Virgin now has about 2, 000 staff in Scotland, split between Bellshill, Edinburgh and Glenrothes.

BBC: Virgin Media to create 60 jobs in Bellshill

Stores will also close in Perth, Fort William, Nairn, Bellshill, Alloa, Bathgate, Kirkintilloch, Stirling, Lanark, Bonnyrigg, two in Dunfermline, and eight in Edinburgh.

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The court heard that Smith, from Bellshill, also pleaded guilty to attempting to defeat the ends of justice by concealing the body.

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The new roles will be in addition to the 750 staff who are already employed at Virgin Media's call centre in Bellshill.

BBC: Virgin Media to create 60 jobs in Bellshill

Michael McMahon (Hamilton North and Bellshill, Lab) asked whether he was aware that some police officers had asked for more powers to tackle anti-social behaviour.

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The centre at Bellshill also hosts Virgin Media Business, which offers telecom services to small to large businesses, as well as to the public sector.

BBC: Virgin Media to create 60 jobs in Bellshill

Bellshill-based Lamellar said it was working with the Vision Sciences Unit at Glasgow Caledonian University and the Beatson West of Scotland Cancer Centre in its development programme.

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"The public sector provides education, excellent services from the police, and infrastructure for providing new jobs - and, my heavens, we will need them after this Budget, " the MP for Coatbridge, Chryston and Bellshill declared.

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The amendment, by Michael McMahon, Labour MSP for Hamilton North and Bellshill, would have put a clause in the Ethical Standards of Public Life (Scotland) Bill acknowledging the importance of marriage in raising children, while also acknowledging the need to avoid stigmatising children from "alternative family units".

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