Emergency services issue update on late night East Kilbride blaze

Get the stories that matter to you sent straight to your inbox with our daily newsletter.An East Kilbride music and singing teacher is helping highlight the plight of millions left without meaningful financial support from the government throughout the COVID pandemic.Kate Cameron, 29, is a member of the ExcludedUK community – a non-profit organisation set up to represent the estimated three million people left without financial help.She is part of a powerful four minute video of over 100 people

East Kilbride Central North ward after the sad passing of Councillor Sheena Wardhaugh. Councillor Ferguson said his first year in office has seen ups and downs but he is grateful for the support he has received from fellow elected members and elsewhere.He hasn’t done it alone of course – always at his side is Yoshi the hearing dog, who has become a firm favourite at committee meetings – in return for a few treats along the way.

Bruce Haring pmc-editorial-managerFox Sports has issued a statement taking issue with pundit Skip Bayless, who slammed Dallas quarterback Dak Prescott this morning on his Undisputed TV show for Prescott’s revelation that he has undergone treatment for depression.“At Fox Sports, we are proud of Dak Prescott for publicly revealing his struggle with depression and mental health,” said the statement.

East Kilbride man has been placed on the sex offenders’ register after child sex abuse images were found on his computer equipment. Matthew Ferrie had downloaded the disgusting material over a period of nearly four years.He appeared at Hamilton Sheriff Court on Friday and was given a three-year supervision order.Sheriff Ray Small told Ferrie, 63, that he will be on the sex offenders’ register for the same period.

East Kilbride and its town centre.

East Kilbride News   today it is one of up to 15 supermarkets which will go. Workers faced an anxious wait when the company announced last year that they intended to close stores, with the town centre shop due to shut its doors in January.The firm have not confirmed how many jobs will go but it is feared that up to 250 could be at risk.They say work is ongoing to relocate staff to alternative stores - including the superstore at Kingsgate Retail Park.

EK pharmaceutical company hit by COVID outbreak“UNISON told me I was entitled to my full pay and got in touch with the owners of the home and told them there was Government funding available.“The home owners looked into it further and I got my full pay.“If it hadn’t been for UNISON I don’t know what would have happened.

East Kilbride gym owners have told of their delight after finally being allowed to open their doors for the first time. Ally McKinnon and Simon Thomson from Base Fitness & CrossFit were forced to close their gym when lockdown was announced back in March.And the call from the government was a double dampener for the local boys who were just days away from opening their brand new facility in the Kelvin.

East Kilbride.The vehicle - registration SA18 BZJ -  was stolen from Coniston in Newlandsmuir overnight on Sunday into Monday. Devastated Katie told the East Kilbride News: "I got home on Sunday evening and parked up outside my house and when I went out on Monday morning at about 11.30am it was gone.

East Kilbride man who disappeared after leaving Glasgow bar at the weekend. An appeal was launched today by officers who said they were becoming “increasingly concerned” about the welfare of Stevan Haazen.The 38-year-old was last seen leaving a bar on Glasgow’s Sauchiehall Street around 11.20pm on Saturday night but police said he has now been found.

Glasgow. Police Scotland and the Scottish Ambulance Service were called to the scene, at the junction of Nitshill Road and Parkhouse Road in the south side of the city at 10am.

East Kilbride man who told his ex-girlfriend he hoped to find that she had killed herself has been hit with a fine.

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'Hairmyres Hospital creep nearly broke my relationship'“This is absolutely the best day of my life,” Andrew added.

Aberdeen. Victoria Road, in the Torry area of the city, has been closed off  between Abbey Place and Mansfield Road with police and ambulance crews racing to the scene this morning.

Edinburgh Waverley Station in response to an ongoing incident. A number of streets have been sealed off and trains may be delayed as a result of the incident.

East Kilbride woman has told of her heartache after she discovered her partner’s memorial tree had been “ripped up by scumbags”. Karen D’arcy planted the shrub in Calderglen Park in memory of her late boyfriend, Allan Wood.Allan sadly lost his life in November last year, with his poste mortem pointing to pneumonia – but Karen believes her love died of coronavirus.In a bid to remember Allan, Karen, 36, planted a tree in July, the week of the couple’s anniversary.

East Kilbride teenager in hospital after being hit by carPC Francis Cullen-Mulvaney told the News: "We are growing increasingly concerned for Kevin's welfare and anyone who sees him is asked to contact us as soon as possible."Celtic legend helps East Kilbride lad celebrate special occasionKevin is described as being 5ft 5in tall, of slim build with short receding hair. He has blue eyes and when last seen was wearing a dark coloured baseball cap, lightweight jacket and jogging bottoms.