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Hamilton Water Palace, Blantyre Leisure Centre and Chatelherault are among the properties to receive upgrades over the next three years
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Hamilton Water Palace, Blantyre Leisure Centre and Chatelherault are among the properties to receive upgrades over the next three years

The racecourse is preparing for some top Friday night racing and entertainment.

Douglas Reid, 31, instead faces a lengthy period of supervision in the community aimed at reducing his risk of further offending.

He admitted indecent social media communication with a person he believed to be a girl aged under 13 years who turned out to be an adult decoy.

Showing exclusively at cinemas from September 9 to 17, Don’t Look Back in Anger documents one of the biggest musical events in recent years.

Hamilton Park Racecourse hosted a light show involving 1200 drones creating images and scenes from the films.

Hamilton Sheriff Court heard Besnik Perleka was sleeping when officers arrived and found 130 plants worth up to £78,000.

George Bowie will be at the Scullion LAW Lanark Silver Bell Racenight.

The singer and entertainer had spent some of his formative years in Hamilton and worked in the mines, but by the outbreak of the First World War, he was one of the biggest stars in the world.

Caleb Browning marked the 250th anniversary of American independence and played Amazing Grace on Utah Beach, a site for the D-Day landings.

Participants took part in a colourful celebration march through Hamilton town centre

The incident happened outside Kenneth Falconer's parents home in Hamilton, on May 10 this year.

Kenneth Falconer twisted and bent the female officer as he shoved her to the ground, causing her to scream in agony.

Police found 471 child abuse images on a computer system in Kevin Taggart's home, including 75 in Category A, the most depraved.

The 15 budding public artists worked alongside professional artists and staff from Hamilton Universal Connections to design and create the murals, reflecting the identity, history and aspirations of t

Kevin Taggart, 37, was placed on the sex offenders' register at the town's sheriff court.

Ajmal Mushtaq, of Boss Pizza, was named Business Influencer of the Year.

Parts of Silvertonhill and Coatshill are no longer served after route changes and the withdrawal of an SPT service

The firm took home the Regional Insulation & Fabric Installer and Contractor of the Year honours, while apprentice electrician Cameron Sleith was named Apprentice of the Year.

Kelsie McInally and pal Chloe Kane targeted the victim outside a shop in Hamilton.