theme park in Ayrshire at a charity day out.Read

Network meetings scheduled for voluntary organisation

VOLUNTARY Action North Lanarkshire – a new organisation launched in April to support the needs of the voluntary and volunteering sectors – is to host network meetings across the area.Read

Budget cuts hit North Lanarkshire homes

WESTMINSTER cuts to the Local Housing Allowance (LHA) will force struggling households in North Lanarkshire to find an extra £53 a month to pay their rent or face losing their home, a housing charity warned this week.Read

Motherwell Heritage Centre open interactive exhibition for children

HUNDREDS of Motherwell schoolchildren have visited the latest exhibition at the town’s Heritage Centre.Read

Car scheme helps unemployed back on the road to work

AN innovative project has been launched in Wishaw and Shotts which aims to help people get back on the road to employment.Read

Royal College of Nursing express fears over NHS cuts

NHS Lanarkshire must make cuts of at least £17.1m this financial year, according to the Royal College of Nursing.Read

Support available for school leavers

SCHOOL leavers in North Lanarkshire are being offered support that will help them enter the jobs market.Read

Crimebeat for week ending July 19

THE Spice of Life takeaway on Manse Road in Newmains was broken into last week and thieves made off with a three-figure sum of cash and a gaming machine.Read

Wishaw man raises cash for Help for Heroes

A WISHAW man recently completed the arduous West Highland Way to raise money for the Help for Heroes charity.Read

Wishaw people warned about “severe” Budget

THE Citizens Advice Bureau in Motherwell and Wishaw is urging people to make sure they understand the impact the recent Budget will have on their finances, and to seek advice if they are in any way concerned.Read

New future for former Cambusnethan school site

WORK started last week on 20 new council houses being built on the site of the old Cambusnethan Primary School.Read

Girl Guides celebrate centenary

NORTH Lanarkshire is taking part in the year-long celebrations to mark Girl Guiding’s 100th anniversary.Read

Krav Maga classes come to Lanarkshire

I STOOD braced for the attack. The blade of his knife pointing in my direction as my powerfully-built assailant approached. Through a combination of adrenalin and fear, I lifted my foot high enough to send him crashing to the floor with a kick to the chest. Not bad for my first lesson in Krav Maga.Read