Triumphant Linlithgow Academy footballers took home the silverware again, winning the Senior Lothian Schools FA Cup on Friday night.

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A MAJOR rescue operation was launched in Carluke early on Wednesday evening when a 14-year-old boy became trapped in the chimney of the Brooks furniture store on Cassells Street.

THOSE living in Carnwath and the surrounding area are being asked for their views on all aspects of the village’s life and future.

THE accident which claimed the life of Lanark Grammar School pupil Natasha Paton has been blamed squarely on the driver Raymond Munro.

CARLUKE’S inaugural Jam Festival on October 4 and October 5 this year looks like being a very juicy prospect!

NO public building in Clydesdale - ranging from schools to kirks - seems to be safe from a sudden spate of lead thefts.

LANARK’S long, long wait to get back its main public venue, the Memorial Hall, is nearly over with it due to “partly re-open” next week.

Lanark licensed grocer Gibby’s has been banned from selling drink for a week, after selling vodka to a 16-year-old boy.

The boy was sent in by the police, in an undercover test puchase.

And it was the second time the shop, G&F Ireland in Smyllum Road, Lanark, has been hauled before the Clydesdale Licensing Board for the same offence.

A CONTROVERSIAL opencast coal mine, on the outskirts of Carluke, has been given the go ahead by South Lanarkshire Council planners.

A CARLUKE driver popped into a supermarket carwash – and he claims it cost him over £3,000 thanks to damaged paintwork to his car.

It has been finally confirmed that Lanark’s Memorial Hall WON’T be re-opened in time for this year’s Lanimers – despite hopes that it would be.

A desperate Carluke woman is pleading with South Lanarkshire Council to fix her damp walls and leaky boiler...before her frail mum moves in with her.

South Lanarkshire Council is considering doing away with a primary school at Crawfordjohn and moving children instead to Abington Primary.

Don’t miss this week’s Carluke and Lanark Gazette – it is history in the making!

FIRSTLY, I’d personally like to thank everyone who has taken the time to write to me with their suggestions on how to improve the Carluke and Lanark Gazette.

THE chairman of Carluke Development Trust has outlined a number of exciting projects aimed at revitalising the town.

DON’T blame US for turning Lanark Bus Stance into a danger zone.

A special task force set up to deal with the Scottish Coal closure staged its first meeting on Monday amid demands for the Scottish Government to take action to establish who will foot the bill for pollution caused by abandoned mines.

Police are appealing for the assistance of public in an effort to trace a missing man from the Crawford area.

REPRESENTATIVES from Biggar textile firm Calzeat have just returned from New York’s international fashion extravaganza From Scotland With Love.