Business workshops

A SERIES of free workshops for Monklands entrepreneurs has been planned at Lanarkshire Business Gateway.Read

Dog is rescued from flat after care fears

A HUSKY has been rescued from a flat in Petersburn by animal welfare officers following worried reports from neighbours.Read

Club has a piano to give away FREE to a good home

PIANISTS should prepare to be bowled over by a special offer which will be music to their ears.Read

Airdrie and Coatbridge sea cadets shape up to win prestige cup

AIRDRIE and Coatbridge sea cadet unit are on the crest of a wave after being honoured with a prestigious national award.Read

Handbags at midnight is enough to see youngsters win championship

A COATBRIDGE football team have blasted their way to Midnight League glory.Read

Airdrie is set for Orange March invasion

MORE than 40,000 Orange Walk marchers and spectators are expected to flock to Airdrie this Saturday for the annual Boyne celebrations.Read

Tagging order for brazen supermarket thief

A BRAZEN thief who blatantly walked out of a Coatbridge supermarket with a trolley packed full of groceries has been ordered to wear an electronic tag.Read

Not a merry festive season as woman is hit by bottle

A WOMAN who hit another female over the head with a bottle in a festive-season bust-up has been ordered to carry out community service.Read

MSP backs weekly papers

A MONKLANDS MSP has condemned Scottish Government plans to remove public notice advertising from local newspapers.Read

Pioneering sight unit to visit Coatbridge

A PIONEERING service for the blind and partially sighted is to visit Coatbridge.Read

Free swims for the kids during hols

HAVE a splashing summer time at free swims in Monklands’ pools.Read

Spared jail after abusing medics

A CEMETERY visitor who drunkenly abused ambulance crew members has been placed on probation for two years.Read

Festival gig could shoot Hip Parade to fame

A COATBRIDGE band will crown their extraordinary rise to fame when they realise their dream of performing at T in the Park next weekend.Read

Firefighters clamber over fence to extinguish blaze

AN astroturf football pitch at St Andrew’s High School was extensively damaged by fire on Sunday evening.Read

Student mag gets backing from Superbad actor

A HOLLYWOOD movie star has given his backing to a successful student magazine founded by a Coatbridge woman.Read

Intrepid duo beat weather to step forward for charity

TWO intrepid walkers from Shawhead braved Scotland’s traditional “summer” weather and put their best foot forward to raise hundreds of pounds for charity.Read

Merissa aims to win Miss Earth

COATBRIDGE beauty Merissa Lennon is hoping to become a queen of green issues as she vies for an environmental title.Read

Brave Martin’s memory will boost charity work

A GLENBOIG family are honouring the memory of their teenage son and brother, who died from cancer last month, by raising thousands of pounds for the Teenage Cancer Trust.Read

People ‘going without food to pay off debt’

MONKLANDS people are struggling so badly with debt that some are even going without meals as they try to pay off their arrears, it has been claimed.Read

Coatbridge College show that it means business

A BUSINESS Solutions strategy was launched by Coatbridge College at a networking lunch organised by Lanarkshire Chamber of Commerce.Read

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