Crime

A bizarre ‘smash-and-grab’ raid was made in the centre of Forth in the early hours of Friday morning.

Police are appealing for witnesses to an early morning attack on a teenager just yards from their Lanark base.

Local opposition politicians have been quick to blame the Scottish Government for the first increase in Clydesdale’s crime figures for a decade.

A convicted rapist from Lanark who continued his campaign of violence in the Scottish prison system has been told he will stay behind bars until he ceases to be a danger to others.

Police Scotland based in Lanark have issued their weekly crime call roundup and have asked that anyone with information on these alleged crimes come forward.

The Scottish SPCA is appealing for information after 18 rats were cruelly dumped in Lanark on Monday (September 18).

Police are seeking more information on the recent attempted mugging of a woman in Carluke.

A five-year initiative launching in South Lanarkshire this year to help young people avoid being drawn into a criminal life could have an impact far beyond the county’s borders.

It has claimed that the Scottish Child Abuse Inquiry legal bill being run up by the order of nuns who ran the former Smyllum Orphanage in Lanark could be around £400,000.

At around 10.50am on Sunday there was a collision between a car and an HGV on the M74 near Cairn Lodge Services.

A mental health nurse who worked at Lanark Health Centre from May, 2013 to April, 2015 has been struck off the nursing register for sending “inappropriate” late-night texts and social media messages during his time there.

The family of a man murdered in Braehead 12 years ago have expressed anger at the early release of his killer.

In yet another twist to this distressing case, police have announced a further arrest in addition to the twelve people - including two elderly nuns - who were arrested last week in connection with historical claims of child abuse at Lanark’s former Smyllum Orphanage.

Police Scotland’s new Chief Constable started his first day in the role by speaking to the force’s newest recruits.

Police Scotland have announced that a body found in Wishaw is that of Thomas Forrest (63) from Crawford.

A Lanark cheesemaker has said that a South Lanarkshire Council decision to refuse to release cheese which is safe for human consumption is nothing other than malicious, and is being directed by the government agency, Food Standards Scotland (FSS).

Police Scotland have just announced that A 54-year-old man has died following a road crash on the M74 near to Crawford.

Officers are appealing for the assistance of the public in trying to locate a 63 year-old man missing since Sunday, August 19.

A former company director of a Lanark business, has been found guilty at Perth Sheriff Court.