10 YEARS AGO

Terrified Whitlawburn residents had to be led to safety by firefighters as poisonous fumes engulfed their homes after a blaze started in the cellar of a block of flats.

A man suffered first degree burns to his face after a group of youths attacked him with a firework in a sickening assault.

Springhall residents hit out at South Lanarkshire Council for chopping down trees to make a pathway to Loch and St Anthony’s Primary schools.

Motorists in Rutherglen and Cambuslang were warned they could fall foul of the so-called Blue Meanies, after a new squad of parking attendants was set to hit the streets.

Two national supermarket chains were set to present their cases for building new stores.