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Rutherglen Primary Care Centre, the town's public health facility, [165] is located on flatter land south of Clincarthill backing on to Overtoun Park (where another hill forms to the west) and built around 1999 to replace the Rutherglen Health Centre, [166] which it itself had replaced the old clinic on Main Street that was bulldozed to allow construction of the Mill Street bypass road.
Oct 6, 2023 · In Rutherglen and Hamilton West, the party dealt with the national question by ignoring it as much as possible, focusing instead on concerns about the SNP's stewardship of Scottish public services ...
Oct 6, 2023 · Labour "blew the doors off" to take the Rutherglen and Hamilton West seat back from the SNP, leader Keir Starmer has said. Speaking at a victory rally, he said it was "the first step on a very ...
Apr 2, 2024 · As the biggest settlement in that part of Lanarkshire, Rutherglen grew as a market town, but the bridging of the Clyde at Glasgow stopped it from becoming a major port, though there was a Rutherglen Quay to service the small boats which came to the town. And as Glasgow grew, Rutherglen’s importance declined.
- Hamish Macpherson
Oct 6, 2023 · The winning candidate, Mr Shanks, said it was "the honour of my life to be elected to serve the people of Rutherglen and Hamilton West". He said his campaign offered a "fresh start", breaking away ...
Mar 26, 2024 · Rutherglen was probably a large village with an early strategic importance in the Clyde valley as the place where the tidal reach of the river reached its highest point. Coracles or even primitive sailing boats could move up and down the Clyde to and from Rutherglen, which was recognised as a township of sorts by the year 1126.
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Rutherglen. Rutherglen (pronounced: ruh-ther-glen) is a town in South Lanarkshire, Scotland. Rutherglen comes from the Gaelic An Ruadh Ghleann, meaning "the red valley". In 1975, it lost its own local council and administratively became a component of the City of Glasgow. In 1996 Rutherglen was reallocated to the South Lanarkshire council area.
