Northern Lights Set to Dazzle

The Met Office has predicted that the Northern Lights could dazzle Scottish skies in the late hours of tonight into the early hours of tomorrow. They added, “In the most likely scenario aurora would become visible where skies are clear to Scotland as well as the north of England and Northern Ireland.” With broken clouds this […]

Happy Birthday Jacqueline Mcguigan

There’s a special birthday taking place tonight in Blantyre. Congratulations go out to Jacqueline Mcguigan who turns 60 today, Wednesday 10th May 23. The family would like to wish her lots of love and best wishes on her special milestone, adding “Happy Birthday xx” Have a lovely evening Jacqueline.

New “7 a side” Pitch ready

Work to create a new seven-a-side pitch at Hamilton Palace Sports Grounds has been completed five weeks early. Two tennis courts and one five-a-side pitch were converted to the new seven-a-side 3G pitch. Work continues on converting two five-a-side pitches to two 2G tennis courts, with three five-a-side 3G pitches also in the process of […]

Bank Holiday comes to end

Another long Bank holiday weekend comes to an end tonight, but hey at least its stopped raining! Hope you all had a great extended weekend and hopefully found some time to relax. For those who had to work, here’s hoping you have time off soon. Lots of different celebrations been going on, from the King’s […]

New Exhibits at David Livingstone Birthplace

The David Livingstone Birthplace Exchange group (six participants from African, Caribbean and South Asian backgrounds) have commissioned a new co-curated touch screen exhibit, a mixed media painting and creative writing that explore the legacy of the 19th century explorer David Livingstone highlighting the untold stories of his African crew members on the 150th anniversary of his […]

Container Theft Kirkton Avenue

A Blantyre family has been left shocked and angry after storage container was stolen containing their belongings. In the midst of several thefts in the High Blantyre area in recent weeks, this latest theft was most shocking as tools were stolen connected to a person’s livelihood. The large blue container was stolen in broad daylight […]

George Michael Tribute Night

BJC Events is delighted to bring back the fantastic George Michael and Wham Tribute Act to Blantyre! The Show returns back to Carrigans, Broompark Road, Blantyre on Friday 11th August 2023 from 7pm. Come and join the entertainment at the beautiful venue that at Carrigans for an evening of the Top Hits from the late […]