44 h. ago Scotland's best water park has major revamp and will reopen in just weeks

The Time Capsule in Coatbridge, North Lanarkshire, has been closed since March in order to conduct essential upgrades - but it will now reopen ahead of schedule

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3 d. ago Scots council under fire after agreeing £562,000 exit package for staff member

EXCLUSIVE: Accounts for North Lanarkshire Council reveal the value of the package, which is mostly pension-related.

Economics

3 d. ago North Lanarkshire community and voluntary groups have chance to apply for activities funding

The Community Empowerment NL micro fund, launched by North Lanarkshire Council, offers small grants of up to £1000 to eligible groups.

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3 d. ago North Lanarkshire Council’s Driving Digital Locally Intergenerational Project wins Municipal Journal Achievement Awards honour

The project, which bridges digital divide by offering older residents personalised, one-on-one training sessions with young people, scooped Transforming Lives accolade.

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8 d. ago Inspirational North Lanarkshire garden takes shape at new home

The Down’s Syndrome Scotland garden will be located at the Watch US Grow charity within Palacerigg Country Park, Cumbernauld.

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8 d. ago UK delegates unite in North Lanarkshire to share innovations in health and social care

Hosted by University Health & Social Care North Lanarkshire, attendees focused on sharing best practices and learning to further improve services and outcomes for patients and service users.

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8 d. ago Nearly 5000 people across North Lanarkshire take part in Learn to Swim National Framework

Programme, a partnership between Scottish Swimming and Scottish Water, has now supported 210,337 children and adults in Scotland to be safer in, on and around water over the past seven years.

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9 d. ago Plans to transform Ravenscraig into one of the UK’s largest green AI data centres

Developers Apatura is working closely with North Lanarkshire Council and site owners Ravenscraig Ltd to advance the proposal.

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9 d. ago Rugby starlet from North Lanarkshire set to give it a try in the United States

Cailin Lardner has gained a scholarship at Queens University of Charlotte

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9 d. ago Social Security Scotland delivers £289m in payments to North Lanarkshire residents in 12 months

The payments, from April last year to March 2025, helped 75,815 people in North Lanarkshire with the cost of living, including support to heat their homes, pay for essential items and feed their families.

Economics

1 week ago North Lanarkshire Council to make more active use of social media to highlight important planning applications to the public

Members supported a motion which was a response to commonly expressed complaints that the public were often aware of planning applications before development began.

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1 week ago North Lanarkshire school pupils showcase ideas at 2025 Social Enterprise Academy Scotland Awards

The youngsters, including representatives from St Augustine’s Primary in Coatbridge, Bothwell Park High and Glenmavis' New Monkland Primary, presented projects that address local issues.

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1 week ago Breastfeeding motion at North Lanarkshire Council meeting passes unanimously

Councillors Geraldine Woods and Fiona Fotheringham marked the anniversary of the Breastfeeding (Scotland) Act, which resulted from a Private Member’s Bill presented by former MSP Elaine Smith.

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1 week ago Report into lost or damaged bins to be debated by North Lanarkshire councillors

Describing the process of obtaining a new bin as “clunky”, Councillor Allan Stubbs said the council website attempted to charge residents and asked if they had been notified of the issue, even though nobody was contacted.

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1 week ago Holyrood candidate slams government inaction as adults with learning disabilities left without vital health checks

North Lanarkshire Labour councillor Ayeshah Khan, who is standing for the party in the Motherwell and Wishaw constituency at the 2026 Holyrood election, called for urgent action over the Scottish Government’s failure to turn promises into reality for adults with learning disabilities.

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1 week ago M74 slip road at Motherwell to be closed for essential works to be carried out

It is required to enable North Lanarkshire Council to carry out essential repair works at Clyde Bridge.

Transport

1 week ago North Lanarkshire Council’s Compass Project wins 2025 National Youth Work Awards honour

The project supports young people who are in, or at risk of, conflict with the law.

Events

2 w. ago 13 playground crazes which may have been banned by your school over the years

Some were banned for obvious reasons, but with others the logic was less apparent

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2 w. ago School pupils enjoying new outdoor learning facilities as part of North Lanarkshire Council house building programme

Eco unit enhancing St Dominic’s Primary pupils’ work on the natural environment.

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2 w. ago ‘No one is immune to grief’: the team turning A Single Man into a sexy, grimy, heartbreaking ballet

Musician John Grant was blown away by Christopher Isherwood’s 1964 novel, finding deep resonances in its tale of gay love and loss. Now, he’s put songs to choreographer Jonathan Watkins’s new dance adaptation“I can’t believe that somehow I was able to make it all the way to the age of 55 without having read that book!” says American singer-songwriter John Grant. “It’s a transformative book. I was just completely blown away by it; I’ve been trying to get everybody that I’ve ever met to read it.”The book Grant is telling me about, enthusing from his sofa at home in Reykjavík, is Christopher Isherwood’s A Single Man, published in 1964, turned into 2009’s most stylish film by first-time director Tom Ford, starring Colin Firth, and now about to be a ballet, premiering at this year’s Manchester international festival. Grant, the former Czars frontman and now an acclaimed solo artist (with albums including Pale Green Ghosts and his latest, The Art of...

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