Monklands moves back into month-long lockdown

menace who ambushed young girls from behind a bush has been spared jail with a warning ringing in his ears.David Anderson, 43, sprang out on girls aged 15 at the cycle track near St Benedict’s High School, Linwood, and confronted them while he was drunk.Anderson, who has been blighted by a long-term alcohol problem, even approached one youngster, shook her hand, and uttered an offensive remark to the girl.Anderson, of High Street, Johnstone, appeared at Paisley Sheriff Court for sentencing after

prisoner has written a moving poem to the drug support team who saved his life.Nurses at the Cairn Centre, in Dundee, helped turn the man’s life around and give him a new focus.He was suffering from Hepatitis C and had nowhere to turn having just left prison.As a thank you, he penned the heartwarming poem to show his appreciation for what staff there had done for him.Brian Stephens, an Outreach Nurse Specialist, shared the poem on the Tayside NHS Facebook page.It said: “I walked into the Cairn

Perthshire respiratory expert has said lifting COVID restrictions too early risks taking the country “back to square one”.

weather. The alarming discovery was made in Uig on the Isle of Lewis yesterday before emergency services were called to the scene.

Dennis Nilsen ­confesses to three further sex attacks in his autobiography, which is being published posthumously this week.Nilsen, who died in 2018, tells how he attacked a young soldier who had passed out drunk in the toilet of an overnight train from London to Aberdeen in 1968.That was 10 years before he began murdering young men and boys at his north London homes, first at 195 Melrose Avenue in Cricklewood, then at 23 Cranley Gardens in Muswell Hill.In History of a Drowning Boy, which Nilsen

Cops are on the hunt for brazen bike robbers who stole cycles worth a whopping £50,000 in a series of raids - leaving one Scots shop owner "raging" The daring thieves also stole thousands of pounds worth of clothing in their weekend crime blitz - prompting the owner to say the thieves should be kicked "in the nuts."A raid on The Wee Bike Hub bike shop, saw the crooks making off with 12 bikes, worth around £39,500 and clothing worth around £3,100.Eight Polygon Siskiu T8 mountain bikes, worth a

Fred Bronson As new musical genres gain popularity, they are often acknowledged with their own genre-specific Billboard charts. Over the years, disco and reggae are among the musical genres awarded their own tallies.

Jane Park has revealed she has moved to Dubai. The influencer told fans she's emigrated to "improve my life and try and make 2021 more positive than 2020".

coronavirus within the first three days of displaying symptoms. Guidance from the Scottish Government says that this three-day period will allow for the best chance to prevent the spread of Covid-19 to others.

Lawrence Shankland ’s “ridiculous” wonder goal was fitting on the night the club paid tribute to legendary Dundee United boss Jim McLean.

Beast from the East ’ is set to strike Scotland at the end of the month. They say the extreme conditions will sweep across the country from January 20th or 21st.

mansion in Spain.They want to sell off the luxury Marbella property owned by the dad of controversial businessman Gregory King, whose hedge fund collapsed with alleged debts totalling £120million.Ex-bookmaker Hugh, 79, admitted the hilltop villa in the La Zabaleta area was purchased with cash he’d been given by his son.But solicitors acting for Gregory King’s trustees have argued that the funds used to buy the house were “part of an unlawful diversion of funds” from businesses linked to his firm

Donald Trump to be 'prevented' from leaving his plane if it touches down in Scotland.The outgoing US president is refusing to accept defeat to Joe Biden, fuelling global speculation about what he will do on inauguration day on January 20.Observers believe he will throw a tantrum and refuse to attend the ceremony- potentially playing golf at one of his Scots resorts instead.It follows local reports that Prestwick airport, near Trump's Turnberry golf resort has been primed to take a US plane

Nicola Sturgeon announced that Scotland will be in full lockdown until 'at least the end of the month'. As of January 5, a new "stay at home" message became a legal requirement across each of Scotland's mainland council areas.

BBC will launch TV and online lessons to help parents and children through lockdown. The whole of the UK was plunged in to another lockdown this week as the Scottish and UK Governments struggle to contain rising numbers of Covid19 cases.

Click here for more news from the Airdrie and Coatbridge Advertiser“It is important that we continue to provide quality learning and education for all our children and young people without widespread disruption to their learning, but it is vital that we do this within appropriate environments and with hygiene and physical distancing guidance in place to reduce the risk of transmission of coronavirus.“The change in guidance from the Scottish Government will make care and support for our children