We’re still getting messages this week about discoloured tapwater in the Newton and Blantyre areas. For assurance, the water can be used as normal. The discolouration is due to seasonal naturally occurring manganese levels present in the source water for Daer Water Treatment Works. While the treatment process is effective at removing bacteria and chemical […]
Stonefield Public Park in Blantyre is one of 13 parks throughout Lanarkshire which will receive hundreds of new trees to be planted as a memorial to Covid-19 victims. Under the plan, a fruit tree would be planted in memory of every local person who lost their lives in the pandemic, at 13 of the most […]
Motorists have just two weeks left to check their cars are compatible with the new, forthcoming E10 petrol, which is due to be introduced as the standard from September. The fuel is replacing E5 petrol – which contains up to five percent renewable ethanol – across the UK in a bid to reduce carbon emissions. But whilst the majority of cars will be […]
Two Asda stores based in Hamilton and Blantyre recently joined forces with volunteers in the local community to help tidy up rubbish around Bent Cemetery in Hamilton. Around 40 bags of rubbish were collected by Asda colleagues who worked together with the Hamilton and Blantyre litter pickers group to hold the litter pick at Bent Cemetery. […]
This is the mess currently polluting the Rotten Calder River in Blantyre this week! And it truly is rotten this week! Sewage has been pouring into the River, ‘doon the cather’ and flowing downstream. It seems to be worsening this week too, so perhaps wise to keep your pets (and kids!) out the river for […]
When Blantyre resident Stephen Hawthorne recently had a tree cut in his garden, he decided to make use or the unsightly tree stump which was left, by turning it into something truly beautiful. The talented individual set about creating “The Stonefield Bear” hand crafted into the wood. Blantyre Telegraph readers over on our supporters page […]
Unfortunately, there’s been more fly tipping up Sydes Brae this week. This latest, disgusting mess was tipped at Park Farm Road, not far from the Crematorium at High Blantyre. It’s now been reported in for removal. Photos Courtesy: S McLean
David Livingstone Birthplace, which reopens to the public on Wednesday 28 July, was delighted to receive a £200 donation from the Asda Foundation’s Green Tokens Scheme and a huge selection of over 200 bedding plants and climbers from local supermarket Asda Blantyre. The plants which were collected from the store by the team, will be […]