20 YEARS AGO

An early morning attack on a Fernhill mum and her two-yearold child sparked a massive police hunt for a teenage boy believed to live locally.

South Lanarkshire Council was set for a massive shake-up that would see 17 directors being whittled down to just seven.

A small community business employing local people throughout Cambuslang and Halfway had been forced to shut down because South Lanarkshire Council had refused to give it the financial and practical assistance it required.

A Spittal shopkeeper who sexually harassed a teenager was sentenced to 80 hours of community service.

The green light was given to a new taxi office in Cambuslang.