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A district nurse from Overtown is the latest recipient of the Wishaw Press’ Say it with Flowers award.

A new outdoor gym has opened in the grounds of a Wishaw park.

Lanarkshire mums fighting to prevent the downgrade of the neonatal unit at University Hospital Wishaw where their premature babies were cared for are ramping up support for their campaign.

A Wishaw photographer captured images for posterity of a soon to be demolished tower block in the town showing the last few remaining residents’ homes lit up on Hogmanay.

Mums campaigning to retain the neonatal intensive care unit at University Hospital Wishaw took their fight to the Scottish Parliament.

The players of Wishaw Wycombe Wanderers FC are sporting brand new kits and it’s thanks to the American owners of their professional namesakes.

A planning application to build 401 new homes at Overtown has been given the green light by councillors.

A fit and active dad-of-four who suffered a heart attack has praised the fantastic NHS Lanarkshire staff for the “phenomenal” care he was provided.

A sister and a son, who have each experienced the deep and overwhelming heartache of losing a loved one to cancer, have hailed the launch of a new bereavement support service as a lifeline.

Plans for a major housing development in Overtown are set to be given the go ahead.

Friends and relatives of a young Lanarkshire woman who lost her life to a rare form of cancer at the age of 23 are taking to the dance floor with ballroom world legends in the first Strictly fundraiser of its kind in Scotland.

Motorists in a Lanarkshire village will have to contend with roadworks for two whole months.

An Overtown couple have issued an emotional plea to help find their car after it was stolen from outside their house last night.

A Scottish bus driver was forced to steer their vehicle off of the road after a "technical malfunction" affected its ability to run earlier on Sunday.

Lisa Thompson, a home economics teacher at Clyde Valley High School, was nominated as this week's Say It With Flowers recipient by Michelle Williams and members of the school’s parent group, for her tireless work and dedication to the school and wider community.

A fundraiser has been set up in a bid to help a community group replace thousands of pounds worth of stolen bikes.

A Wishaw-born musician who is a superstar in his adopted home of Canada has spoken to Lanarkshire Live about his incredible musical journey.

iOS - Android Martin's dad, Raymond, has been supportive of the new hobby his son has taken up.He told Lanarkshire Live: "He has been truck spotting for about a year and regularly visits truck yards and spots trucks on the A71 and M74."Locally he has visited Stewart Nicholls in Shotts and Richard Murray Recovery in Overtown."He enjoys visiting the truck yards and they treat him really well. Sometimes they use his photos and videos and they'll give him some merchandise with the company's logo on it."Some of his videos on Tik Tok have gotten really popular and have received nearly 20,000 views."Recently, Martin visited an Oversized truck movement from Lanarkshire Welding.

link!When there is fewer than three cases in a neighbourhood, the statistic is displayed on the Public Health Scotland dashboard as 0 to 2, to help protect patient confidentiality.Pather recorded fewer than three from a population of 3963. Coltness also had fewer than three from 3809 people living in the designated area.

roads were never built for the intensity of traffic and [there is] pressure on our natural environment.” Council officers deemed that while the proposed site did fall within an area designated as a Community Growth Area (CGA) in the adopted local plan, the proposal did not form part of a comprehensive plan for the development of the CGA as required by the relevant policy and supplementary planning guidance.The proposed site lies within a Green Belt area and officers didn’t consider it a satisfactory extension to Overtown village due to the barrier formed by the railway line and the site’s limited access to public transport.Don't miss a thing from your area - sign up for the new Lanarkshire newsletter!From the latest breaking news to the

Rapper Sean "Diddy" Combs provided some coronavirus relief in a Miami neighborhood on Tuesday, handing out $50 bills amid a crowd of hundreds. He was joined by his children at the event set up to help Overtown neighborhood residents facing economic hardship during the pandemic.