Pupils from S4 at Calderside Academy participated in a litter-picking event around Glasgow Road to support their ASDAN Silver Award. The weather was favorable, providing a great day for community service. Their efforts significantly improved the area’s appearance, earning praise for their hard work and dedication. Well done to all!
A gang, including Lauren Neary and Robert Faulds, was sentenced for a brutal attack on an off-duty police officer in Blantyre. Neary received six years and Faulds eight years in prison. The officer suffered severe injuries requiring surgery, leaving him permanently disfigured and unable to return to frontline policing.
Blantyre Basketball team, Kirkton Cobras are looking for new players to join their Under 12s and Under 14s teams. They told us, “Our Under 12s are open to both boys and girls from 7 – 11 years old, sessions are on Wednesdays from 6pm until 8pm at John Ogilvie High School.” “Our Under 14s boys […]
Carrigans at Broompark Road, Blantyre are looking to hire temporary bar Staff. Flexible, Friday, Saturday and Sunday. If interested please contact: sharonfeechan@hotmail.com Get in touch! Carrigans, 100 Broompark Rd, Blantyre, Glasgow G72
Lanarkshire towns have been rated to find the happiest place to live….and guess what….Blantyre has come 5th in the list! The locations were rated in a poll by Furniturebox ranked for availability of good schools, affordable housing, quality pubs, restaurants, shops and cultural attractions plus the beauty and green spaces of the areas. In Blantyre […]
Today, we remember the 215 Blantyre men and boys who lost their lives in the Blantyre Pit Disaster of 1877. To this day, it remains Scotland’s largest mining accident. In one instant moment at 8.45am on 22nd October 1877, 147 years ago today, almost 6% of Blantyre’s entire population at the time was wiped out […]
Officers are appealing for information following a fatal crash in Blantyre. Police have issued the following statement: “Around 5.55pm on Tuesday, 19 December, 2023, we were called to a report of a crash involving a white Isuzu Grafter Flatbed and a pedestrian on Glasgow Road. Emergency services attended and the 84-year-old male pedestrian was taken […]
Local councillors have called for public to be involvement in the naming of the new Blantyre Care Hub, which is nearing completion at the former St Joseph’s Site. At the social work resources committee meeting earlier this month, a proposed name for the hub was revealed, with the council suggesting – “Blantyre LIFE”. The progress […]