Council perform u-turn on bid to introduce parking charges in North Lanarkshire

The death of a North Carolina teenager on Tuesday has led police to investigate whether she may have been the victim of human trafficking. The Greenville Police Department said officers responded to a report of an apparent overdose at the Baymont Inn. First responders were unable to save the victim, a 16-year-old girl, police said.

local authority can buy “off-the-shelf” properties which will then be used for rental, sought proposals in five areas including Monklands this summer and has to date led to “a number being considered with potential to deliver over 300 homes”.

Get the stories that matter to you sent straight to your inbox with our daily newsletter.The amount of council housing in North Lanarkshire is to more than double in the next 15 years.During a meeting held earlier this month, councillors agreed to expand their current housebuilding target from 2150 new homes by 2027 to 5000 by 2035.This will mean a capital investment of £306 million, almost half of which will be used to make all local authority housing more environmentally friendly and energy

A MOTION calling for more than 200 additional teachers in North Lanarkshire schools has been passed.The plan, proposed by the Conservative group, would see 208 extra teachers in schools across the local authority area and was passed by 37 councillors with an SNP amendment being defeated.The motion also called on councillors to agree that a letter would be sent from the local authority to the SNP Education Secretary John Swinney to state North Lanarkshire Council’s support for this policy and

nine local decision-making groups – including one each for Airdrie and Coatbridge, plus a Northern Corridor board covering areas including Glenboig and Chryston – will be able to look at the issue of lighting for 2021 using participatory budgeting powers which allocate spending to projects identified by local residents.

described as “distressing” by depute council leader Paul Kelly, when a lack of organised public displays due to coronavirus restrictions meant many more individual fireworks were set off in neighbourhoods around Monklands and across the authority area – with two houses in Motherwell being set ablaze.

A WAR of words has broken out between North Lanarkshire’s Labour and SNP groups over what council leader Jim Logue has labelled the worst scenes he has seen “in over 40 years of elected politics”.The row stems from a council meeting held on Thursday where Labour claim SNP representatives showed “blatant disrespect for the public” and played music during other councillors’ contributions, while also accusing one member of “swearing during the proceedings”.But SNP group leader Tom Johnston hit

The body of a 26-year-old North Carolina mother who went missing last month has been found days after her boyfriend was charged with her murder, according to reports. Emily Montgomery was last seen at her home in Apex on Nov.

MINNEAPOLIS — A North Carolina man and self-described member of an anti-government extremist group who authorities say traveled to Minnesota during protests after the death of George Floyd pleaded guilty Wednesday to a terrorism charge. Benjamin Ryan Teeter, 22, of Hampstead, N.C., pleaded guilty Wednesday to one count of conspiracy to provide material support to a foreign terrorist organization.

A NEW engagement and participation strategy has been unveiled to encourage greater public input in Health & Social Care North Lanarkshire’s (HSCNL) services.Approved by North Lanarkshire Integration Joint Board (IJB) earlier this month, the new initiative for 2021-24 describes how the partnership will help the Monklands public to have a greater say in services.The bespoke strategy has been developed specifically to ensure the right systems and supports are in place to ensure people and groups

Get the stories that matter to you sent straight to your inbox with our daily newsletter.NORTH Lanarkshire Council will hold a special meeting of its planning committee next Monday, December 21, to determine proposals from supermarket retailer Lidl for a new store in Airdrie.The application has been recommended for approval, subject to conditions.Lidl are proposing a store on the Burn Stewart Distillery on Carlisle Road which would create up to 40 jobs and “improve the choice available to

missing Scots dad has sparked a re-appeal from police probing his disappearance. We told how Graham Hilton Brady was last seen by his family on the evening of Tuesday, December 1 at his home in Carluke, South Lanarkshire.

Get the stories that matter to you sent straight to your inbox with our daily newsletter.Wishaw business owners and town centre residents have spoken of their delight as car parking charges were consigned to the scrapheap.The charges, which sparked a furious backlash from residents across North Lanarkshire, will not be introduced for at least two years after opposition councillors united to defeat the Labour administration by 14 votes to nine at the council’s Policy and Resources

eight town hubs across North Lanarkshire, incorporating schools alongside community facilities such as leisure and retail.

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Get the stories that interest you straight to your inbox every day with our personalised newsletterThere will be free parking in Ayr in the run-up to Christmas.South Ayrshire Council has stopped the pay and display charges in the town for the whole of December. Motorists can leave their vehicles for free in all street bays and council run car parks including Barns Crescent, Charlotte Street and Kyle Street. It will make life easier for shoppers if First Minister Nicola Sturgeon allows non

BTS performed ‘Life Goes On’ with a hologram version of member Suga earlier today (December 6).The Korean band gave a three-song performance at the Mnet Asian Music Awards (MAMA) 2020, where they also took home eight awards.During latest single ‘Life Goes On’, the last song of the set, a hologram of rapper Suga  joined his six bandmates.

Click here for more news from the Airdrie and Coatbridge AdvertiserNicola Sturgeon added at First Minister’s Questions: “We considered very carefully the issue of school hoidays; the advice reflects that this is a difficult decision, but the balanced judgment is that the risk of transmission in schools is not sufficient to outweight the risk to chldren’s education of being out of school for longer periods of time.”Councils will be asked to have arrangements in place to minimise the risk of