More than 200 record sleeves are painted as part of arts festival

iOS - Android A total of 20 properties were purchased in Wishaw, plus 10 each in Bellshill and Shotts, five in each of Cumbernauld, Kilsyth and Motherwell, plus single properties in Moodiesburn and Viewpark.North Lanarkshire has spent £8.65m on the acquisitions and repairs during the past year, with the help of £3m in Scottish Government grant funding; while a further £790,000 has been committed to another 17 properties which are currently at the conveyancing stage.

paedophile who tried to lure a 14-year-old girl to his home to have sex with him dodged jail today. Andrew Halliday exchanged more than 1000 messages on the WhatsApp application alone with his intended victim as he groomed her for more than six weeks - despite her repeatedly warning him of her age and discussing her days at school with him.

coronavirus vaccine. Nicola Sturgeon also revealed that a total of five million doses have now been administered in Scotland, with almost 1.9m second jabs now been given.

sex beast teacher who preyed on female pupils was slammed after he was jailed again - for abusing a young girl at least 100 times.Pervert William Wright, 80, is already serving a four-year prison sentence for abusing two girls in the 1970s and 1980s.Last month Wright, of Elderslie, Renfrewshire, admitted repeatedly sexually assaulting another former pupil between 1985 and 1990.And at Paisley Sheriff Court on Friday, the retired music teacher was blasted by a judge as he was hit with a further

Greggs is recalling more products from Iceland amid concerns that some of them contain pieces of glass. The fast food giant has issued an alert on certain batches of its two-packs of Vegetable Bakes available on sale at Iceland stores in Scotland.

Prince William set out on his first tour in more than over a year as he began his Scotland tour a few days ago. Among several royal engagements, the Duke of Cambridge also visited communities associated with the Church of Scotland.

Drug addicts with Hepatitis C are more likely to die from overdoses despite progress in treating the illness. Experts said improvements in helping patients were “futile” if users were dying from substance abuse instead.

mums have branded Professor Richard Dawkins as 'ignorant and dangerous' after he said babies born with Down's syndrome 'increase suffering on the world'.

Outlander star Richard Rankin has taken time off from filming season six of the show to try out a new interactive map that show's Scotland's best off-grid staycations.

covid cases in the area on the outskirts of Glasgow have been "very swift". He added that the situation was being monitored by the Scottish Government.

iOS - Android A total of 6280 applications were received from South Lanarkshire and by the end of March, 5475 payments were made totalling £209,560.Cabinet Secretary for Social Security Shirley-Anne Somerville said: “It is great to see so many families benefiting from the Scottish Child Payment and that it is making a positive impact on the lives of so many children.“We are working hard to tackle child poverty and it is fantastic to see the number of households being supported so quickly after

sex beast teacher who preyed on female pupils was slammed today as he was caged again - for abusing a young girl at least 100 times.Pervert William Wright, 80, is already serving a four-year prison sentence for abusing two girls in the 1970s and 1980s.Last month Wright, of Elderslie, Renfrewshire, admitted repeatedly sexually assaulting another former pupil between 1985 and 1990.And at Paisley Sheriff Court today, the retired music teacher was blasted by a judge as he was hit with a further

cannabis which he bought online. Jordie Riddell was caught with the “cannabis edibles” which prosecutors said could be worth up to £4000.

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).

Travellers from across the UK are turning to Scotland for a holiday this year as demand for staycations continues to soar. Since the beginning of April, holiday rentals search engine HomeToGo has seen a 255% increase in searches for holidays in Scotland compared to 2019.

coronavirus in the last 24 hours. The latest figures for Scotland showed that 200 new cases had been identified overnight.