Crime

Detectives are appealing for information following a serious assault which occurred in Lanark on Saturday evening (August 18).

As the Gazette went to press, a Carluke man made his second appearance in private at Lanark Sheriff Court to face a charge of murdering Paul Halley in Carluke’s Hozier Street on July 29.

Road Policing Officers at Motherwell are appealing for any information after a serious road crash involving a car and a van in Blackwood yesterday, (Monday, August 13).

A man accused of murdering local Carluke resident Paul Halley last weekend, has appeared on petition at Lanark Sheriff Court.

Police Scotland is asking for the help of the motoring public in relation to an incident which happened on the southbound carriageway of the A74(M) between junctions 16 (Johnstonebridge) and 19 (Ecclefechan) at around 12.15 pm on Sunday, August 5.

Last week we reported on how local police services in Clydesdale had noticed an ongoing trend for the theft of quad bikes.

Police Scotland have tonight confirmed a 33-year-old man has been arrested and charged in connection with the death of 43-year-old Paul Halley in Carluke.

Police Scotland today closed off a number of roads and streets in Carluke as they continue their search for a weapon in the murder of Paul Halley.

A road traffic collision has left a young man with serious injuries.

Police officers based at Lanark are calling on the public for assistance with a recent spate of thefts.

Residents in Carluke were shocked to learn that the death of a man is being treated by police as a murder.

Most farms have a tractor - or two, but from the looks on the faces of the kids who were visiting Police Scotland’s model at last weekend’s Biggar Show, this was no ordinary farm tractor.

A visit to her mother’s grave in Lanark’s St Mary’s Cemetery left a woman upset, outraged - and mystified.

A South Lanarkshire Council employee is under investigation for stealing from the Carluke tip and flogging it on the internet!

This week’s local police crime call heard about speeders on the M74.

Police in Lanark are seeking your assistance with a number of reported cases from last week.

A Lanark artisan cheesemaker has been cleared by a court of causing the death of a three-year-old from an outbreak of E-coli food poisoning.

Police Scotland are currently investigating the body of a woman found near to Cartland Bridge, Lanark this morning.