A reminder that Surfacing works to either pavement at the bottom of Station Road is taking place this week. Works to resurface footpaths on either side of the road, between the David Livingstone Birthplace site up to Ness Drive will be done over the next 15 days. The road will be passable and no diversions […]
This white drone been lost in the Blantyre area last weekend. It’s a white DJI phantom 4 and the owner would very much like to get it back. Tracking where signal was lost, it may be in the High Blantyre Industrial Housing estate (just off Ballantrae Road)(, or nearby at the pitches between Springwells and […]
Blantyre Volunteer Ltd are urgently recruiting for new volunteer drivers, to support their Community Transport Organisation which operates from a base in Blantyre and covers most of Lanarkshire. The organisation told Blantyre Telegraph, “We provide transport to a wide range of community groups and organisations including those working with the disabled, elderly, young people and other […]
Following a super performance at the High Blantyre Comedy Fest, High Blantyre Primary School pupil Jackson has been chosen as a finalist for the “Voicebox” joke competition. VoiceBox is a national joke telling competition for primary school children developed by the Royal College of Speech and Language Therapists (RCSLT), designed to raise awareness of the […]
The final totals are in for a fantastic fundraiser held in St Andrew’s Church, Blantyre. Hamilton Rock Choir were the entertainers who delighted the audience with a whole repertoire of songs recently on Friday 10th May. The concert was in aid of raising funds for the Haven, and brought together local community members, supporters, and […]
Up to 270 Virgin supplied properties have lost their phone and broadband connection in the middle of Blantyre today. The cause is a destroyed cabinet near the entrance to Merrylees Road, which appears to have been impacted by a vehicle. The outage has caused customers to lose their Virgin phone and Broadband service. The incident […]
Hoping all of Blantyre will get behind local woman Molly Geddes who is performing this year at Edinburgh’s Fringe Festival. Molly (21) from Blantyre and her friend Emma Gray (21) from California have written and will star in a play titled ‘Bad Habit’. Background to the show: In the name of the Father, the Son, […]
Well, what an epic sight last night was! It was a photographers dream after 11pm as the night sky lit up over the UK, including Central Scotland in what is being reported as one of the strongest aurora storms since 1932. The northern lights were visible with the naked eye throughout the UK colouring the […]