Strathclyde County, Scotland News

North Lanarkshire, along with 7 other Scottish councils, must thrash out which recommendations to pursue Exclusive: Gerry Braiden Published on 23 Nov 2009 The most radical proposals to shake up Scottish local democracy in a generation are revealed today, including plans to merge health and social care for a third of the countrya s population.

Former First Minister Jack McConnell has confirmed he would stand for the Scottish Parliament again at the next election.

A CHEF has become the first person in Britain jailed for threatening his ex on Bebo.

SCOTLAND'S most dangerous drug gang is terrorising the underworld with a series of savage kidnappings.

A Hallowe'en event drummed up a lot of interest at Biggar's Gillespie Centre. A fantastic turnout of 30 people a ' wearing vampire, ghost and mummy costumes a ' turned out to play at a drum circle organised by Phil Grant.

Three teenagers have been injured following a road crash in Kilbirnie in Ayrshire on Friday night.

PLANS for a statue of Jock Stein in his home town are being considered by council chiefs.

THE number of vacant properties in Scotland has soared to a four-year high. More than 103,000 homes are lying empty a ' 4.2 per cent of the country's total.

Three months after the release of Abdelbaset al-Megrahi, American families of victims question medical advice Lockerbie bomber Abdelbaset Ali al-Megrahi is taken from Greenock prison to Glasgow airport.

A Rangers fan has admitted assaulting a police officer during rioting which broke out in Manchester after the 2008 Uefa Cup Final.

Nov 20 2009 by Stuart Wilson, Ayrshire Post RAIL passengers in Ayrshire are on the end of a raw deal.

Highland Spring has agreed to buy the bottled water division of Dublin-based Greencore Group plc for 17.5 m. The move will establish the Scottish company as the largest bottled water supplier in the UK.

A memorial statue to the victims of Scotland's worst mining disaster has been stolen.

A GRANDFATHER was facing a life sentence today after murdering a teenage neighbour in an attack with a golf club.

FOUR members of a family from hell were caged for a minimum of 41 years yesterday for murdering a neighbour and turning his son into a human fireball.

Martin Wishart at Loch Lomond: a Scottish line-up with class and vision, but why so many imports? Martin Wishart at Loch Lomond Photo: CHRIS WATT First, an apology.

The diagnosis of lung cancer in two patients was delayed at a hospital in Scotland, a review of X-rays has found.

Plans to increase the Scottish parliament's remit in doubt after Queen makes only fleeting reference to the proposals Alex Salmond will make devolution a key battleground in the general election.

A PENSIONER has won nearly 4000 compensation after he was injured when he hit a mattress as he drove on a motorway.

PHOTOGRAPHS of charred and smoke-blackened corridors in a nursing home where 14 residents died were shown to an inquiry today.