Police are continuing with an extensive investigation into the robbery and attempted murder of a taxi driver.

The 60-year-old was driving her dark grey Peugeot private hire car, which has a logo on both sides, in Lanark on Saturday 11 February.

She picked up a man on Hyndford Road around 10pm and then collected his friend in Hope Street, opposite Lanark Fire Station.

As they drove towards West Calder the first man threatened her with a knife and told her to pull over.

She stopped the taxi on the A704 at the junction for Pateshill Water Treatment Works, near to the A71 (West Calder Junction).

She was then dragged from the car by the man and restrained until she fell unconscious.

When she awoke, the men were gone and her jewellery was missing.

The woman received medical treatment, but did not require hospitalisation.

Both men are described as having Eastern European accents, being of slim build and around 6ft tall.

The first man was wearing a black hooded top, dark-coloured trousers and wearing dark gloves.

The second man is described as wearing an army-style khaki hoodie with the hood up.

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John graduated from Telford College in 2010 with an HNC in Practical Journalism and since then he worked for the North Edinburgh News, The Southern Reporter, the Irish News Review and The Edinburgh Reporter. In addition he has been published in the Edinburgh Evening News and the Hibernian FC Programme.