A COATBRIDGE Wetherspoon pub is one of four Scottish branches of the popular chain earmarked for closure.

The Vulcan, on Main Street, will shut as part of the UK wide shake-up from the company that will see 16 close across the UK.

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The Bourtree in Hawick, The Cross Keys in Peebles and Alexander Bain in Wick are also set to be axed. 

It is understood the bars will continue to trade until a buyer has been found - but it is not yet known what will happen to the establishments if they cannot be sold.

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Chairman Tim Martin said: "As previously indicated, costs in the second half of the year will be higher than those of the same period last year.

"The company anticipates an unchanged trading outcome for the current financial year."

In full: The 16 pubs set to close across the UK 

Queens Hotel - Newport

Brun Lea - Burnley

Friar Penketh - Warrington

Bourtree, Hawick

The Cross Keys, Peebles

Chapel an Gansblydhen, Cornwall

St George's Hall, Bristol

Isaac Merritt, Devon

Dee Hotel, Merseyside

Last Plantagenet, Leicester

Rhinoceros, Rotherham

Alexander Bain, Wick

Pennsylvanian, Rickmansworth

Time Piece, Dewsbury

Butler's Bell, Stafford

Vulcan, Coatbridge

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