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Jubillee toilet seat
Castlegate
Lanark
31/1/12

New public lavatory could be built in Lanark to mark Queen’s Diamond Jubilee

LANARK’S tribute to the Queen’s Diamond Jubilee could be to provide a throne for all the townsfolk – by building a new public lavatory.

Wright family tree in front garden
Carluke
31/1/12

Carluke family’s anguish as vandals destroy memorial tree

A HEART-BROKEN dad has hit out at vandals who destroyed a tree specially planted in memory of his late daughter.

Protest at Scottish Coal's Ravenstruther Railhead near Lanark
10/11/10
Picture by Lindsay Addison

Permission granted for opencast coal mine near Hawksland

RESIDENTS of the Douglas Valley will have another opencast coal mine on their doorstep following the decision by South Lanarkshire Council to grant planning permission at a site near Hawksland.

Dovesdale Incinerator protest outside South Lanarkshire Council Planning Committee meeting, Hamilton
8/2/11
Picture by Lindsay Addison

Campaign against Dovesdale Incinerator near Blackwood appears to be at an end

THE long campaign against the Dovesdale Incinerator, near Blackwood, appears to be at an end after campaigners lost their Judicial Review case against the council.

Simon Weston

Simon Weston backs Carluke Rotary Club’s Call For Heroes

Falklands war hero Simon Weston added his endorsement to Carluke Rotary Club’s Call For Heroes campaign.

Sport rss

Team Lanarkshire

Carluke-based Team Lanarkshire Youth Volleyball Club nets £1000 strip deal

CARLUKE-based Team Lanarkshire Youth Volleyball Club has netted a new £1000 strip deal thanks to sponsorship from UK Steel Enterprise (UKSE), the Tata Steel Subsidiary tasked with economic regeneration.

US Curling Tour at Lanarkshire Ice Rink
Hamilton

Clydesdale curlers beaten by American opponents

A VISITING squad of American curlers had two comfortable victories over host teams from Biggar and Upper Clydesdale Province and Lanarkshire Province, at Lanarkshire Ice Rink

International Wheelchair Curling Tournament at Hamilton Ice Rink 2012
Sweden wheelchair curling club winning team and their coach

International Wheelchair Curling tournament is played at Lanarkshire Ice Rink

A REALLY n-ice time was had by all at this area’s second international wheelchair curling competition at Lanarkshire Ice Rink in Hamilton last Tuesday and Wednesday.

Lanark v Kinnoull - Emirates Cup 4th Round
Moor Park
Lanark
21/1/12

Lanark United and Carluke Rovers knocked out of Emirates Junior Cup

A GALE force wind and driving rain blighted Lanark United’s performance levels last Saturday, when they were rotten in a 4-0 home defeat by Perthshire minnows Kinnoull in the Emirates Junior Cup fourth round.

Stuart Shevill Jnr

Carluke stock car ace Stuart Shevill Jnr’s fantastic time in 2011

CARLUKE stock car ace Stuart Shevill Jnr had a fantastic 2011 in which he won the saloon Scottish Championship title to emulate his dad Stuart Snr, a three-time winner.

Lifestyle rss

Flash mob dance at Prestwick airport to promote the Ayrshire Hospice Midnight Walk

Lesmahagow student Steffi Rollo performs in airport Flash Mob dance

Hundreds of students at UKTheatreSchool – including 17-year-old Lesmahagow girl Steffi Rollo – took part in a live singing and dancing Flash Mob at Prestwick Airport.

Biggar Theatre Production's performance of Liz Lochhead's 'Good Thing's
Beaty with grandson
Picture by Helen Barrington

Biggar Theatre Workshop’s new show is too good to miss

Biggar Theatre Workshop’s latest production is just too good to be true.

Alexander Brothers

The Alexander Brothers set to take to the stage in Lesmahagow

Legendary Scottish entertainers The Alexander Brothers will be in Clydesdale in March as part of a festival celebrating the over 50s.

Star Gazing at New Lanark
Picture by Helen Barrington

New Lanark Stargazing event hits the roof

There were plenty of people in New Lanark reaching for the stars last Saturday night – thanks to New Lanark Trust’s Stargazing Live event.

Eowyn Ivey

Atkinson-Pryce Books welcomes Eowyn Ivey to Biggar

It may be the first month of the New Year but, for literary lovers, Atkinson-Pryce Bookshop is already welcoming more big names to Clydesdale.

Community rss

Arthur Bell, New Lanark Mill Hotel
25/3/10
Picture by Lindsay Addison

Principles developed by Robert Owen in New Lanark put to use in rural India

THE principles developed by Robert Owen in New Lanark in the 19th century are being put to use in rural India.

Auschwitz survivor Rosa Sacharan and her husband visit Carluke High School
26/1/12

Carluke High pupils hear Holocaust survivor

Pupils at Carluke High School heard the harrowing experiences of Holocaust survivor Rosa Sacharan who visited them this week.

Samea Mohammed aged 20,  from Shawlands Academy and Danielle McLachlan, aged 18, from Springburn Academy  with the staff at Lanark Information Centre and the Scottish Government's Minister for Energy, Enterprise and Tourism  Fergus Ewing.  -  Picture by Andrew Wilson

Lanark helps young tourism trainees

Lanark Information Centre has joined a national training programme that aims to prepare young people for future employment in the tourism industry.

Lanimer Day procession
9/6/11
Picture by Lindsay Addison

Take part in Lanark’s Lanimer procession

A PLEA has been made for the many absent friends of the Lanimers to come back to the celebrations this year.

Lesmahagow town centre
19/2/09
Picture by Lindsay Addison

Cash will give Lesmahagow facelift

THERE were plenty of suggestions on how to transform the village centre of Lesmahagow at a recent community council meeting.

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Saturday 04 February 2012

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