'Absolutely ridiculous' - councillor hits out at South Lanarkshire Council's recruitment stats for minority ethnic applicants

High winds caused part of a building near to a popular Lanarkshire pub to collapse. Emergency services raced to The Barleycorn in Hamilton this morning after masonry fell from the building as torrential rain and winds continue to batter the West of Scotland.

Sign up to the weekly West Lothian Courier newsletter for the latest West Lothian news and sport.Christmas comes early for West Lothian school children this year after the council’s Education Executive added two days onto the holiday as it agreed revised dates for the rest of this year.The current school year started four days earlier than previously agreed in West Lothian, with all schools in Scotland starting back on August 11.Following consultation on how to allocate the additional four days holiday it has been agreed to: add an additional day to the October break, so pupils will return on Wednesday, October 21, 2020; begin the Christmas break two days early, so pupils will finish for the holidays on December 18 2020; and add an

Bruce Haring pmc-editorial-managerPresident Donald Trump this morning tweeted that “animals” shot two Los Angeles County sheriffs deputies last night in Compton, California.The two sheriffs were ambushed at point-blank range by an unknown shooter on Saturday night. Trump said the shooter, who fired through the cruiser window at the officers, were “Animals that must be hit hard!” He added in a second tweet a call for a “quick trial” and “the death penalty” if the officers die.Law enforcement authorities said the two shooting victims were “both still fighting for their lives” after undergoing surgery.

The cast of NBC’s “Parks and Recreation” is reuniting in an effort to assist Democrats in the swing state of Wisconsin this upcoming election. The cast of the popular sitcom, which ended in 2015, is getting back together to raise money for the Democratic Party of Wisconsin.

Jenna Johnson be the next Dancing With the Stars pro to start a family? She and husband Val Chmerkovskiy have baby fever.“I want kids,” the Utah native, 26, exclusively told Us Weekly on Thursday, September 10, while promoting season 29 of the ABC show. “I want babies.

Prince Harry will return home next year to attend a sporting event close to his heart, it has been claimed.

Coronation Street star Jack P Shepherd, 32, has taken to Twitter to light-heartedly hit back at a fan who became “stressed out” after spotting his wardrobe error while tuning into the ITV soap.The viewer noticed Jack’s character David Platt’s socks were “inside out” during one of his recent scenes.Sharing their reaction to the awkward error on the micro-blogging site, the fan admitted: “@JackPShepherd88 @itvcorrie David's socks are stressing me out!! “They are inside out!”Jack spotted the tweet and couldn’t resist teasing the Corrie viewer about their concerns.The actor explained that although he “didn’t realise” he wasn’t wearing his socks correctly at the time, he cheekily insisted he would “do it again”.Jack wrote back in view of his

Dancing With the Stars season to s new show, . Below, here are the specific things you need to earmark: Our Cartoon President: Here is for this series: “From the Iowa caucuses and the Democratic campaigns to the impeachment inquiry, dive into a momentous election year to explore the critical question of who could be the next Cartoon President.” 8:30 p.m.

Katy Perry, 35, got in a little retail therapy after becoming a mom for the first time and she looked great! The singer, who gave birth to daughter Daisy Dove Bloom, last month was spotted shopping in Santa Barbara, CA on Sept. 12 but kept things low key with her head down as she walked by cameras with bags and drinks in hand. She was wearing a long and loose green dress with pink accents on it, a visor to keep out the sun, a light blue face mask, and green slip-on sandals with white stripes. Check out the pics of Katy HERE!

Paul Walker’s daughter Meadow celebrated his birthday on Saturday with the sweetest throwback photo of her and her late father, as well as her annual call for fans to “do good” in his honour.

this link, enter your email address, and select 'MySalford News'. That's all there is to it.In a statement, he said: “We’re disappointed that our arguments have not been accepted about the need to develop the Broadoak site to help address Salford’s growing shortage of family and affordable homes."We’re also disappointed not to have the opportunity to create something really special and sensitively designed."However, we recognise this has become a sensitive issue and, with the passage of time and other priorities, we have decided not to pursue the Broadoak legal case further.

police shot a bulldog dead after the animal attacked two people on Saturday night. Both of the injured people required hospital treatment after the dog attack in Greater Manchester.

After two months under stay-at-home orders due to the coronavirus pandemic in March and April, Kourtney Kardashian took matters into her own hands to make sure she still had a great summer. With traveling to international locations off the table, Kourt rounded up her kids for road trips to places like Utah, Colorado and more. Staying close to home didn’t mean there was a lack of fun and adventure, and Kourtney shared pics from her travels on Instagram all summer long.

Royal Mail workers.The kind posties returned a letter to the little girl from “the fairies”.It read: “Thank you. You are so kind and courageous to give your dummy to the fairies.“We are proud of you! And we promise to look after it.”As well as writing the sweet note, a Royal Mail worker called Les penned one for the parents too.It reads: “I have enclosed a thank you letter from the dummy fairies to show to your child to say thank you for sending the dummies to them.

Neil Lennon for Celtic to be allowed to open up their stadium to a limited number of supporters. The Hoops boss feels that they could be at least a third full at Celtic Park after watching Kansas City Chiefs kickstart their NFL season with similar crowd numbers.

Prince Harry was “emotional and demoralised” after stepping down from his royal duties. The Duke of Sussex was stripped of his military titles when he stepped down from royal duties after moving to the California with wife Meghan Markle earlier this year.

Cat Deeley has admitted part of the reason she moved back from Los Angeles with her family was due to fears over gun violence in the US.

coronavirus testing centre has opened in Farnworth - but some neighbours have raised concerns over its proximity to houses.The site has been erected on the car park of the New Bury Community Learning Centre, in St James Street.An elderly couple live next to the site and have admitted they were "shocked" when it sprung up without being consulted.Audrey McCann, 73, said: "My husband and I are in our 70s and we were shocked to say the least to not even be consulted about it.Get daily updates from Bolton direct to your email inbox with the free MyBolton newsletter.Click on this link, enter your email address, and select 'MyBolton News'. It's as simple as that."People using the centre may well have symptoms.

Kanye West’s bid to become president has suffered a fresh setback after he was kept off a key ballot.In August the rapper, who is married to Kim Kardashian, did not qualify to be on the ballot in Wisconsin after just missing the deadline to hand in the documents needed to register.The decision has been upheld by Brown County Circuit Judge John Zakowski who said Kanye – and running mate Michelle Tidball – missed the 5pm deadline to get on the ballot by minutes.‘The court believes at the time a grandfather clock rings out five times is the moment it is 5 p.m. Any time after that is precisely that: after 5 p.m.,’ Zakowski wrote.‘The court used the analogy of midnight.

Celtic on October 17. The Ibrox side broke a 114-year Scottish record at the weekend when they cruised to a 4-0 win over Dundee United to make it six clean sheets in the league.