Council restart electrical safety testing in homes of Wishaw tenants

care homes.Professor Jason Leitch was speaking on a live radio interview today about the rising number of positive tests for coronavirus north of the border and the potential impact on the social care sector.Appearing on BBC Good Morning Scotland, the national clinical director was asked if he was concerned by the situation in Scotland's care homes."Concerned in the sense I want to protect them as much as I can from this virus," he said."We've learned both in Scotland and around the world, the

Lanarkshire, additional restrictions have been placed on residents.

West Dunbartonshire is worst in Scotland for Covid casesIn total, 52,132 days were lost across the council - which chiefs say equates to around £6.75m in lost productivity.Minor illness was the top reason for absence followed by acute medical conditions and personal stress.

Get the stories that matter to you sent straight to your inbox with our daily newsletter.Christmas lights will be going up across South Lanarkshire this year but there won’t be any official switch-on.With restrictions on mass gatherings expected to be in place for the foreseeable future, South Lanarkshire Council have taken the decision not to organise the annual switch-ons for 2020.The uncertainty around the type of events that could be held in November and the significant risk that tighter

Susan Aitken took to social media to state that she was following guidelines when out with three colleagues in the city last Friday night, despite it 'appearing' that she was not. Scottish Government guidelines demand groups meeting in bars and restaurants do not include members of more than three households.

Sunday Mail show the SNP’s Susan Aitken enjoying drinks at a pub with three colleagues on Friday night.

Get the stories that interest you straight to your inbox every day with our personalised newsletterNorth Ayrshire Council is facing a significant gap in its funding following the Covid-19 pandemic.The net financial impact of the pandemic lockdown on the Council is currently expected to be approximately £15.475m for the financial year 2020/21.The pandemic has had a major impact on public services across the UK and further afield and the Council has been monitoring its financial position to help

Aberdeen council leader claimed Glasgow escaped a harsher lockdown because it is a "Yes city". Tory Douglas Lumsden suggested it all came down to independence and central belt bias in an angry backlash on social media after Nicola Sturgeon imposed restrictions on the city.

Glasgow has tested positive for Covid-19. The airline confirmed the coronavirus case onboard its Zante to Glasgow flight on August 23.

Covid-19 since Scotland's schools re-opened earlier this month. Education Secretary John Swinney announced the latest figures on September 1.

Ayrshire and Arran.A total of 46 cases have been reported in the past week.

coronavirus in Scotland were registered since yesterday.The Government confirmed the total number of positive cases now stands at 20,632.There have been no new deaths meaning the total number of deaths since the start of the pandemic in Scotland remains at 2,494.A total of 264 people are currently being treated in hospital with six people in intensive care.It follows yesterday's announcement by Nicola Sturgeon that an incident management team is dealing with a cluster of cases in the Ayrshire

has written an open letter for parents with answers about when children need to be tested for coronavirus. He said that it is common for colds and similar viral infections to circulate in schools after a long break.

NHS Lanarkshire and NHS Tayside have ruled out indoor visiting. Meanwhile many care homes have missed the deadline for setting out their proposals for meetings inside which had been set by the Scottish Government for Monday, August 24.

Get the stories that matter to you sent straight to your inbox with our personalised newsletter.COUNCIL tenants in Monklands and surrounding areas are receiving letters from the local authority as it recommences electrical safety testing in homes.The appointment letters are going out to more than 7000 tenants across North Lanarkshire now due their five-yearly safety checks.Following the Scottish Government’s Phase Three announcement, North Lanarkshire Council s expanding the range of repair and

IndyRef march organiser who defied Glasgow City Council safety concerns and refused to change the start time of the event has been jailed for 72 days. Mandeep Singh, 41, of All Under One Banner, also failed to apply to have streets closed during the demo on May 4 last year.

Get the stories that matter to you sent straight to your inbox with our personalised newsletter.North Lanarkshire Trade Union Council (NLTUC) has hit out over “serious concerns” workers have about non-compliance with Scottish Government guidelines on Covid-19.In a lengthy statement the organisation say it felt compelled to express concerns about adherence to, and enforcement of, guidelines to control the spread of coronavirus.The trade union council has also written to both North Lanarkshire

Get the stories that matter to you sent straight to your inbox with our personalised newsletter.South Lanarkshire Council have slammed the 'animal' behaviour of visitors who dump human waste in rural areas.The local authority hit out at increasing litter problems around countryside lay-bys – including human waste.Posting on their South Lanarkshire Facebook page they wrote: “We are getting reports about increasing litter in and around lay-bys in rural areas.“This includes human waste, which is

nurse fears she won’t get a mortgage after being hit with nearly £700 of parking tickets.Vicky McGuire - who was ticketed while working at a coronavirus testing facility in Dyce, Aberdeen -  was reassured by contractors that they’d be waived.She has spent her weekends during the pandemic carrying out vital tests on offshore workers at the oil and gas firm Aker Solutions, in addition to her job at Ninewells Hospital in Dundee.However, despite filling out the appropriate paperwork before she