North Lanarkshire has second highest infection rate in Scotland for Covid-19

by-election for the Airdrie & Shotts seat at Westminster – which takes place a week after Scottish Parliament polling day.Visiting the town shortly after unveiling the Scottish party’s Covid recovery plan, which aims to create 170,000 jobs, they spoke exclusively to Lanarkshire Live about their party’s plans for rebuilding services and communities following the coronavirus pandemic.Head over to our new Lanarkshire Live Facebook page to make sure you're up to date with the top stories in the

Perth and Kinross for the second week in a row last week.

Use an Apple phone or tablet? Head to the App Store and never miss a beat in LanarkshireWhen they were found they were extremely thin and malnourished, and riddled with fleas.But, after some TLC from the centre’s staff, they found their perfect forever home with Lorraine Hummel just over six months ago. Lorraine told Lanarkshire Live : “As soon as I saw Velma and Roxie on the SSPCA website I knew they were meant to come and live with me.

Use an Apple phone or tablet? Head to the App Store and never miss a beat in LanarkshireThe performance features a variety of beautiful music including Delibes’ ‘Flower Duet’ – much-loved soundtrack to British Airways’ TV adverts – and Puccini’s ‘O mio babbino caro’ - familiar from TV and films including the Merchant Ivory classic 'A Room with a View,' this brand new film sees Scottish Opera team up with South Lanarkshire Leisure and Culture (SLLC) to afford a fantastic opportunity to hear

Head over to our new Lanarkshire Live Facebook page to make sure you're up to date with the top stories in the regionDylan entered several of his best photos into this year’s Scottish Landscape Photograph of the Year contest and was “absolutely thrilled” to beat off competition for the top award from thousands of other entrants from all over the world.

Ruth Davidson got top billing in the video, while Douglas Ross appeared after the half-way point.

where Mr Marshall was found dead.Police Scotland continue to investigate the incident.Head over to our new Lanarkshire Live Facebook page to make sure you're up to date with the top stories in the regionDetective Inspector Frank Travers, from the major investigations team, said last week: “Enquiries are ongoing to establish the full circumstances and there will be a continued police presence in the area while our enquiries continue.“I would like to thank members of the public for their patience

Ruth Davidson’s mug appears on the front page of a Tory flyer while the part-time referee only appears inside.Scottish Labour deputy leader Jackie Baillie said: “Douglas Ross is used to spending time on the sidelines - but it’s now clear even his own party thinks he should be put on the subs bench.”It appears Ross is living in the shadow of high-profile Davidson, who also used to be leader but has quit the Scottish Parliament to take a seat in the House of Lords.A leaflet landing through

Head over to our new Lanarkshire Live Facebook page to make sure you're up to date with the top stories in the regionCatriona Arbuckle, development officer for NLC, said: “What’s significant about our achievement is that we were able to progress purchases and exceed our target despite the COVID pandemic.“The pandemic saw our new supply team, surveyors and legal colleagues put in rigorous new working practices to adhere to all new Scottish Government safety guidance.“This has allowed the scheme,

Head over to our new Lanarkshire Live Facebook page to make sure you're up to date with the top stories in the regionKnown on youtube for his videos under the name of Count Dankula, Meechan will be standing for the Scottish Libertarian Party.The party's website claims: "We all know that government is a cancer."But it will not go away by simply ignoring it.

Get the stories that matter to you sent straight to your inbox with our daily newsletter.MPs and MSPs of every major political party have united in their support for Women’s Aid services continuing in North Lanarkshire.Four sitting Members of Parliament and 10 Members of the Scottish Parliament – from the SNP, Labour and the Conservatives – have formally requested a meeting with North Lanarkshire Council leader Jim Logue and the local authority’s chief executive Des Murray to discuss Women’s Aid

Perth and Kinross almost halved in just six days last week.

Head over to our new Lanarkshire Live Facebook page to make sure you're up to date with the top stories in the region“In Lanarkshire we were coordinating several incident support teams to contact trace locally.“We went quite quickly from it feeling like something that was over in Wuhan, maybe a few cases in Scotland, issues in Italy and suddenly it became very real for us.“I sat down with each of my divisional leads to review in detail our existing resilience plans.

criminal who may be hiding out in Scotland.Cops are hunting Alan Jordan who is wanted for emergency recall to prison after breaching his terms of licence.Independent charity Crimestoppers is offering a reward of up to £1,000 for information on the whereabouts of the 29-year-old violent offender.Jordan has links to Edinburgh as well as the Derbyshire and Manchester areas.Homes have been searched across Sunderland in a bid to locate him.Ruth McNee, North East Regional Manager at the charity

Head over to our new Lanarkshire Live Facebook page to make sure you're up to date with the top stories in the region“We take members of the public through registration, conducting the test and then recording the results.“It has been great for us to redeploy to Scotland to help the Scottish people win the fight against coronavirus.”At the entrance are two registration points.It’s a fairly simple process and can be done using a smart phone so you can find out your results via email as soon as

Head over to our new Lanarkshire Live Facebook page to make sure you're up to date with the top stories in the regionThe number of people employed in Scotland as a whole currently sits at 2.66 million; a rate of 74.3 per cent.Scottish Secretary Alister Jack said: “We know that the pandemic has had a significant impact on the labour market.“These figures show the scale of the challenge we face to rebuild our economy; and throws into sharp relief just how irresponsible it is of the Scottish

unelected chamber following the election on May 6. She will sit in the Lords after serving as constituency MSP for Edinburgh Central in the Scottish Parliament since 2016.

Janey Godley 's latest video had fans in stitches as she took a swipe at Scots Tory Ruth Davidson. Yesterday, the Tories at Holyrood lodged the motion on the First Minister over her government's botched handling of the complaints against Alex Salmond.