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Brave Brandon is hit by devastating news

THE bid to send brave youngster Brandon Bell to America has been hit by a devastating setback.Read

Pupils see girl leap to her death

TRAUMATISED schoolchildren watched in horror as a teenage girl leapt to her death from a Coatbridge tower block.Read

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X Factor hopefuls Noir deny house trashing claim

POP group Noir struck the right chord with X Factor judges when their successful audition won them a place in the talent show’s “boot camp” stage.Read

Tommy Renicks with councillor Michael Coyle

Craigneuk family are fenced-in by neighbour

A CRAIGNEUK man says he is being made made to feel like a prisoner in his own home after a neighbour put up a fence blocking the exit point from his back garden.Read

Margaret Mortimer with her scooter

Pensioner “trapped” after scooter is damaged

A COATBRIDGE pensioner's scooter was taken away by council workers and returned damaged.Read

Thomas Lowe with his balloon creations

Young balloon man delights kids

A KIND-HEARTED teenage balloon artist came to the rescue after two Townhead tots were left deflated by a mean-spirited children’s entertainer.Read

Track laying completed on Airdrie to Bathgate railway

THE Airdrie to Bathgate railway project is on track after work to lay the new line was completed.Read

The new Clint comic from Mark Millar

New comic called Clint from Coatbridge’s Mark Millar

COATBRIDGE writer Mark Millar is launching a UK comic that will feature stories by TV presenter Jonathan Ross and comedian Frankie Boyle.Read

Man assaulted in own garden by teenager

A TEENAGE thug had no chance of coming up smelling of roses when he admitted assaulting a man in his own garden.Read

Man avoids jail after hospital outburst

A POLISH national admitted losing the plot at Monklands Hospital when he tried to help an assault-victim friend.Read

Birthday start at nursery for three-year-olds

AIRDRIE and Coatbridge toddlers have received a birthday gift with the news that they can now start nursery school as soon as they turn three.Read

Residents count cost of damage caused by motorists’ unofficial diversion

RESIDENTS of a Gartlea street are counting the cost after two months of living on an unofficial diversion route.Read

Coatbridge teenager bids to win environmental beauty pageant

A COATBRIDGE teenager is hoping to triumph in an environmentally-themed beauty pageant.Read

Plains residents launch new allotments project

A NEW development of allotments has been formed on a disused piece of ground in Plains.Read

Hospice employee invites applications to charity work placement programme

AN employee at St Andrew’s Hospice is encouraging Monklands residents to take part in the “life-changing” programme which saw her earn a job at the local charity.Read

Coatbridge actor publishes autobiography

A COATBRIDGE actor has turned author by releasing an autobiography chronicling his battle with mental illness.Read

Yob jailed for foul-mouth rant at child (4)

A FOUL-MOUTHED felon has been thrown back behind bars after he launched a vile tirade at a four-year-old boy playing in a nursery.Read

Monklands pupils bid for success in business competition

ENTERPRISING Monklands pupils are being invited to enter a school version of hit TV business show Dragons’ Den to win computer equipment and a cash prize.Read

Roadworks lead to Coatbridge street closures

A ROAD linking the west side of Coatbridge with Glenmavis is to close for a week for carriageway patching works.Read

Whitefield holds American summit with MSD owners on Newhouse lab future

KAREN Whitefield secured a meeting with Merck chiefs on a recent trip to America but was unable to convince them to not axe their Newhouse plant.Read

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