He’s done it again! Blantyre boxer Jacob Naismith won “Scottish schoolboy of the year”, the best in his category then went on to pick up the public choice Scottish boxer of the year award! JATV organised the ‘Scottish Boxer of the year’ awards at the Marriott hotel Glasgow on Friday 4th November to recognise boxing […]
Now here’s a wonderful story to end the week with! A former Calderside Academy pupil has been crowned “Miss Great Britain”! Amy Meisak (29), left Calderside Academy back in 2011 and was one of the first students to attend the school after it opened. Miss Great Britain had a record number of applicants this year […]
A Blantyre Councillor has been recognised for her hard work, by winning a National award. Cllr Maureen Chalmers of South Lanarkshire Council, picked up the accolade by winning the “Resilience & Recovery Award 2022” The annual LGIU Scotland & CCLA Cllr Awards are the only national awards ceremony that celebrates the vital work of individual […]
A number of events, launches and free sessions have taken place across South Lanarkshire for Challenge Poverty Week. The annual campaign helps raise awareness of the support available to local residents and to help tackle the stigma of poverty. Organised by The Poverty Alliance, this year each day of Challenge Poverty Week has focused on […]
An important post to raise awareness of a condition called Charcot Marie tooth disease. (CMT) Blantyre man Thomas Henderson (pictured with family) has spent years working on raising awareness of this disease and has done various fundraising efforts to support the charity to help people suffering from this disease. Thomas was competing today in an […]
Here’s a great story we heard through the “Blantyre grapevine”. Local lass, Aimee Evans (21) has landed herself a cracking new job working on the new Star Wars Production! Aimee studied 4 years of media makeup artistry, then after numerous interviews with Paradox/Disney Lucas Films, The BFI (British Film Institute) called to offer her the […]
If you’re lucky enough to have a stash of banknotes somewhere, better take notice of this! A reminder, Scottish paper banknotes will be removed from circulation across the country in just 28 days time, as Polymer notes become more widely used. The latest notes to be withdrawn from use are paper £20 and £50 notes, […]
Asda Blantyre delivery driver, Craig Brown has been commended for going above and beyond for an elderly customer. Craig delivers groceries to the customer every week and always stops to have a chat with him. On this day, the customer didn’t answer the door which wasn’t like him and when Craig had a look around, […]