South Lanarkshire, Scotland News

A shortfall of up to 62 million has been found in the costs of restoring open cast mines in a single council area.

It has heard claims that in one local authority area the cost of a lair has risen by more than 100% since 2009.

A father whose toddler son was killed by a gunman with an illegal weapon has said he was "honoured" to receive a letter of thanks from the UK Government in recognition of his campaigning efforts.

Rutherglen and Cambuslang could be the wheel deal, if plans to turn the areas into Scotland's cycling capital get the go-ahead. Representatives from South Lanarkshire Council, councillors Brian McKenna and Robert Brown, the NHS and cycling charity Sustrans were invited to a recent meeting organised by local community health initiative Healthy 'n' ... (more)

Firefighters in South Lanarkshire have dismantled a 20ft tall chimney stack, brick by brick, to rescue a 14-year-old boy who got wedged inside.

An inquiry into the death of a teenager on a school bus trip has found she may have lived if she had worn a seatbelt and the driver had gone slower.

Jjust over a month since the tax began letters with the words "final demand" and even "eviction" written on them started arriving This weekend, just over a month since the tax began, came letters with the words "final demand" and even "eviction" written on them.

A watchdog has ordered Thames Valley Police to review its investigation into the death of a Scottish RAF firefighter at an Oxfordshire barracks.

SOUTH Lanarkshire Council must act to rein in officials who appear to have run out of control, RECORD VIEW believes.

The Met Office has issued both amber and yellow warnings for parts of the country in the afternoon and evening.

A father whose toddler son was killed by a gunman with an illegal weapon has called on governments to "finish the job" by signing and ratifying the first global treaty to regulate the international arms trade.

The city which has just been ordered to close its own dump in Cathkin, South Lanarkshire has signed a 2 million annual contract with the Greengairs tip, one of Scotland's biggest, near Airdrie.

A LAMB has survived after being hit by a car and carried for more than 25 miles caught in the front of it.

South Lanarkshire Council, which is responsible for providing IT services to school libraries and to South Lanarkshire Leisure and Culture Ltd has, following a mini-competition under a national framework agreement, chosen Civica, a market leader in specialist systems and business process services that help organisations transform the way they work, ... (more)

Thieves have stolen about two tonnes of clothing from a children's charity after breaking in to five of its donation banks in South Lanarkshire.

JOHN hits out the government following the tragic death of Iain Hodge who took his own life after a battle with benefits bosses which left him destitute.

A GROUP of Scottish authorities is threatening legal action to prevent the liquidator of Scottish Coal from abandoning disused open-cast mines, with clean-up bills running to tens of millions of pounds.

Next week, I have instructed my lawyers to launch an all-out challenge at the Scottish Supreme Court to 'Mad Alex', as I believe history will some day call Alex Salmond.

The city council which has one of Scotland's worst records for recycling had hoped to keep its Cathkin landfill open for another two years.

Administrators cited a combination of falling coal prices and rising operational costs at the company, which operated six open-cast mines in East Ayrshire, South Lanarkshire and Fife.