Wishaw

Wishaw is a town in North Lanarkshire, Scotland. It is located in the Clyde Valley, 15 miles south-east of Glasgow. It had a population of 28,565 in the 2001 census.

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The main areas of Wishaw are: Cambusnethan, Coltness (East & West), Craigneuk, Gowkthrapple, Greenhead, Netherton, Pather and Waterloo. There are two adjoining villages: Overtown and Newmains.

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Wishaw has long lived in the shadow if its bigger and better known neighbour, Motherwell, with which it formed the joint "Burgh of Motherwell and Wishaw" until its dissolution when Scottish local authorities were restructured in 1975. The Motherwell and Wishaw constituency is represented in the UK Parliament by Frank Roy MP. In the Scottish Parliament the constituency is represented by current First Minister Jack McConnell.

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In November 1996, the world's worst recorded outbreak of E.coli 0157 occurred in the town, in which 20 people died and around 200 were infected.http://www.guardian.co.uk/food/Story/0,2763,208811,00.html

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North Lanarkshire: North Lanarkshire (Siorrachd Lannraig a Tuath in Gaelic) is one of 32 unitary council regions in Scotland. It borders onto City of Glasgow, Falkirk, East Dunbartonshire and South Lanarkshire. The council covers parts of the traditional counties of Lanarkshire, Dunbartonshire, and Stirlingshire....

Scotland: :For other uses, see Scotland (disambiguation). See also British Isles (terminology)....

Clyde Valley: redirectRiver Clyde...