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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.

Market Square, Carluke
16/4/10
Picture by Lindsay Addison

Carluke’s Market Square could have permanent memorial to Lanarkshire Yeomanry

Carluke could soon have as many war memorials as it famously has Victoria Cross winners – three.

ScottishPower officially opens the first windfarm in Scotland. Each of the 26 turbines on Hagshaw Hill, north of Douglas in Lanarkshire, has a capacity of 600kW, giving a total of 52.5MW from the farm, enough power to meet the energy needs of around 17,000 households. 
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Wind energy

Is Clydesdale’s wind boom about to die down?

COULD 2012 be the year when Clydesdale’s windpower hurricane dies down to a light breeze?

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Lanark Primary School
29/4/09
Picture by Lindsay Addison

Lanark Primary to be demolished to make way for new school

A second Lanark school is to endure a long exile in Carluke while its new home is built.

Surjit Singh Chhokar was stabbed to death 13 years ago in Overtown, Lanarkshire

Law offers hope in murder of Carluke’s Surjit Singh Chokkar

FOLLOWING the conviction of the killers of black teenager Stephen Lawrence, there is hope that one local family will finally get justice for another brutal murder almost 15 years ago.

Sport rss

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.

Biggar RFC v West of Scotland
Hata and Amo Wilbore on the attack but caught by the West defence

Biggar pain after West trip

BIGGAR Rugby Club’s 15-13 Premier C defeat at West of Scotland on Saturday left them just two points ahead of West in fourth bottom spot, as the sides battle to avoid regional rugby next season.

MMA fighters James Doolan (32) from Lanark, Carnwath Church Hall
13/2/11 
Picture by Lindsay Addison

Lanark man James Doolan teaching Thai boxing in Carluke

LANARK United produced their best performance of the season at Barrfields Stadium on Saturday, to knock Premier Superleague side Largs out of the New Coin Automatics West of Scotland Cup by a 3-1 scoreline.

School of Sport at Inverclyde which took place at the National Sports Training Centre in Inverclyde
Football Group pictured with former Rangers, Everton and Newcastle striker Duncan Ferguson

Ex-Rangers ace Duncan Ferguson advises kids at Clydesdale School of Sport

FORMER Rangers ace Duncan Ferguson gave advice to youngsters attending the recent Clydesdale Sports Council School of Sport at the Sportscotland National Sports Training Centre at Inverclyde.

Robbie Allan at the opening of his Tinto Park Moto bike track, Sornfallow Farm, Wiston
17/4/10
Picture by Lindsay Addison

Clydesdale motorsport legend Robbie Allan stunned to hear about Dakar Rally death

DAKAR Rally legend Robbie Allan was stunned to hear about the death of Argentine motorcyclist Jorge Boero on day one of this year’s race.

Lifestyle rss

Goldrush

Hoedown at the Crown is set to kick off

A new monthly live music event begins in Biggar this weekend.

Mike Cantlay

Tourist chief echoes Gazette calls

THE UK-wide VisitBritain tourism agency has echoed calls made in the Gazette last month by Scots tourism supremo Mike Cantlay to exploit 2012’s special events for all they are worth.

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Scottish Opera comes to Broughton

An exciting new opera is coming to Broughton early next month, showcasing the work of composer Gareth Williams.

New Lanark Roof Garden Stargazing 2011

New Lanark looks to the stars

ORGANISERS of New Lanark Visitor Centre’s Stargazing Live event will be hoping for clear skies over the World Heritage site tonight (Saturday January 21),

Alison McGillivray

Concerto Caledonia to play at New Lanark Institute for Music in Lanark

THE next instalment in the Music in Lanark concerts will see Scotland’s highly-acclaimed Concerto Caledonia come to the New Lanark Institute.

Community rss

Freda Partlett (72) retires after 36yrs single handedly running her shop 'Upstairs Downstairs' also known as the 'Snoopy' shop
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Lanark
19/1/12

Farewell card as Freda Parlett closes Lanark shop

AFTER more than three decades of being at the front line of everything that was happening in Lanark, Freda Parlett has retired and her card shop, Upstairs Downstairs, has closed.

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Down Memory Lane

Discover the stories that made the Gazette headlines, all those years ago.

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Find out what our readers think of the stories making the Gazette headlines.

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PlayTalkRead bus tour drops into Rigside Community Nursery

CLYDESDALE MSP Aileen Campbell joined parents and kids in Rigside to back a new initiative aimed at getting more young people reading.

Biggar Archaeology event

Sites at Daer gives new clues to Scotland’s history

Archaeologists working on pre-historic sites at Daer are discovering further sites within a forestry plantation – revealing new parts of Scotland’s story.

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Friday 27 January 2012

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