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Serial offender jailed for stabbing a father to death outside nightclub
A serial offender who stabbed a father to death following a bust-up outside a North Lanarkshire nightclub has been jailed for at least 18-and-a-half years. Brandon McLachlan, 22, murdered Jamie Lucas, 33, just days before Christmas last year. A court heard there had earlier been a brief altercation between the pair in Airdrie's Stirling Street, but Mr Lucas walked away from the scuffle and returne...
Six people in hospital after huge fire at industrial estate
Six men have been treated in hospital after a huge fire broke out on an industrial estate in North Lanarkshire, Police Scotland has said. The men are aged between 20 and 66 and none of their injuries are described as being life-threatening. When fire crews arrived, a single-storey building on the Blairlinn industrial estate in Cumbernauld was "well alight" and black smoke was pouring from the unit...
Appeal to piece together man's final movements as police investigate 'suspicious' death
Detectives investigating the "suspicious" death of a man in North Lanarkshire are appealing for information as they continue to piece together his final movements. Police Scotland said officers were called to Maxton Crescent in Wishaw at about 2.10pm last Thursday following the death of James McMaster, 53. A post-mortem examination was carried out, with the force subsequently treating the death as...
Arrest made after six people rescued by firefighters during tower block blaze
Six people were rescued by firefighters after a blaze ripped through a top floor flat at a tower block in North Lanarkshire - with a 17-year-old man arrested in connection with the incident. The Scottish Fire and Rescue Service (SFRS) mobilised 14 appliances - including specialist and height vehicles - to Coatbridge's High Coats multi-storey in Coats Street at around 1.30pm on Monday. The SFRS sai...