Lanarkshire woman celebrates 100th birthday and letter from the Queen

comedy giant Stanley Baxter is celebrating his 95th birthday on 24 May and we thought it would be a good opportunity to celebrate the life of the man who brought us 'Parliamo Glasgow' as well as a whole host of comedy moments. Stanley who was born in Fergus Drive and made his debut at the Glasgow Citizen theatre now lives in London.

iOS - Android A spokesman for the event told Lanarkshire Live: “We are very proud to say that, with nearly 2000 people attending the last GinFall Hamilton event, the event is now officially the biggest one-day Gin Festival to take place anywhere in Scotland.“With more gins and gin liqueurs from around the world, brand new gin cocktails, street food, cocktail masterclasses, the big gin raffle, gin cake bakes, a chance to meet the distillers plus brand new for 2021 - GinFall will have a Vodka

Hamilton Townhouse, Rutherglen Town Hall, Lanark Memorial Hall, East Kilbride Arts Centre and the Village Theatre, are currently selling tickets for events from August onwards.

In the wake of the death of her husband, the Duke of Edinburgh, Prince Philip, The Queen is reportedly set to spend a period of time at the royal estate in Scotland to mourn.  

iOS - Android Applications were received from people living in all 32 local authorities in Scotland, including 8395 from North LanarkshireBy end of March, 7650 payments were made - meaning a total of £289,860 has been paid to applicants from North Lanarkshire.Across Scotland, an estimated 78,775 children have already benefitted from Scottish Child Payment.

tumour which weighed more than a kilogram has defied the odds to celebrate her first birthday. Lily Graham was born on May 5 last year but was quickly whisked away by medics who discovered she had a rare tumour called Sacrococcygeal Teratoma (SCT).

Apple - Android Between March and December 2020 the number of animals rehomed by the Lanarkshire Animal Rescue and Rehoming Centre fell by around 33 per cent compared to the same period in 2019.

Apple - Android Revellers filmed are seemingly listening to DJs and dancing at the venue.

East Kilbride-based South Lanarkshire College is supporting the first ever #ChooseCollege Virtual Showcase, which will take place online this month. The free exhibition and information event will see 19 colleges from all over Scotland come together on one virtual platform to showcase their courses and share information about college life.

Apple - Android Usually there is a flurry of volunteers in centres across Lanarkshire counting ballots cast into the wee small hours from Thursday into Friday.However, this time the counting didn't start until 9am today (Friday), or in some cases even Saturday, meaning it's likely to be a long 48 hours for some election candidates.The Electoral Management Board have, however, released provisional slots suggesting 47 constituency MSPs from across Scotland will be confirmed on Friday.The remaining

Apple - Android A judging panel, featuring The Scots Magazine Photographer of the Year 2020, and hospice supporter, Frank Urban, Lewis Napier and Fiona Thomson from New College Lanarkshire’s photography department and the hospice’s director of mission, Sister Catherine Egan, will pick a shortlist from all of the entries.It will then be down to the public to vote for their favourite pictures from the shortlist.Head over to our new Lanarkshire Live Facebook page to make sure you're up to date with

Apple - Android More than 95 per cent of Scotland is classed as rural and NFU Mutual estimate that rural crime costs Scotland around £1.8 million annually, with levels reportedly increasing.Crimestoppers, together with Police Scotland and wider rural and environmental organisations, are asking the people of Lanarkshire to spot the signs of rural crime and give information 100 per cent anonymously.The key crimes that Scotland’s rural areas experience are house-breaking; theft of farm equipment,

Apple - Android Scottish Water said: “Anyone calling from Scottish Water, either an employee or a contractor working on our behalf in your area, will always carry an photo identification (ID) card.“This may be either a Scottish Water ID card, or they may have an ID card for the contractor.

Nintendo Wii which was once gifted to the Queen is available for Scots to buy online. Donny Fillerup, from gaming website consolevariations.com, somehow managed to get his hands on the extremely rare item ‘some time ago’ and he is now ready to part ways with it.

link!North Lanarkshire Council (NLC) will be able to facilitate the return of 3769 children thanks to the national 'Learn to Swim' Framework.A partnership between Scottish Swimming and Scottish Water, it is delivered by Leisure Trusts and aquatic providers and enables children of all ages to become safe and confident swimmers.And the good news for parents is that recent studies show that chlorine makes pool environments safe.New measures have been put in place, including social distancing,

Apple - Android AB24 in Aberdeen City came next with 55, while ML2 - covering Wishaw and surrounding towns - was third with 53.PH1 (51) - covering North and West Perth - was the only other area to record more than 50 registered sex offenders.As of March 31, across Lanarkshire, there were 530 offenders living in the community, with 164 in custody or hospital.Only Greater Glasgow - 710 in the community and 236 in custody or hospital - has more registered sex offenders than Lanarkshire.Detective

Get the latest Scottish parenting news sent straight to your inbox each week with our newsletter.Renfrewshire’s latest centenarian celebrated her birthday with family from home - and away.Great gran Agnes Storie turned 100 surrounded by dozens of cards from well-wishers, balloons, cake and a visit from her son Ian and daughter-in-law Patricia.Her other son David, also managed to call and wish his mum a happy birthday all the way from Perth, Australia where he lives with his wife Catherine.Agnes,

Use an Apple phone or tablet? Head to the App Store and never miss a beat in LanarkshireIt covers part of the West Highland line in Scotland and is a huge hit with tourists.West Coast Railways, operators of ‘The Jacobite’, provided the steam engine and carriages for the ‘Hogwarts Express’ as seen in the ‘Harry Potter’ films including ‘The Philosopher’s Stone’ and others in this wonderful series of films.Some of the carriages of ‘The Jacobite’ are those used in the ‘Harry Potter’ films.