Food for Thought in Motherwell is giving away free food this morning. They have loads of free food available for anybody struggling. No questions asked. Their fridges and stores are full! All food is quality food from M&S, Tesco, Co-op, Greggs, Lidls & others. Need help for Christmas ? Come along this morning to:Mabel StreetMotherwellML1 […]
As we head towards the end of the year, there’s one thing we wanted to recognise. Whilst we admin the main news page by ourselves, the Blantyre Live Chat Group is a whole other story which has throughout this year again had FIVE excellent moderators, working hard behind the scenes each day. A big THANK […]
We’ve launched a new look for our posts! As part of optimising the daily volunteer work which goes into our content creation in the background, ensuring efficiencies and providing a uniform , professional look……we’ve standardised an exciting new look and feel to all our posts across ALL social media platforms. This means, from Monday 23rd […]
As we go into Christmas week, remember Monday and Tuesday bin collections will be carried out as normal this week and next week. No bin collections on Wed 25 Dec, Thu 26 Dec, Wed 1 Jan Changes to collection days: • Mon and Tue collections remain the same • Collections from Wed-Fri (Christmas week) will […]
The children and teachers at Blantyre’s St Andrew’s Parish Church put on a wonderful nativity yesterday, Sunday 22nd December which had audiences delighted. Everybody did fantastic as the familiar story was once again brought to the forefront at this special time of year. Photo: Livingstone Memorial Church
A family-owned Scottish wholesaler is marking its 150th anniversary with a meaningful community initiative. Dunns Food and Drinks based on Glasgow Road, Blantyre has teamed up with Community Links, a South Lanarkshire-based charity, to launch Make A Meal Of It. This initiative, supported by funding from the Austin Hope Pilkington Trust, aims to empower local families […]
Detectives are appealing for information following an assault and attempted robbery in Hamilton. The incident happened around 5.30pm on Friday, 20 December, 2024 on Hillhouse Road. A 43-year-old man was approached by a man who demanded his vehicle keys and assaulted him. The victim did not require medical treatment. The suspect is described as being […]
A woman who died following a crash on the A9 in the Highlands has been named by police. Ashleigh Watson, 31, was driving southbound in a Citroen DS3 when she was critically injured near Inshes, Inverness, at about 01:40 on Friday. Officers said she was pronounced dead at the scene and no other vehicles were […]