South Lanarkshire Council announces extended service at recycling centres from today

Join thousands of others who have signed up for the Daily Record newsletter.Births across South Lanarkshire can now be registered again.The service was temporarily suspended because of the global pandemic.However, anyone wishing to register a birth can now do.Due to the high number of births to be registered, the service will resume in order of birth date:■ For babies born before March 21, registration will begin from June 29■ For babies born between April 1 and April 30, registration will begin

Eastfield. Cardboard must still be flattened - no boxes can be dumped otherwise, in case they contain contaminants.

Join thousands of others who have signed up for the Daily Record newsletter.South Lanarkshire recycling centres are now accepting bulkier items such as black bag waste, wood and laminate, as well as electrical appliances.As of Wednesday, July 1, furniture waste can be accepted, along with compostable garden waste, flat packed cardboard, mattresses and carpet and underlay.Home improvement building waste – such as brick, rubble, plaster board, ceramic tiles and sanitary ware – are still not

Coronavirus could cost South Lanarkshire Council more than £20 million in just six months.The full cost of the crisis is still unknown, but reports due to go before the executive committee yesterday (June 24) highlighted a £21.3m coronavirus black hole in the first half of 2020.Officers arrived at that figure after considering all the costs of the council’s response to the pandemic and the support received from government so far.Even before the costs of the pandemic are considered, the council

Coronavirus deaths in South Lanarkshire remained static last week.Two weeks after recording the highest number of coronavirus deaths in Scotland, South Lanarkshire recorded five deaths for the second week running – the third largest in the country.Figures released by the National Records of Scotland today (Wednesday, June 24) revealed that last week saw the joint-lowest number of Covid-19 related deaths since the first three deaths were recorded in the area in the week ending March 29.Only

A LEADING trade union has warned North Lanarkshire Council that the local authority’s furlough scheme “must not be a waiting room for redundancy”.Councils across Scotland, including North Lanarkshire, announced last week that they have applied to the UK Government’s job retention scheme to fund their staff.Johanna Baxter, Unison Scotland head of local government, said: “The fact that Scottish councils are having to apply for funding from the Westminster furlough scheme is a damning indictment of

Almost 200 newly-qualified teachers are to be offered full-time, fixed term contracts with North Lanarkshire Council in the coming academic term.The coronavirus has had an impact on the council’s normal approach to workforce planning and teacher recruitment and a number of teachers who were due to retire deferred in order to provide much-welcomed support with the pandemic.These two factors resulted in a reduced a number of permanent vacancies available for session 2020/21.However, potential

New figures have revealed that nearly 40,000 workers in South Lanarkshire have been furloughed during the COVID-19 lockdown.And statistics from HMRC show the wages of nearly 100,000 jobs across Lanarkshire as a whole have been supported by the UK Government since the start of the coronavirus retention scheme.The scheme, along with the Self-Employment Income Support Scheme (SEISS), were announced as part of a package of support measures for businesses affected by the coronavirus

East Kilbride News: “I’m so excited about what is going on at Jackton Distillery just now.

CORONAVIRUS deaths in South Lanarkshire fell by more than 60 per cent last week to reach the lowest level since the end of March.One week after recording the highest number of coronavirus deaths in Scotland, South Lanarkshire recorded five deaths - the third largest in the country.Figures released by the National Records of Scotland today (Wednesday, June 17) revealed that last week saw the lowest number of Covid-19 related deaths since the first three deaths were recorded in the area in the

Cairnswell Avenue home where Sandra had lived for 34 years and brought up her children. It was the second time the couple had moved in to look after James’ mum, who also struggled with COPD and osteoporosis and was nursed by them for a year and three months over 2017/18.“It was the last act of kindness I could have done for my mum,” said James, who, as recently as 2018, was named on the tenancy.

More coronavirus deaths were recorded in South Lanarkshire than anywhere else in Scotland last week.Figures released by the National Records of Scotland today (Wednesday, June 10) revealed the number of coronavirus deaths in the region had risen for the first time in six weeks.The 13 coronavirus deaths indicated a rise of 62.5 per cent from the previous week and was five higher than anywhere else in Scotland.Of those, seven occurred in care homes and six in the region’s hospitals.That brings the

Eastfield - reopened at the beginning of the month with a raft of restrictions in place.

East Kilbride's College Milton - reopened at the beginning of the month with a raft of restrictions in place.

Councillors in South Lanarkshire are backing a new initiative aimed at supporting victims of domestic violence during the coronavirus lockdown.Social enterprise Hey Girls, who work with South Lanarkshire Council to tackle period poverty, are getting behind the UK government’s #YouAreNotAlone campaign with financial support for women’s crisis shelters.Charities and domestic abuse campaigners have reported an increase in calls and outreach from those living in abusive households while lockdown has

Virtual council meetings are being piloted in South Lanarkshire to allow councillors to get back to representing their constituents directly.

A man has been charged in connection with an incident where a pedestrian was hit by a car.

South Lanarkshire recorded the lowest number of coronavirus deaths for nine weeks last week.