Almost 2000 cases of fly-tipping in South Lanarkshire during first five months of lockdown

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link.And the charity fear this delay will now be exacerbated as most local authorities and housing associations stopped allocating new accommodation during lockdown.Dr Marsha Scott, chief executive of Scottish Women’s Aid, said: “For women, children and young people experiencing domestic abuse, the pandemic has been particularly difficult and dangerous.“Our 36 local Women’s Aid groups have responded with a degree of speed, dedication and innovation that is to be commended - especially given that

link.He said: “The government’s plans don’t do nearly enough to help children, young people and families.“Waiting times for crucial mental health services were dire even before Covid, but despite the terrible impact of isolation, disruption and anxiety caused by the pandemic, there’s no new plan to ensure young people can get help and treatment.“Families have been further let down by ministers’ decision to delay the introduction of guaranteed childcare hours, leaving many parents simply unable

link.Mr Sneddon added that the councillor will be interviewed by NHS Scotland's Test and Protect service and any close contacts will be identified and asked to self-isolate for 14 days.A close contact is someone who has been within 2m of a person for at least 15 minutes.Council leader John Ross added: "I would also like to extend my best wishes to the individual."Most councillors did not physically attend the hybrid executive committee or full council meetings yesterday and instead joined

Get the stories that matter to you sent straight to your inbox with our daily newsletter.Another 47 positive coronavirus tests have been confirmed in Lanarkshire today.More than 330 cases have been confirmed in the past week, the highest weekly tally since the first cases were confirmed in the region on March 7.In the last week, 332 cases have been confirmed in Lanarkshire bringing the total number of positive Covid-19 tests in the area to 3699.To put that into perspective, in the whole of

link.“To give just one example of this work, the committee will hear about the fantastic progress being made, with the help of Scottish Government funding, to reduce the carbon footprint of our vehicles by the introduction of more electric vehicles.

Levenshulme, is on a skills and employability course at Manchester College. He returned to his studies on Monday (September 14) after the summer break.

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Oldham Royal Hospital were told to prepare for the worst. A week before the country was placed into lockdown, Redmond, 39, and Claire, 37, had an agonising decision to make.Redmond could stay living at home and risk bringing the virus home to his wife, who was five months pregnant, and their unborn child, or move out temporarily.

Get the stories that matter to you sent straight to your inbox with our daily newsletter.Five weeks of free special uplifts are being offered to South Lanarkshire residents as the service is resumed.From Monday, September 14, council workers will be out to tackle the backlog following the coronavirus lockdown.Residents can request an uplift on the council’s website from today (Friday, September 11) with up to two free uplifts available for each household over the first five week period which

cops in Moray last weekend.Police officers from Forres caught the male red handed when he was disposing of waste in Burgie Woods.After being stopped in his tracts, officers charged the male for committing the offence.Moray Police shared the incident on social media today in a bid to stop others from doing the same.The wrote: "Whilst on patrol this weekend, officers from Forres came across a a male disposing of waste at Burgie Wood. "The male was stopped, spoken to and charged.

Get the stories that matter to you sent straight to your inbox with our daily newsletter.A butterfly, which depends on oak trees for its survival, has been recorded in South Lanarkshire for the first time since 1845.The purple Hairstreak, a small butterfly with tell-tale purple colouring on their black upper wings, seems to be increasing in distribution.Mostly found in England and Wales, there has been a recent increase in sightings across parts of Scotland and the first recording to be made in

Ardwick say they have been responsible for cleaning up the alleyway for the last few years after waiting for Manchester Council to respond to reports of the fly-tipping.And they say they recently found bullets and a large knife when clearing up the rubbish recently.