We’re receiving complaints that Wheelie bins are being stolen (again) around the village area and John Street area in Blantyre. One local resident told us that kids are stealing bins and taking them down the River Clyde nature walk. The resident added, “We have just had a bin stolen and I’ve reported it to the police […]
We’ve been advised to make readers aware of a company called ‘Energy Awareness Scotland‘ who is cold calling residents in a known scam. They claim that following the Grenfell disaster they have been tasked with carrying out electrical voltage checks across Scotland. This is not true. They know the resident’s name, address, and telephone number. […]
Seen it all now. Two thieves in High Blantyre decided it was worth putting heat on themselves just to ‘liberate some cake’! Around 2am, in the early hours of Sunday 11th August 2024, two men broke into the Van of ‘Cakes by Rebecca’ in Blantyre Industrial Estate and helped themselves to trays of cakes. Aside […]
You may remember last month the reports of a disgusting, sickening and brutal attack on an innocent woman who was sunbathing at the Calder? Melanie Cuthbertson (52) had fallen asleep on 24th June following a day out at the Milheugh Waterfall at the Calder in Blantyre when she was left black and blue following a […]
A doctor who admitted writing prescriptions for dead patients and collecting the medication for himself has been spared jail. John Henderson, 39, hatched a scheme writing out fake forms over a seven month period and received the drugs from those prescriptions in chemists in Blantyre, Hamilton, East Kilbride, Uddingston, Kilsyth, Glasgow and Cambuslang. He began […]
You will likely have read about a shocking incident at the Calder last week, where a local woman was subjected to an unprovoked attack by a gang of feral, vile youths, predominantly girls. We’re absolutely disgusted that this could happen in Blantyre and posting further here to raise awareness. Melanie Cuthbertson (52) was punched and […]
HMRC has warned that scammers are setting up fake accounts impersonating them and their customer service advisers on X (formerly Twitter). Some of the scam accounts are offering tax rebates while others ask customers to provide their personal and bank details. How to Avoid HMRC will never use social media to offer a tax rebate […]
Our Supporters Group earlier this evening were advised of a fire in the Public Park. With several messages and photos, we can now unfortunately report that the swings and play equipment in Stonefield Public Park, Low Blantyre were deliberately set on fire this evening, Thursday 16th May 2024. Emergency services, including police were quickly on […]