20 YEARS AGO

South Lanarkshire Council said they would be re-opening the district courthouse in Rutherglen.

Over 70 Cambuslang residents protested outside the Post Office Counter Ltd’s Glasgow office against the closure of the town’s main branch.

Detectives were hunting an armed robber who burst into a petrol station on Cambuslang’s Bridge Street and stole a substantial amount of money.

A Cambuslang man was sacked from his job as a member of a surveying team for letting his workmate do the toilet in a manhole.

Residents of Rutherglen’s Duchess Road were furious after a snack bar’s licence was renewed despite pleas to move it nearer the industrial estate.