20 YEARS AGO

A pupil at awishaw school was caught red-handed selling aspirin tablets to pupils after telling them they were lethal drug Ecstasy.

Lecturers at Motherwell College came out on strike over new discipline and grievance procedures implemented by college management.

Wishaw Police seized drugs with a street value of £10,000 during an early morning vehicle spot check. Officers randomly pulled over a Ford Sierra in Overtown Road and discovered the huge haul of heroin.

North Lanarkshire Council promised to investigate flooding on a school route in Newmains after reports children were sitting in class with soaking feet.

Hundreds of people joined war veterans at Remembrance Day parades across North Lanarkshire.

Motherwell manager Billy Davies had not given up hope of signing goalkeeper Andy Goram.