Heavy showers continued today with flood alerts still in place for much of Central Scotland. As we’ve seen over the last couple of days, its left many roads and fields flooded, with rivers bursting their banks. The scene earlier today at the Blantyre Skatepark [pictured] looked more like a new pool! Although it should be […]
Here’ a neat wee gimmick if you have an Amazon Alexa and children at home. All through December, if you ask Alexa, “How many days is it until Christmas?”, you’ll get the answer and Santa himself will give out a new, daily message for your little ones!
An important post. You may have noticed that there’s a mobile breast screening unit in the Blantyre Asda car park? Blantyre Telegraph has recently learned that there’s an alarming amount of women missing their appointments. NHS staff confirmed that many women simply haven’t turned up. As well as a real risk to themselves, those missed […]
An important one which may cause some commute disruption! The Blantyre Ferme Road has been closed off to traffic this afternoon due to a burst water main. Around 1.00pm today Tuesday 3 December 2019, Scottish Water closed off the road near the Golf Range. There is limited access to local businesses e.g golf range and […]
Royal Mail has a brilliant service for kids! Why not send a letter to Santa and get a personalised response?! Send your letters to:Santa’s GrottoReindeerlandXM4 5HQ Letters should be posted BEFORE Sunday 8th December.
We’re hearing reports of intermittent train service this afternoon between Glasgow and Mothwell, affecting Blantyre due to service inspections on the line. Please check Scotrail’s website for service status before travelling. https://www.scotrail.co.uk
South Lanarkshire Council are proposing to introduce a car free school zone around St. Joseph’s Primary School. We’ve received many messages about this asking for more information, so here goes….. This is a scheme where the road outside a school is closed to most traffic at school opening and closing times. The aim of the […]
South Lanarkshire Council are putting Blantyre’s Christmas Trees up today. Contractors at both High Blantyre and Low Blantyre are getting ready for the switch on on Sunday. Blantyre is the only town in South Lanarkshire to have TWO official trees and TWO sets of Christmas Lights. Its a subject we receive many messages about at […]