South Lanarkshire Council reveals financial cost of Covid to education

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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 regionRecovery from COVID-19 can take weeks – even months – until people start to feel themselves again.Long COVID symptoms range from common ones, such as fatigue and fever to anxiety and muscle pains, to more unusual symptoms such as heart palpitations, skin problems and even hallucinations.One of the most common post-COVID symptoms – especially for people who have been in hospital –

The Quick and the Dead.In her new memoir, of which IndieWire shared an extract, Stone recalled working as a producer on the Sam Raimi film and debating with studio TriStar, who refused to cast DiCaprio.“This kid named Leonardo DiCaprio was the only one who nailed the audition,” Stone wrote, mentioning other teen actors auditioned for the role of The Kid.“In my opinion he was the only one who came in and cried, begging his father to love him as he died in the scene.”Stone then remembered a

Get the stories that matter to you sent straight to your inbox with our daily newsletter.Overflowing bins have been blighting the Fair City with fewer council employees available to empty them due to the pandemic.The strewn rubbish at one Perth park led a councillor to call on residents to use an emptier bin or take their rubbish home.The recent spate of good weather led to bins filling up faster than Perth and Kinross Council could empty them.On seeing the “jam-packed” bins one Perth city

Head over to our new Lanarkshire Live Facebook page to make sure you're up to date with the top stories in the region The service is free for South Lanarkshire Council tenants who meet certain criteria, and is also able to be booked for a charge by all other residents. A total of 14 grass cuts are carried out approximately every fortnight and include the collection and disposal of cuttings and, where required strimming to vertical edging.

Head over to our new Lanarkshire Live Facebook page to make sure you're up to date with the top stories in the regionAshgill and Netherburn (13), Blantyre South and Wheatlands (11), Calderwood East (10), Halfway, Hallside and Drumsagard (10) and Westburn and Newton (13) were the only five neighbourhoods to record at least 10 cases last week.Ashgill and Netherburn also saw the highest rate of new cases last week at 4.3 per 1000 residents.Across South Lanarkshire, 37 of the 82 neighbourhoods

South Lanarkshire’s chief executive to discuss a challenging first year in charge. “It’s been very unusual, I think is the understatement,” Cleland said.

link!Conservative group leader Cllr Alex Allison (Clydesdale East) proposed that the council should write to the UK Government and congratulate them for what they have done over the past year.He said: “When I first saw this motion, a saying came to mind: A day late and a dollar short.“I don’t think it’s actually that accurate, I would maybe go a week late and £20 short.”Conservative councillor Graeme Campbell (Avondale and Stonehouse) admitted that the Chancellor “clearly isn’t able to balance

Head over to our new Lanarkshire Live Facebook page to make sure you're up to date with the top stories in the regionBarry Duncan, managing director of Mears Scotland LLP, said “Each year we are committed to building on our self-delivery capacity through sustained investment in local talent.“We had earmarked 11 apprenticeships for 2020 but this was hampered by the pandemic.“This was a disappointment for everyone, however working in partnership with North Lanarkshire Council, we are pleased to

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 new cases in the region is now at its lowest since week beginning September 20 with 0.78 new cases recorded for every 1000 residents.Last week was the ninth consecutive week that case numbers fell across South Lanarkshire following a spike after Christmas and New Year.Burnhill and Bankhead North (13), Little Earnock (12), Nerston and EK Landward area (10) and

link!Barnardo’s Scotland Fostering West is asking people over 21, who have a spare room and the time and commitment to support a child, to get in touch and consider fostering.The charity offers comprehensive training and support to our foster carers, including extensive support throughout the application process, intensive induction and regular ongoing training and one to ones, as well as dedicated out-of-hours access to a social worker and a generous financial fee.Anyone interested in becoming

Lanarkshire have now received their second dose of the coronavirus vaccine.

link!Co-chair of the group, Councillor Junaid Ashraf, said: “Our aim is to tackle all forms of racial injustice and discrimination across North Lanarkshire.“We started by carrying out research into the experiences of the area’s BAME people across different areas of life including employment, housing, discrimination, hate crime and wellbeing.“Our priorities are promoting diversity and challenging discrimination through the school curriculum, and pro-actively improving equality in employment for

link!Trudi Marshall, Health & Social Care North Lanarkshire nurse director, who is managing the care home vaccination programme across the whole of Lanarkshire, said: “Care home residents are amongst our most vulnerable residents and this is a very worrying time for many of them.“I know it will be greatly reassuring to residents, their loved ones and staff that they have now received both doses of the vaccine.“From the very outset of this pandemic health and social care staff have worked closely

East Kilbride and Strathaven have now received their second dose of the COVID-19 vaccine.The first health board in Scotland to vaccinate care home residents against coronavirus, NHS Lanarkshire has now vaccinated more than 3000 residents with both doses of the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine across the region.Don't miss a thing from your area - sign 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

link!"To be fair, I don't think anybody had envisaged 12 or 13 months ago that we would be going through Covid."Most capital projects, similar to the council, people have delayed them."However, officers have contacted Wetherspoons.

link!A recent report has indicated that although the Scottish economy faces unparalleled economic challenges due to Covid-19, work-based learning through apprenticeships are key to recovery.Barry Duncan, managing director of Mears Scotland LLP, said “Each year we are committed to building on our self-delivery capacity through sustained investment in local talent.“We had earmarked 11 apprenticeships for 2020 but this was hampered by the pandemic.“This was a disappointment for everyone, however