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A sCoatbridge choolboy was robbed at knifepoint in a shocking incident on Friday afternoon.

Police in Motherwell are appealing for the public's help after a number of wheelie bin thefts, wilful fireraisings and fly-tipping incidents..

A busy route in Airdrie will be closed to traffic for five days later this month while installation and surfacing of traffic islands takes place.

iOS - Android A judge told Caulfield at the High Court in Edinburgh: "Addiction to Class A drugs is a terrible problem in our society."Lord Richardson said there was no doubt that the supply operation of which Caulfield was a part was "very significant".The judge told him that only a prison sentence was appropriate and that he would have faced a seven year sentence if he was convicted of the offence following a trial.Caulfield, formerly of Broomfield Road, Larkhall, in South Lanarkshire, had earlier admitted being concerned in the supply of cocaine on the day he was stopped by police.Defence counsel John Scullion QC said that at the time of the offence Caulfield had his own difficulties with drug misuse.He owed money and became involved in

iOS - Android A judge told Cunningham at the High Court in Edinburgh: "Your criminal conduct was both opportunistic and predatory in its nature."Lord Arthurson pointed out that the victim was aged 14 at the time and was in a "vulnerable state" when Cunningham met her.The judge said the crime was "appalling and callous" and its grave nature merited a substantial custodial sentence.Cunningham, formerly of Douglas Street, Carluke, had earlier denied the rape but was found guilty after a trial.The court heard that he had told the girl they would light up cigarettes up "the hill" and she had gone with him.But Cunningham attacked her, carried out a sex act on her and raped her.Afterwards he fled from the scene and the girl went home and told her