North Lanarkshire Council working to reduce number of waster depots from ten to two

Get the stories that matter to you sent straight to your inbox with our daily newsletter.A coronavirus outbreak has been identified at a council building in Motherwell.It is understood eight staff members at North Lanarkshire Council’s Dalziel building have tested positive for the virus over the last week.An entire floor within the building has been closed for a deep clean whilst investigations are being carried out.Council bosses say the cause of the Covid-19 cases has yet to be identified,

Get the stories that matter to you sent straight to your inbox with our daily newsletter.North Lanarkshire Conservatives have accused Shotts MP Neil Gray of hypocrisy over recent comments regarding community alarms.Mr Gray slammed the decision to introduce the £3.40 per week charge in last week’s Wishaw Press.However, the local authority’s Tory Group state they voted against the charges being introduced in February’s budget, with SNP and Labour voting to reintroduce the charges, and they

Get the stories that matter to you sent straight to your inbox with our daily newsletter.Shop, eat and love local.That’s the key message from North Lanarkshire Council, as the area continues to fight the coronavirus pandemic.The council has launched an information campaign – Think Local – to encourage residents to safely use the shops, cafes, restaurants and businesses in Wishaw and across the local authority area and help them start the recovery process.The campaign also aims to reassure the

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.

Get the stories that matter to you sent straight to your inbox with our daily newsletter.A trial which would have seen overloaded North Lanarkshire bins not being emptied has been postponed.The local authority instead will take part in a separate electronic tagging initiative to monitor recycling.Councillors had given the go-ahead in February for a three-month pilot project to address the problem of bins being too full to be collected safely; first by offering recycling help or additional

Get the stories that matter to you sent straight to your inbox with our daily newsletter.North Lanarkshire Council has agreed its winter service project for 2020-2021.The plan contains no changes from last year and covers only normal services, not major events such as 2018’s Beast from the East.Following February’s budget, grit bin provision has been rationed to focus on the areas most in need, with the overall number being reduced by 20 per cent.Maps of gritting routes are available online and

Click here for more news from the Airdrie and Coatbridge AdvertiserMembers of North Lanarkshire’s adult health and social care committee were told in a report for their meeting this week: “Any service users who return their alarm following the introduction of the charge will be offered a needs-led assessment to ensure that they have the appropriate supports in place if they require assistance.“All users will be offered a financial assessment to maximise their benefits, and the option of a waiver

A new movie based on the 2014 Korean feature Haemoo is in the works from writer-director Matt Palmer and has Oscar winner Bong Joon Ho attached to produce. Awards season regular Participant is behind the project, titled Sea Fog, that will be produced byDooho Choi and Lewis Taewan Kim, along with Ho.Participant’s Jeff Skoll and Anikah McLaren will executive produce.

Click here for more news from the Airdrie and Coatbridge AdvertiserThe Easter holiday would run from schools closing on the afternoon of Friday, April 1, and would run up to and incorporate Easter Monday on April 18 2022; with classes resuming the following day.An in-service day is planned for May 5 2022, to coincide with the council elections that year when many North Lanarkshire schools will be in use as polling stations – and the next academic year would end under the proposals on June 29

for the Blantyre Care Hub have been thrown out by South Lanarkshire Council.

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Click here for more news from the Airdrie and Coatbridge AdvertiserTrudi Marshall, the nurse director of Health & Social Care North Lanarkshire, said: “When visiting care homes it’s vital people continue to physically distance, wear a face covering and practice good hand hygiene.“It is also vitally important that anyone who is a designated visitor for a family member in a care home complies with all current Scottish Government guidance in their personal life.“The vast majority of people have

Click here for more news from the Airdrie and Coatbridge AdvertiserHead of waste solutions Andrew McPherson told the virtual meeting: “We need to drive up our recycling rate and this is hopefully one way that will be done; North Lanarkshire has been chosen because ZWS realise the potential to recycle more is there.“The data won’t be used at household level but is to inform national and better targeted recycling campaigns in the future and see initiatives’ impact on the amount of waste being

Rutherglen and Cambuslang are missing out on discounted school meals.