Approval given for latest North Lanarkshire Council town centre plans

Sesame Street’s first Asian American character is set to make her first appearance on the iconic show later this month. Ji-Young, 7, is a Korean American puppet with two main passions - playing her electric guitar and skateboarding.

A police dog has been praised for tracing an alleged drunk driver who reportedly tried to escape police in Falkirk.

A perverted greenkeeper who forced terrified schoolgirls to perform sex acts on him with a milk bottle has been jailed for 30 months.

An offender refused to do community work at an old folks' centre because he was afraid of catching COVID.

A councillor broke her foot after plunging off a stage moments after delivering a keynote speech.

On Saturday, the star took to Twitter to deliver a “woke joke” to his 5.6 million followers. Mr Cleese sarcastically wrote: “A man walks into a bar.The bartender says ‘are you racist?’ “The man says ‘absolutely not.

Free parking is being introduced in Kilmarnock town centre throughout December.

She is a frontline NHS hero who is committed to putting the squeeze on COVID-19.

All people aged 40 and over should be given a third shot of a coronavirus vaccine, experts have found.

The city centre is getting ready to welcome back the famous light-up Santa statue for another year of festive cheer.

Plans to revamp an historic area of Stockport previously deemed ‘harmful’ to the town’s heritage have been passed after advice to councillors was changed at the 11th hour.

Road safety campaigners have hailed a drop of more than a third of deaths and serious injuries on Lanarkshire roads in 2020.

Aldi's Specialbuy items are always a hit with customers, so it's no surprise that their latest offering has gone down a storm with customers.

People in Rutherglen and Cambuslang are being left waiting in ambulances for hours on end - no matter which health board they come under.

MPs have spoken out in frustration over reports that rail upgrade plans for the North of England are to be 'watered down'.

TWICE have announced North American dates for their upcoming 2022 world tour.Earlier today (November 15), TWICE unveiled a poster containing details of their upcoming tour, which currently includes five North American shows. According to the poster, the girl group’s tour include even more dates and shows, the details of which are expected to be announced in the coming weeks.TWICE 4TH WORLD TOUR ‘Ⅲ’#TWICE #트와이스#TWICE_4TH_WORLD_TOUR pic.twitter.com/YcTtrtESXw— TWICE (@JYPETWICE) November 15, 2021The girl group had first teased the tour at the end of the music video for their recently released English single, ‘The Feels’.

A Lanarkshire mum whose 12-year-old daughter died after an asthma attack has lost her father just days later.

Piers Morgan, 56, going when on the subject of anti-vaxxers, and those who have chosen not to have the Covid vaccine for personal reasons.Taking a robust stance every time, his Twitter followers were also in agreement with his reaction to Austria's latest plans to curb the spread of the virus by placing their unvaccinated residents into a further lockdown.Taking to the social media site following reports of the Austrian government's announcement, Piers shook his head while hitting out at anti-vaxxers.He sighed: "I don’t agree with this."But I suspect it will make many of the anti-vaxxers take the jab."He went on to add the sly swipe: "Thus proving their protest is just posturing."It comes after ministers announced plans of a new lockdown

Three North Ayrshire community projects have won the bids for the Chancellor’s Budget.

The government has been focussed on two big issues in recent weeks. Firstly the UN Climate Change conference, Cop 26, and then the debate over MPs having a second jobs, in the fall-out from what was seen as a botched Tory attempt to clear an MP who broke lobbying rules.

Kanye West live-streamed a new Sunday Service session on Sunday (November 14), hours before releasing the deluxe edition of his album ‘Donda’.The hourlong service opened with the MUSYCA Children’s Choir singing ‘Donda’ and ‘Jesus Lord’. The Sunday Service choir went on to perform other ‘Donda’ cuts, including ‘Hurricane’ and ‘Moon’.Also featured in the new performance was a selection of tracks from the Sunday Service Choir’s own 2020 ‘Emmanuel’ EP: ‘O Mira Nox’, ‘Gloria’, ‘Requiem Aeternam’ and ‘Puer’.