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• Good News! FACT - Coatbridge is NOT the fattest town - the media misread the information distributed by CACI and got their facts WRONG.  It started with the Sunday Times and I assume all the others copied the incorrect story.  The media read only one part of the facts and got it wrong.  They all quote that CACI carried out some 16million interviews but in reality there was only 15,000 interviews throughout the UK!  Some facts on BMI 

• "Coatbridge labelled the fattest town in Scotland Coatbridge has been named Britain's fattest town after a report showed more than one-fifth of its residents are obese. The North Lanarkshire town topped the ...""

• War hero saves man stabbed in works van
  Glasgow Evening Times - Glasgow,Scotland,UK
  He managed to drive to Coatbridge, stopping near the Red Bridge Bar, where Alan rushed to his aid. Alan, of Alexander Street, Coatbridge, today shrugged off ...
• Window into industrial past reopens after a £10.5m revamp at ...
  The Herald - Glasgow,Scotland,UK
  Built on the site of the former Summerlee ironworks in Coatbridge, it showcases the industrial history of Scotland, with particular emphasis on Lanarkshire. ...

  A Delicate Balance
  By Radio Heartbeat -..the hard work and drive of General Manager Irene Dick and fundraiser Mitchell Gibb who work hard to raise the cash which runs the station and keeps the patients in Monklands Hospital with good in-house free programming. ...

  Green light for traffic measures
  Glasgow Evening Times -Traffic lights are being introduced at Shawhead Roundabout on the outskirts of Coatbridge on the A725. The roundabout, which is near to the Strathclyde ...

• Glasgow Daily Record -On Wednesday, I was at Asda in Coatbridge and took a taxi home because it was raining heavily. Unfortunately, I left my bag, containing my pension which I ...
  Don't be a dirty rat - How about returning her bag NOW!

• Dear Isa..we've Taken You Off House Waiting List Because You Are Dead...Glasgow Sunday Mail - UK The letter was the fourth sent to Isa, of Coatbridge, by North Lanarkshire Council since they were told of the 70-year-old's death. ...

• New £10m Summerlee museum brings mining relic back to life
  Glasgow Evening Times - Glasgow,Scotland,UK
  Built in the 1920s by Murray & Patterson -a Coatbridge firm, it powered the shaft lifts that carried miners up and down to the coal face. Now, after more than a year being ...

• Health chiefs under pressure to rethink A&E centralisation plans
  stv.tv, UK - Two of Scotland's leading medical professors have stepped into the debate on centralising Accident and Emergency units. They claim that health boards could ...

• What the A&E scrutiny panel said BBC News - UK
  Its two reports were strongly critical of the proposals to remove consultant-led A&E services from Ayr and Monklands hospitals. ...