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Police have launched an appeal for information following a fire at a bar in Motherwell. Fire crews were called to Bullfrog on Shields Road at around 3.45pm following reports that huge plumes of smoke could be seen billowing into the sky.

Police have launched a probe after £500,000 worth of tyres were stolen tyre yards in North Lanarkshire.

Police are appealing for information following the serious assault of a 29-year-old man in Lanark.

A man has been rushed to hospital with head injuries after a ‘targeted’ machete attack on a street in Lanark.

A woman was slashed after three people forced entry into her Lanarkshire home.

Cops are hunting the thief behind a knifepoint robbery in Carluke.

Get the stories that matter to you sent straight to your inbox with our daily newsletter.Police officers are asking for the public’s help after a black Seat Leon was deliberately set alight in a car park in Gair Crescent, Carluke, in the early hours of Saturday, October 17.At around 3.40am, three men, only described as being white and between 16 and 20 years of age, were seen at the car which was then set alight and subsequently seriously damaged.Detective Sergeant Jim Williamson, from Wishaw CID, said: “The motive for this has still to be established, however, from our enquiries so far, we believe that it is more of an opportunist crime as the youths seen on CCTV at the car gain access, rummage about and then set it alight rather than do

police investigation has been launched after a van was deliberately set on fire outside a property in Wishaw.The firebugs struck in the early hours of Saturday morning while the Ford Transit Van was parked outside a property in Earn Crescent, Pather.Three men dressed in dark clothing were seen standing at the van before it went up in flames and was left a burnt out wreck.The blaze, which took place at around 3.45am, thankfully did not spread to the nearby house which had a person inside.The fire-starters were seen running down a lane on Earn Crescent which leads to Linnhe Crescent.Investigators are now appealing for the public’s help to trace the three suspects.Detective Constable Graeme Stoddart, Wishaw CID, said: "Whilst we believe this

Wishaw last night before setting fire to two cars. Police say the homeowners of the property on Saffron Crescent, Netherton were left terrified after the alarming incident at around 11.30pm.

Cops are appealing for information after a man was assaulted in his home in Lanarkshire.

Detectives are continuing enquiries after a car was deliberately set on fire in Newmains.

A knife-wielding thug made off with a three-figure sum of cash during a terrifying robbery at a corner shop in Carluke.

hospital after being beaten with a metal weight by two thugs who broke into his house in a Scots town. The attack happened around midnight on Wednesday in the South Vennel area of Lanark.