An update for readers on the future of our ‘Blantyre Telegraph Live Chat Group’. As you’ll be aware, the group was recently suspended due to abuse of admin, other readers and persistent rule breaking. All this week we’ve put how the group should be run ENTIRELY back with you, the readers in a series of […]
Congratulations to Courtney Russell, who won our competition this evening on Facebook. Courtney wins a £50 voucher to spend with friends and family at Carrigans, Blantyre. The competition, open to all adults was designed to spread a little local cheer on these November dark, damp evenings. The prize was courtesy of our Simm Endeavour Funding […]
We need your help! As you probably know Blantyre Telegraph, as a charitable news outlet exists primarily to raise money for local good causes, (with the added benefit of getting some local news out to you all!) Some news here on the main website and Facebook page is free, but thanks to our exclusive Supporters […]
Here’s wishing all 23,000 readers who follow this charitable page, a Happy New Year, peace and happiness. Here’s hoping 2023 is a better, fun, healthier year for us all! Thank you all for your continued support. Cheers! Paul.
Here’s wishing all our readers a ‘Merry Christmas, Peace and Happiness” for the holidays. Christmas holidays is usually a quieter time for news so there may be fewer posts here next week as we spend quality time with family. Hope you’ve enjoyed all our efforts throughout 2022 bringing you local news as it happens. Thank […]
Wow! What an incredible community we have here in Blantyre! Within 5 hours of posting, 29 wonderful, generous readers had kindly made donations covering our entire hosting and domain costs for 2023!! Importantly, this means our WordPress main website remains online throughout all of 2023, a platform to continue bringing you free, daily news about […]
Are you enjoying Blantyre Telegraph’s FREE local news service? Hope so. Some people may not know this site is run by just one person. Did you know that every year I pay £279 in WordPress hosting & domain costs to run Blantyre Telegraph’s main website from my own personal money. As a non-profit page these […]