South Lanarkshire councillors call for more financial covid support

Guy Lodge Film CriticThe sound design of “Mosquito State” takes the title as a mission statement. Across much of its running time, the sonic backdrop is a veritable chorus of mosquitoes whining in high, overbearing harmony, providing their own sinister vocal track to a more conventionally orchestrated score.

Get the stories that matter to you sent straight to your inbox with our daily newsletter.A butterfly, which depends on oak trees for its survival, has been recorded in South Lanarkshire for the first time since 1845.The purple Hairstreak, a small butterfly with tell-tale purple colouring on their black upper wings, seems to be increasing in distribution.Mostly found in England and Wales, there has been a recent increase in sightings across parts of Scotland and the first recording to be made in

Get the stories that matter to you sent straight to your inbox with our personalised newsletter.Some schools in South Lanarkshire could go more than a decade without a formal inspection.Education Scotland currently have “no plans” to restart inspecting schools this academic year after standing down that part of their operation following the UK-wide coronavirus lockdown in March.Carole McKenzie, head of education for school improvement, updated councillors during a meeting of the council’s

Tom Tapp Deputy Managing EditorLast week, California Governor Gavin Newsom said he would release modify reopening guidelines for the state of California.On Friday, he made good on that promise, revealing a new framework with four tiers with colors attached to them to indicate severity.The governor described the new framework as “simple, stringent and slow.”Case rates and test positivity rates will be the metrics that will determine movement within the tiers which, in terms of severity run from

Residents offered COVID-19 tests hundreds of miles away after spike in demand“I have raised this matter with UK Government ministers, but I fear it will be too late in this particular case, as home testing should be carried out at the very latest by day four of symptoms having first developed.“I am keen to ensure that nobody else is put in a position of not being able to access a home testing kit if they cannot practically get to a testing site.”Councillor Williamson added: “People in Highland

Fontaines D.C. have called out for more mental health support for artists in the music industry.The Irish band’s frontman Grian Chatten has opened up about their gruelling tour schedule during gigs for their 2019 debut album Dogrel and how difficult mentally it was to manage.“It’s dangerous, you know, even without the drugs,” he told Music Week.

Arts Council England has announced another £2 million in COVID-related funding, with half going to music-makers via the Help Musicians COVID-19 Financial Hardship Fund.

circumvent that restriction — including by having candidates post clip reels to YouTube, or having party campaign committees post opposition research to public websites.

Chris Willman Music WriterHey there: you’re an all-star super-spreader.

Denise Petski Senior Managing EditorJharrel Jerome (When They See Us), Marc Bamuthi Joseph (We Shall Not Be Moved), Janet Mock (Pose), jazz pianist/composer Jason Moran, Wendell Pierce (Jack Ryan), Mj Rodriguez (Pose, Hollywood), Kendrick Sampson (Insecure), Yara Shahidi (Black-ish, Grown-ish) and Michelle Wilson (Sweat) have joined the cast of Between the World and Me, HBO’s adaptation of the stage show based on Ta-Nehisi Coates’ New York Times bestseller.They join previously announced cast

Rutherglen and Cambuslang are missing out on discounted school meals.

Nordstrom Anniversary Sale is the Designer Anniversary Sale, where you can save hundreds of dollars on high-end men's and women's apparel, shoes, accessories and handbags.Among the brands marked down are Givenchy, Akris Punto, Gucci, Celine, Burberry, Stella McCartney and Tom Ford.

Grillaz, on Derby Street, has been ordered to close from 5pm today, August 20, until further notice after it failed to ensure social distancing outside the premises. The restaurant was left 'overcrowded' with 'no queue management', according to Bolton Council.

TikTok star Bryce Hall's home may have gone dark on Wednesday. The New York Times reports that the star has recently thrown crowded house parties amid the coronavirus pandemic, resulting in an order from Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti to shut off the power and water to the influencer's home.

RTÉ have announced a one-hour music special Shine: A Summer Concert.

EK medical student avoids jail despite abusing 11-year-oldBefore escaping in the car he came in, the thug uses an iron bar or similar tool to smash the couple’s study window.After last year’s attack, the Conservative councillor was ­previously urged not to quit by then Prime Minister Theresa May.Taking to social media, Graeme said he was taking an “extended leave of absence”.Writing on his Facebook page, he added: : “I love Avondale and I love living in Strathaven and I really love being able to

Get the stories that matter to you sent straight to your inbox with our personalised newsletter.A war of words erupted over South Lanarkshire’s grass cutting saga with parts of the region described as “slums”.Deputy leader of the Labour group, Cllr Gerry Convery (East Kilbride Central South) made the comments at a meeting of the council’s executive committee on Wednesday, August 12.Cllr Convery and SNP council leader John Ross (Hamilton South) were at loggerheads over the issue which has

of no confidence in the education secretary.” Cllr Ian Harrow, the Conservative group’s education spokesperson, said: “The fact that a school’s past performance was taken into account is the most concerning part of this whole shambles.“We encourage our pupils to try harder yet they were penalised by the performance of those who have gone before.“ What does that teach a student who wants to break out of the poverty they may be in? How does that encourage pupils to try harder?”SQA chief executive

Brent Lang Executive Editor of Film and MediaAnthony Hopkins, Chloé Zhao, and Mira Nair will be honored at this year’s Toronto International Film Festival.Hopkins, an Oscar winner for “The Silence of the Lambs,” will receive a TIFF Tribute Actor Award. Zhao, the director of “The Rider,” will receive the TIFF Ebert Director Award.