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 […]
A local woman and her mother were left shocked and startled on Friday afternoon whilst visiting Priestfield Cemetery in High Blantyre. Their reaction was due to witnessing a vehicle driving erratically off the road, on to graves and the grass causing alarm to visitors. The vehicle, a grey people carrier disrespectfully left tyre marks all […]
Today, some lowlife tried to PRETEND they’re us (Blantyre Telegraph) by harassing a member of the public by telephone, in an unsuccessful attempt to get a story or find information. That call left the family annoyed and angry. So, let’s clarify to ALL readers… Please be assured, as per the last 11 years, we DON’T […]
A BIG milestone reached! Today, we’re proud to announce we’ve reached 1,000 extra, hidden news articles in our exclusive Supporters Group! That’s 1,000 extra local news articles brought to hundreds of subscribers over the last 18 months since the group launched. You may be missing out!? Bringing Blantyre crime stories, neighbourhood watch, alerts, planning stories, […]
Don’t forget! As well as Facebook, Instagram and our main website at http://www.theblantyretelegraph.com, from April 2022, we’re now also on Twitter. Admittedly, a little late to the “Twitter scene”, Blantyre Telegraph can be found and followed at:https://twitter.com/BlantyreTel @BlantyreTel
We’re super thrilled and excited today to announce it’s our TEN YEAR Anniversary! Our BIG day is here, celebrating 10 years online! Yes, for the last decade we’ve been bringing you all the local news on a daily basis for FREE, giving YOU a primary source of local news for Blantyre and surrounding area. What […]