Craig Smart: Last News

The man behind Freckfest charity has been honoured with a British Empire Medal for services to volunteering.

A former Team GB swimmer has “suddenly” died at the age of 43. Helen Smart, then known as Helen Don-Duncan, secured a bronze medal in the 1998 Commonwealth Games in Kuala Lumpur, and scooped silver medals at the World and European Championships.The athlete was a backstroke specialist but retired from the world of competitive swimming to become a headteacher. After representing Great Britain at the Sydney Olympic Games in 2000, she went on to become a respected and “beloved” headteacher at Worsley Mesnes Community Primary School on Clifton Street in Wigan, as reported by Daily Mail.

Oh yes it is – panto time is back in North Lanarkshire as the curtain goes up on this year’s festive performance.

iOS - Android Wizard of Oz welcomes a great cast of panto actors who have entertained audiences across the UK, including the return of comedy double act Jamie Lemetti and Alan Mirren along with Brooke Thomson and Liam Webster from Motherwell Theatre’s 2019 panto, Beauty and the Beast.Audiences can also expect lots of panto laughs with Stephen McLaughlin’s take on the Bad Witch.Craig Smart, Motherwell Concert Hall & Theatre venues manager, said: “We are thrilled to be able to return to the theatre this year for our annual pantomime.“Wizard of Oz is full of excitement and humour – one we know our audience will love!”Join Dorothy as she remembers there’s no place like home in this year’s magical Christmas panto.Tickets start from just £16 and

raped a woman in Perth and carried out an indecent act in front of another has been jailed for more than four years.Craig Smart, 36, targeted the women between January 2017 and September 2017 at a property in the city centre.The High Court in Edinburgh heard how Smart attacked his first victim - who cannot be named for legal reasons - on January 17 that year.A jury was told he pinned his victim, who is now aged 31, on a bed before raping her.