Some disappointing news tonight. The Community defibrillator at Blantyre Old Parish Church is unfortunately missing. Scottish Ambulance Service have confirmed it has NOT been accessed, so it has been reported to Police this morning, Monday 13th May 2024. A concerned church elder told us, “I’ve hardly slept as obviously in the wrong hands this life […]
An investigation is underway to trace the mindless idiots responsible for setting fire to playground equipment in the grounds of Calderside Academy and Nursery, Blantyre. Sadly, and seriously, 3 significant fires have deliberately been started by youths hanging around this area during the last 3 weeks. Residents have had enough with the fire brigade having […]
Disgusted and shocked to see that Livingstone Birthplace has been broken into , with some of the volunteers garden equipment been stolen. The beautiful parkland around the museum, just off Station Road is maintained entirely by volunteers and of course, staff , visitors and the community are extremely proud of how amazing it looks all […]
Popular Italian restaurant Da Luciano in Bothwell, has now been completely demolished. Having been the latest restaurant in the normally quiet town of Bothwell to be subjected to arson attacks, Da Luciano was forced to permanently close in August following a second targeted fire. Police still treating the attacks as deliberate. This wasn’t the first […]
Disgustingly shameful news story next…..Fireworks night did not pass without incident. The Scottish Fire and Rescue Service (SFRS) reported nine attacks during an eight-hour period in Scotland, and sadly…..incidents in Blantyre were amongst them. The cowardly, lowlife attacks on emergency services happened in Dundee, Edinburgh, Glasgow, Blantyre and Blackburn in West Lothian. Disgustingly vile crime to attack […]
It’s been a long, long time since anybody deliberately damaged a church in Blantyre. Unfortunately there has been an act of vandalism on St Joseph’s , Glasgow Road during last night. A window was smashed, a horrible thing to see, when you realise just how beautiful many of the windows are in this building. The […]
The University of the West of Scotland (UWS) have announced it was the victim of a “cyber crime” which affected a number of its systems. Following the cyber attack, an extortion group demanded £450,000 in bitcoin or it would release confidential details on the dark web. A spokesperson confirmed that some staff data had been […]
The popular Hillhouse Summer Festival isn’t going ahead this year, after a deliberate fire at their storage container destroyed all their equipment and stock. The popular event in Hamilton, which also attracts people from Blantyre had to be cancelled after the volunteers loss. Volunteers from the group made the tough decision saying they had “no […]