North Lanarkshire Council perform u-turn on controversial car parking charges

link.Conservative group leader Meghan Gallacher, who seconded the successful joint motion, said: “We were pleased to work alongside opposition councillors to scrap these throughout North Lanarkshire.“Both the Conservatives and the SNP agreed that parking charges would have a devastating impact on our town centres and communities.“This shows the strength of collegiate working between opposition groups to ensure the right decisions are made for the communities we represent.”Parking charges had

Get the stories that matter to you sent straight to your inbox with our daily newsletter.Wishaw business owners and town centre residents have spoken of their delight as car parking charges were consigned to the scrapheap.The charges, which sparked a furious backlash from residents across North Lanarkshire, will not be introduced for at least two years after opposition councillors united to defeat the Labour administration by 14 votes to nine at the council’s Policy and Resources

Paisley town centre parking row. Police have launched a hunt for the disgusting lout who gobbed on a 30-year-old woman through her car window in Causeyside Street.The incident unfolded on Monday morning outside Cash Converters, officers investigating have revealed.

eight town hubs across North Lanarkshire, incorporating schools alongside community facilities such as leisure and retail.

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Get the stories that interest you straight to your inbox every day with our personalised newsletterThere will be free parking in Ayr in the run-up to Christmas.South Ayrshire Council has stopped the pay and display charges in the town for the whole of December. Motorists can leave their vehicles for free in all street bays and council run car parks including Barns Crescent, Charlotte Street and Kyle Street. It will make life easier for shoppers if First Minister Nicola Sturgeon allows non

Get the stories that matter to you sent straight to your inbox with our daily newsletter.A new way to pay for council-managed parking is being launched in Hamilton town centre.RingGo will be available to use from Monday, December 7 and will be introduced at the same time as the reintroduction of on-street parking charges.It promises to provide users with a more convenient alternative to using cards or cash at the ticket machines and allows people to extend their stay without returning to their

Click here for more news from the Airdrie and Coatbridge AdvertiserNicola Sturgeon added at First Minister’s Questions: “We considered very carefully the issue of school hoidays; the advice reflects that this is a difficult decision, but the balanced judgment is that the risk of transmission in schools is not sufficient to outweight the risk to chldren’s education of being out of school for longer periods of time.”Councils will be asked to have arrangements in place to minimise the risk of

set to be officially scrapped at a meeting of the council’s policy and resources committee tomorrow, 10 months after they were first agreed and just weeks after a new outpouring of opposition following the publication of related traffic regulations which would also have introduced restrictions including permit zones on surrounding streets.

East Kilbride town centre.

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link.There was a whopping 244 per cent rise in recorded cases of indecent images of children while other sex crimes rose from 61 to 94 – a 54 per cent increase.An NSPCC Scotland spokesperson said: “The conditions created by the coronavirus pandemic have given child sexual abusers a perfect opportunity to target children who have been spending more time online.“And, now more than ever, it is right and crucial that Police Scotland makes tackling these crimes a priority, through arresting suspects

the hugely controversial scheme – only given the go-ahead in January via a casting vote – does not take place while the local economy recovers from the impact of the pandemic.

Get the stories that matter to you sent straight to your inbox with our daily newsletter.The leader of South Lanarkshire Council says it’s disappointing but necessary that the area is moving into Tier 4 of Covid restrictions.John Ross reacted to the news of the local authority area going into the strictest lockdown rules from today.Mr Ross said: “I know that everyone will share my disappointment that it has been necessary to place Lanarkshire and other parts of Scotland in Level 4 of the Covid

with two houses in Motherwell being set ablaze.Labour group councillors will now propose a motion at next month’s full council meeting calling for action, including asking the UK government to introduce maximum noise legislation of 90 decibels, and requesting that Holyrood uses its powers in relation to fireworks to prevent them from impacting animal welfare, vulnerable people and tragic incidents”.Depute council leader Paul Kelly said: “Some of the scenes from this year’s Guy Fawkes night were

The Reformer understands the owners of Creature Comforts, who declined to comment, are keen to continue trading in Burnside.

selection of shops when 10 minutes along the motorway there are huge out-of-town complexes with an abundance of choice. “I find it bizarre that the council is dropping this anti-business bombshell on local traders and shoppers in the middle of the coronavirus pandemic.