HMP Shotts in Lanarkshire is set to be one of the first prison services in Scotland to become dementia friendly by the end of the year. Did you know with a Digital Subscription to The Scotsman, you ...

Shotts boss John McKeown says the West of Scotland League should care more about player welfare after his side picked up a host of injuries in ‘seven days of madness.’ The Bonny have been playing ...

Boss John McKeown has branded the West of Scotland League a "shambles" after Shotts pulled out of the set-up. With cash concerns without fans and the use of the social club at Hannah Park growing ...

SHOTTS boss Tony McInally will literally have his head in the clouds as his side take on Largs Thistle in the Emirates Scottish Cup semi-final first leg clash at Hannah Park on Sunday. Instead of ...

SCOTLAND'S youngest female prison governor will take up a post at one of the country's toughest jails next month. The appointment yesterday of 38-year-old Audrey Park to Shotts prison in Lanarkshire ...

The officers and NHS staff who organise a pioneering Lanarkshire support group for older prisoners to help them prepare for life on the outside have won Age Scotland’s Inspiration Award. The HMP ...

A murder inquiry has been launched into the death of a man in North Lanarkshire. John Cairns, 24, was found seriously injured at a property in Shiel Gardens, Shotts, at around 8.20am on Thursday.

THE “zombie drug” spice is believed to have claimed its first death in Scotland. A 46-year-old inmate at high-security Shotts Prison, North Lanarkshire, said he’d tried the synthetic cannabis drug for ...

bus might be easier. Mentioning Shotts is like saying ''mince''. Strangers smile for no reason. Shotts seems funny. Little about its story is a laugh. Shotts had it hard. Mining coal was no joke ...

Voters in Airdrie and Shotts are set to go to the polls for the second time in a week, this time to choose their local MP. A Westminster by-election - triggered by the resignation of MP Neil Gray, who ...

New SNP MP Anum Qaisar-Javed has vowed to “fight for independence” after her party emerged victorious in the Airdrie and Shotts by-election. The 28-year-old is Scotland’s second ever Muslim MP and has ...