Lanarkshire lockdown: restrictions on indoor meetings imposed

East Kilbride, this week reiterated his call for a U-turn on the Scottish Government to delay reopening until at least October 5.

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.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

the restriction that has been in place in the west of Scotland to the rest of the country. On the pub curfew, the First Minister said: “We will introduce a strict nationwide curfew for pubs, bars and restaurants.

Naman Ramachandran England has imposed a fresh set of restrictions to stall the rapid spread of coronavirus that will be valid for the next six months.The devolved administrations of Scotland, Northern Ireland and Wales will issue their own guidelines.Those who can work from home are once again being asked to work from home, except for those professions that cannot be achieved from home.

Get the stories that matter to you sent straight to your inbox with our daily newsletter.New College Lanarkshire has been shortlisted in the CDN College Awards for its key role in connecting and supporting businesses across the region.The college is a finalist in the employer connections category of the prestigious annual event, which celebrates innovation in Scotland’s college sector.The college’s shortlisted awards submission, Connecting with Lanarkshire to Develop the Workforce of Tomorrow,

announced tighter restrictions were "almost certainly" going to be re-introduced across Scotland in a bid to slow the spread of the virus.

link.“Our investigation is ongoing to establish the full circumstances of this incident and we would appeal to anyone who witnessed the crash, or have any information that could assist with our enquiries to get in touch.“Anyone with any information should contact Police Scotland on 101, quoting incident 3023 of 18 September, 2020.”

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.

Nicola Sturgeon has hinted new national lockdown restictions could be imposed if local measures fail to stop the growing number of Covid cases in Scotland.Seven councils in the Greater Glasgow area currently have bans on social gatherings indoors but the SNP leader suggested similar rules could be rolled out elsewhere.Speaking at First Minister's Questions today, Sturgeon said the Scottish Government was "carefully considering" whether new lockdown rules were required "for all or parts of the

Nicola Sturgeon takes questions on coronavirus in parliament.The First Minister announced 290 new cases in the past 24 hours and hinted at new nationwide lockdown restrictions.Earlier, Sturgeon said she cannot rule out imposing a curfew for pubs and restaurants if the number of Scots testing positive for Covid continues to rise.

Get the stories that matter to you sent straight to your inbox with our daily newsletter.A second coronavirus death has been confirmed in Lanarkshire in the last two days.First Minister Nicola Sturgeon today announced that a person had died from Covid-19 for the second consecutive day in Scotland, both of which were in Lanarkshire.The news comes just days after additional coronavirus restrictions were brought in for people living in Lanarkshire following an increase in cases.Prior to this week,

Get the stories that matter to you sent straight to your inbox with our daily newsletter.The Scottish SPCA attended over 4200 animal welfare jobs in Lanarkshire during the first six months of 2020.Charity chiefs revealed they were called out to South Lanarkshire 2134 times and another 2077 in neighbouring North Lanarkshire – a total of 4211 across the region.With lockdown forcing the closure of all nine Scottish SPCA animal rescue and rehoming centres across Scotland, including the Lanarkshire

Get the stories that matter to you sent straight to your inbox with our daily newsletter.Lanarkshire saw its first confirmed coronavirus death for more than two months announced yesterday (September 15).First Minister Nicola Sturgeon confirmed one new death in Scotland yesterday - the 2500th - which was the first in Lanarkshire since July 5.In total 354 people have now died from Covid-19 in Lanarkshire including 185 in South Lanarkshire and 169 in North Lanarkshire.The news comes as another 59

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came into effect at midnight on Friday, September 11.And the Scottish Government says these are rules are aimed at limiting the chances for the virus to spread between households.The below restrictions apply to both the South Lanarkshire Council and North Lanarkshire Council areas.

Lanarkshire, additional restrictions have been placed on residents.

Scottish Government has announced.It means those living in the area should not invite anyone into their homes or visit other people else for an indoor meeting.Nicola Sturgeon described the move as "regrettable" but said it was required to slow down the spread of the virus across the country.More than one million Scots in the west of the country are now living under a form of temporary lockdown, with local restrictions due to be reviewed by the end of next week.Pubs, restaurants and other

Scottish Fire and Rescue Service raced to the A725 in Bellshill at around 9.30pm after reports of the fire. Motorists were shocked to see flames ripping through the gritting lorry as it sat stationery on the busy motorway at the junction after McDonald's Bellshill.

Lanarkshire residents were warned that a lockdown could be “very close” if public health guidelines aren’t followed.But what might that look like? Here, we take a look at what could happen in the region if the Scottish Government do decide to bring in additional restrictions.What’s the current situation?In July, just 60 positive coronavirus tests were confirmed in Lanarkshire by the Scottish Government.