Covid-19 outbreak identified at North Lanarkshire Council building in Motherwell

Get the stories that matter to you sent straight to your inbox with our daily newsletter.Health and social care staff have been praised for their willingness to embrace change as they continue to deliver vital services in North Lanarkshire.Staff have had to alter the way they work due to the “enormous impact” of the Covid-19 pandemic, and embrace new technologies.North Lanarkshire’s Integration Joint Board (IJB) has also been updated on the intention to renew focus on the ambitions set out in

Get the stories that matter to you sent straight to your inbox with our daily newsletter.MORE than 23,000 free sanitary products have been distributed across North Lanarkshire since the start of a council scheme aimed at tackling period poverty.Women who menstruate will now have greater access to the products as these are made available in community outlets, schools and community hubs, early learning and childcare centres and health board establishments across the region.In addition, an

Click here for more news from the Airdrie and Coatbridge Advertiser“People are worried they will permanently lose their local centres, so we need answers to these key questions and openness about the challenges of Covid-19 for recovery of culture and leisure services.”Councillor Linden has written to Culture and Leisure NL on three occasions in the past asking about facilities in his ward and more generally across North Lanarkshire, but says the only response has been that plans will go to a

said he felt “safer” when he was reporting from North Korea than he does at the White House now.CNN’s Jim Acosta pointed out that when McEnany spoke to journalists Sunday, she wasn’t wearing a mask.Kaitlan Collins, who also covers the White House for CNN, tweeted that her network had confirmed Monday that two of McEnany’s deputies in the press department had also tested positive.

link.She added that further “funding for 2020-21 for 30 to 35 small vans” had been accepted which will mean “34 per cent of the fleet will be electric”.That grant of £337,000 includes £90,000 to install nine new charging points across the council’s estate.Councillor Joe Fagan (East Kilbride Central North), leader of the Labour group, praised the council for “its good record when it comes to electric vehicles”.However, he compared the choice between electric and hydrogen power with the choice

link.“Emissions from fuel used within our fleet has continued to reduce.

was about recruitment statistics for the council – an issue, along with the online abuse, that almost drove Mo to quit because he was “fed up” with the lack of change. Mo added: “What happens with an ethnic minority councillor or politician is that you are put up to a higher standard.“Anything at all gets put in and you get slaughtered.

Get the stories that matter to you sent straight to your inbox with our daily newsletter.Fresh covid cases have been identified at a virus-hit Paisley primary.A small group of staff and children at St James’ Primary School have tested positive for the virus and public health officials are continuing to investigate the possibility they caught the virus at school.Renfrewshire Council confirmed this afternoon that more cases had been identified at the campus after a member of the school community

the new £3.40 weekly cost is “putting elderly and vulnerable folk at risk”, and vowed to “continue to work with SNP councillors to try to get it overturned”.

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

link.“Our priority will always be the safety and wellbeing of our loyal and valued customers and staff. We thank you for your patience and look forward to welcoming you back on Tuesday, September 22, at 11am.

Get the stories that matter to you sent straight to your inbox with our daily newsletter.North Lanarkshire Conservatives have accused Shotts MP Neil Gray of hypocrisy over recent comments regarding community alarms.Mr Gray slammed the decision to introduce the £3.40 per week charge in last week’s Wishaw Press.However, the local authority’s Tory Group state they voted against the charges being introduced in February’s budget, with SNP and Labour voting to reintroduce the charges, and they

Get the stories that matter to you sent straight to your inbox with our daily newsletter.Two sites in Wishaw and Motherwell have been identified for constructing new council homes.The site in King Street, Wishaw, will comprise of 16 new homes while a further 49 new homes are due to be constructed on the site of the former YMCA and Brandon Street, Motherwell.Councillor Heather Brannan-McVey, convener of the council’s Housing and Regeneration Committee, said: “These additional sites for new build

Get the stories that matter to you sent straight to your inbox with our daily newsletter.Shop, eat and love local.That’s the key message from North Lanarkshire Council, as the area continues to fight the coronavirus pandemic.The council has launched an information campaign – Think Local – to encourage residents to safely use the shops, cafes, restaurants and businesses in Wishaw and across the local authority area and help them start the recovery process.The campaign also aims to reassure the

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.