2 h. ago Advice service helps South Lanarkshire households gain more than £27 million

Money Matters Advice Service helped clients find solutions to debt, as well as making successful welfare benefit claims and appeals.

Economics

3 h. ago Local communities urge councillors to approve major South Lanarkshire wind farm

A recommendation for objection has been published in South Lanarkshire Council’s draft planning committee report outlining concerns related to aviation, defence and landscape impacts.

Politics

4 h. ago Action for Children charity marks 70th anniversary with Lanarkshire celebrations

The events were part of week-long anniversary events marking the charity’s impact, particularly throughout North and South Lanarkshire over the years.

Politics

8 h. ago Popular app that promotes sustainable travel gets South Lanarkshire boost

The council have been awarded funding to continue running the BetterPoints – Think, Move, Breathe app.

Politics

11 h. ago East Kilbride MP says South Lanarkshire Council 'needs to go further' on smartphones in schools

Joani Reid had urged councillors to reject a report to the committee that effectively left the decision up to individual schools.

Politics

28 h. ago Controversial holiday park expansion back on the cards despite High Court ruling

A major Pembrokeshire holiday park's plans were initially approved by councillors in late 2023 before a successful court challenge was brought by a residents' group

Events

35 h. ago Mega resort in danger of 'disfiguring' sacred Egyptian monument

A luxury tourism project at one of the world's most sacred religious sites is meeting fierce backlash from local communities and religious leaders and conservationists.

Politics

53 h. ago Projects added to plan to deliver more housing in North Lanarkshire

The plan aims to deliver around 2,300 new affordable homes over the next five years, regenerating and investing in local communities and town centres, bringing benefits to the local economy including new jobs and improving the lives of residents.

Politics

3 d. ago Massive Simister Island upgrade approved as M60, M62 and M66 to see major changes amid 'northern loop' project

A northern loop is to be built at the interchange so fewer cars need to stop at the roundabout and the M60 will increase to five lanes in each direction near Prestwich

Politics

3 d. ago South Lanarkshire volunteers wanted to join Children's Panel

Applications are open until October 6 with Children's Hearings Scotland aiming to increase capacity in the area

Politics

3 d. ago Communities turn out in numbers as Baton of Hope passes through West Lothian's towns

The tour relay is the UK’s biggest suicide prevention initiative

Politics

4 d. ago Massive changes to England's largest onshore wind farm plan explained

Scout Moor II has been hailed as England's largest onshore wind farm, if it gets approved

Politics

4 d. ago Aldi donated over 9000 meals to charities in South Lanarkshire over summer

All South Lanarkshire stores aided local charities by redistributing surplus food through community giving platform Neighbourly.

Politics

4 d. ago Popular UK holiday park unveils plans for new pools and lazy river in huge upgrade

Brean Splash, at Unity Beach, is set to undergo a major transformation if plans are approved by Somerset Council. The £10.2 million redevelopment will see new pools, a lazy river and lido

Politics

5 d. ago Windfarm boss says UK 'not windy enough' as profits slump due to calm British summer

Danish firm Orsted has 12 farms in the UK, including Britain's largest offshore wind farm, as the developer has blamed the British weather on a profits slump this summer

Economics

5 d. ago South Lanarkshire crime: Shopkeeper, 53, 'slashed' by hooded man in early morning attack in residential area

Police said the suspect hid in the bushes before pouncing on his victim while he attended the bins outside his store in Lanark.

Events

5 d. ago Vive les Socios: struggling French clubs open doors to shareholder fans in tough times

Supporters are putting money into their teams in a typically collective response to financial crisisThere seems to be a not-for-profit association for everything in France, from amateur mycology to choral music and international disaster relief. There were one and a half million Associations Loi 1901 at the last count, which equates to one for every 48 inhabitants, with 60,000 to 70,000 new groups created each year. They constitute an essential part of the fabric of French society, a natural response to every kind of need felt by local communities – except when it comes to organised football.This is odd, considering professionalism was introduced by the French FA as late as 1932 after a decade of hand-wringing and it would have been natural for practitioners of the game to take the matter in their own hands. Yet in France, club ownership at all but the lowest level has always been the preserve of private individuals, local authorities and, a very French trait, businesses that have s...

Politics

6 d. ago Conor McGregor says 'children have been abandoned' and hits out at 'mass migration' as he campaigns to be Irish president

In a video posted outside Government Buildings on Thursday, Conor McGregor urged people to lobby their local councillors to support his candidacy.

Politics

6 d. ago World's biggest wind farm developer sees profits plunge... because summer wasn't windy

Danish firm Orsted, which has 12 wind farms in Britain which generate 7 per cent of the country's electricity, became the latest to bemoan slowing speeds amid worries over the UK's energy strategy.

Politics

7 d. ago Met Police spends £10m on Palestine Action protests and other events in just one month

Deputy Assistant Commissioner Ade Adelekan said 62,829 officer shifts have been extracted from local communities since June

Economics