18 h. ago Summer jobs helped improve job figures in one area of West Lothian

Official data from the Department of Work and Pensions (DWP) state that at the JobCentre’s Bathgate office, there has been a seven per cent decrease year on year in people claiming benefit who have now returned to work.

Politics

22 h. ago Coatbridge residents and businesses invited to complete online survey on areas for investment in the town

It builds on community consultation carried out last summer by Coatbridge Neighbourhood Board, supported by the council, to inform production of a Regeneration Plan for Coatbridge.

Economics

40 h. ago Changes to criticised Throsk school bus route unlikely, admit council officers

A councillor for the area says the current route means some children are forced to walk almost a mile along a busy trunk road with no pavement to get to the school bus stop.

Events

47 h. ago Lanarkshire groups invited to apply for £100,000 fund to improve local walking routes

Launched by Walking Scotland in partnership with Strathclyde Partnership for Transport (SPT), the SPT Community Path Fund offers grants of up to £10,000 for projects that enhance path networks.

Economics

47 h. ago Armed Forces charity SSAFA inviting people to join Lanarkshire branch in vital roles

Opportunities open for branch chair, fundraiser, digital marketing volunteer or helper roles.

Events

3 d. ago St Mirren Women's coach tackles epic trek in a bid to raise team funds

Head coach Kate Cooper, along with friends, set off on a six-day walk across the Abbeys Way route.

Politics

6 d. ago Council's AI  call assistant has 'room to improve' after struggling to understand local Derbyshire dialect

People living in Derby have been left bewildered after the council's new digital AI assistant struggled to understand their local dialect.

Politics

6 d. ago Niece who swindled £150,000 from her elderly aunt and uncle to fund luxury lifestyle is ordered to pay £1

Lucy Paginton, 28, from Newport, South Wales, targeted her uncle Frank Hillier, 88, and aunt Mary, 90, who raised her 'like a daughter' from the age of two.

Economics

7 d. ago Assynt Foundation: Thousands of acres of native woods planned for Glencanisp, Drumrunie estates in Highlands

Foundation hopes to improve landscape for nature and generate funding for the local community

Politics

7 d. ago Wembley could be latest hotspot to introduce tourist tax after visitor levy proposed

The council hopes to reinvest the money into improving the local area

Politics

1 week ago Princess Andre uses top UK brand to get her ‘natural and fluffy’ lashes

Princess Andre just walked fans through her beauty routine as she got glammed up to celebrate her 18th birthday - and she revealed her 'natural and fluffy lashes' are from this top brand

Politics

1 week ago Kevin Nunn has spent 20 years in prison for a horrifying murder. Was he wrongly convicted?

In a case full of surprising scenarios, the time and place of the murder were never established, and Nunn was found guilty despite a lack of forensic evidence. He is still maintaining his innocence, but will he ever be freed?After the murder of his ex-girlfriend Dawn Walker, in 2005, Kevin Nunn insists he told Suffolk police everything. Of course he did, he says – he was desperate to help them track down her killer. He explained how they had split up two days before she was found, how he had gone to her home after she had left a distraught voicemail on his phone and not turned up to work, how he had let himself in with a key she didn’t know he had, and how he went looking for her along their favourite walking routes by the River Lark, north of Bury St Edmunds. He then handed over the pair of boots he had worn when searching for her.The body of Walker, 37, was discovered close to where Nunn said he had looked for her. Not surprisingly, his footprints were also found. Six weeks after ...

Events

1 week ago ‘It really felt like I was in a fairytale’: Mustafa Seven’s best phone picture

The Turkish photographer on outsmarting the tourists to get the perfect shotMustafa Seven and his friend Hazem were attempting to escape the tourists in an Austrian village when they took this image. Rumoured to have inspired Disney’s Frozen franchise, Hallstatt has been known to attract up to 10,000 visitors a day during high season. Seven had seen many Instagram shots of the place and was curious to visit. He was taken aback by what he found.“There were tourist buses and people everywhere,” he says. “Frankly, neither of us like taking landscape photos, but the fairytale surroundings pulled us along. When I realised every image I’d shot had someone in the frame, we decided to change our route and walk up the slips of the village instead.” Continue reading...

Politics

2 w. ago Lochore Meadows: Over £20,000 pours into fund after death of 'happy' 15

A fundraiser was launched on Monday following the death of 15-year-old paddleboarder Alexander McNab.

Economics

2 w. ago Lochore Meadows: Over £12,000 pours into fund after death of 'happy' 15

A fundraiser was launched on Monday following the death of 15-year-old paddleboarder Alexander McNab.

Economics

2 w. ago South Lanarkshire locals invited to shape future of Kilbryde Hospice care at community roadshows

Three local roadshows will invite open discussion on Kilbryde Hospice’s impact and future plans.

Transport

3 w. ago Hampstead accountant accused of taking £400,000 from family's trust fund

Tony Stitt appeared in the dock at Highbury Corner magistrates court accused of fraud

Economics

3 w. ago Overblown infrastructure projects damage lives and imperil democracy. Why is Britain addicted to them? | George Monbiot

The Lower Thames Crossing proves the point. It’s a white elephant plan, sucking money from local projects that could actually improve livesThere appear to be two main determinants of what infrastructure gets built. The first is whether it provides large and lucrative contracts for powerful corporations. The second is whether ministers can pose beside it in hard hats and yellow jackets. Otherwise, it is hard to explain the decisions made.Both determinants favour large and spectacular schemes. Big corporations don’t want to dabble in minor improvements: real money comes from prestige projects over which governments cannot afford to lose face, ensuring that they keep throwing cash, however high the budget spirals. And few ministers want to pose beside a new bus stop: a grand ego demands a grand setting.George Monbiot is a Guardian columnist Continue reading...

Events

3 w. ago Lanarkshire volunteers invited to Girlguiding Scotland Celebrates event honouring their commitment

Attendees were nominated across three categories; supporter, changemaker and role model.

Politics

3 w. ago Renfrewshire community sports projects receive £2m funding boost

Renfrewshire Council has confirmed an allocation of £780,000 from its artificial pitches grant fund.

Economics