South Lanarkshire Council introduce new way to pay for parking

Hamilton areaClydesdaleEast Kilbride and AvondaleSign up for the new Lanarkshire newsletter!From the latest breaking news to the agenda-setting stories, get it all in your email inbox.Put your email at the top of this article or follow the instructions on this link.Rutherglen and Cambuslang*Where a neighbourhood has fewer than three cases this is being presented as 0-2 to help protect patient confidentiality.

Two teenage brothers were fatally shot and a third person was wounded when they were attacked by masked gunmen while sitting in a car in their Texas driveway, police and family said. Jonathan and Devin Massey, ages 17 and 15, respectively, were killed and another victim was injured shortly before 8:15 p.m.

Get the stories that matter to you sent straight to your inbox with our daily newsletter.NORTH Lanarkshire Council will hold a special meeting of its planning committee next Monday, December 21, to determine proposals from supermarket retailer Lidl for a new store in Airdrie.The application has been recommended for approval, subject to conditions.Lidl are proposing a store on the Burn Stewart Distillery on Carlisle Road which would create up to 40 jobs and “improve the choice available to

South Lanarkshire. Emergency crews raced to the crash involving at least four vehicles near the Bothwell service station at around 6.30pm this evening.

link.As of December 3, 653 people in Lanarkshire have died after testing positive for the virus.Lanarkshire has been the second-worst affected region in Scotland by coronavirus after Greater Glasgow and Clyde where 33,797 people have tested positive.Between March and June, during the first wave of the pandemic, only 2724 people in the region had tested positive for coronavirus.However, the total number of people infected with the virus is thought to be higher as testing capacity was lower and

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link.The region has spent the past three weeks in the strictest tier of restrictions caused by the COVID-19 pandemic.It means that shops, hairdressers, gyms and other close contact services will be allowed to reopen.Pubs will be allowed to sell food and non-alcoholic drinks until 6pm each day.Win SIX festive cocktails to your doorShops will be allowed to open from 6am this Friday, with the other restrictions belng lifted as of 6pm at night.First Minister Nicola Sturgeon said: ""I think today we

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were left out in the cold after their school buses failed to turn up.Some youngsters heading to Holy Cross High in Hamilton were left waiting after school buses were unable to get out their depot, due to the heavy snow last night.

link.Started in 2004, the scheme targets schools in areas of deprivation where children are “more at risk of being injured in a road traffic collision”.On Tuesday, November 17, the council’s roads safety forum heard how why schools were currently not holding classes as part of the scheme.In a report to the committee, executive director for community and enterprise Michael McGlynn said: “The reporting of this initiative was delayed due to the impact of COVID-19.“Six out of the eight schools were

Rutherglen and Cambuslang remains the region's covid hotspot after 2.25 cases were recorded for every 1000 residents last week.

Get the stories that matter to you sent straight to your inbox with our daily newsletter.Serious injuries resulting from road accidents in South Lanarkshire hit a ten-year high in 2019.There were almost 100 serious casualties following accidents across the region last year – the highest since 2009.Figures presented to South Lanarkshire Council’s roads safety forum on Tuesday, November 17, revealed that 98 people were seriously injured as a result of a road accident in 2019.

link.There have only been five child fatalities in South Lanarkshire as a result of road accidents since 2009 with no more than one occurring annually and none in 2019.Mr McGlynn’s report added: “Progress towards all fatal casualties has been disappointing in recent years and serious casualties, with the exception of the unusually low 2018 recorded figures, have shown recent increases.

Cambuslang and Rutherglen, who have already been hard hit by the pandemic. Local business, in particular, has suffered as restrictions have eased and tightened again over recent months with some already having closed their doors for good, and others worried that they will have to do so in the coming months.

Get the stories that matter to you sent straight to your inbox with our daily newsletter.North Lanarkshire Council could be set to perform a u-turn on controversial car parking charges.Council leader Jim Logue announced on Monday afternoon that he would seek to delay the introduction of parking charges at a key council committee – as Covid-19 continues to pose a financial challenge to the council.The proposal was initially passed by councillors in February to counter catastrophic cuts to the

This means that, if you are eligible, you can contact NHS Lanarkshire directly to book your appointment. Dr Mark Russell, Associate Medical Director, Health and Social Care North Lanarkshire, said: “Since the start of this year’s flu programme we’ve held 1,183 clinics and vaccinated 174,574 people.

Studio Ghibli has shared another batch of artwork from some of its classic films, including My Neighbour Totoro.The animation house began sharing new images from its arsenal of films, shorts and TV shows earlier this year.The latest drop includes 50 images each for five of its films, including Hayao Miyazaki’s 1988 fantasy film My Neighbour Totoro, Porco Rosso – the 1992 film about a WWI pilot-turned-pig – and 1989’s Kiki’s Delivery Service, which centred around a 13-year-old girl and her