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 ...

Airdrie & Shotts MSP Neil Gray has welcomed the announcement of £1.8 million in funding support for arts and cultural festivals across Scotland. The politician says this will help to "put the ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Anum Qaisar-Javed pays tribute to her pupils and says she hopes her win can inspire others The SNP has held one of its Westminster seats in a by-election after seeing off a challenge from Labour. Anum ...