Eight positive cases of Covid-19 at North Lanarkshire virus contact tracing centre

Former centre-back Rio Ferdinand has waxed lyrical about Manchester United winger Jadon Sancho, insisting he has been the club's "best player" in recent matches.

Netflix's hit reality dating show Love Is Blind has many of us gripped with its drama-filled and nail-biting scenes.Season two premiered on Friday (February 11) and follows several men and women hoping to find love in a very different kind of dating experience.Contestants first take part in a blind speed-dating process which takes place in pods where they will see whether there's a spark.From that point, the individual decides whether they want to propose - with the intention to get married - and finally get to meet their other half face-to-face for the first time.Despite being a wild concept, avid viewers have been glued to the show's thrilling drama which has many asking questions about what really happens behind-the-scenes.Here, we dig deep into the shenanigans that happens off-camera. Many may have noticed how 30 people enter the show looking for the perfect person.However, only a select number of people are properly shown throughout the series.

student has been declared dead after taking an Uber following a night out with pals.The 21-year-old from the University of New Orleans was dropped off unresponsive at a hospital where she was declared dead.Ciaya Jordan Whetstone attended Mardi Gras parades on Friday and later went out with friend Juliet Orr to a bar.Juliet told the New Orleans Advocate that Ciaya was driven to her boyfriend's house in the suburbs and later took an Uber to check on her dog in the middle of the night.Her roommate, Reese White, said that Ciaya told her she was going with the driver whom she described as a friend to “go find her car”.Reese told the paper: "I tried to convince her not to go."One of Ciaya's other friends, Robert Torres, rang her at around 1.30am on Saturday morning where he heard the driver ask her: "Do you like to party?"Reportedly she told Robert that she will ring him back, but never did.The news outlet reported it was unclear who dropped the girl off at 7am at the hospital.Police said she arrived via “private conveyance”, a term used in cases where an ambulance isn’t involved.Currently it is unclear what the cause of death was.The girl's stepdad shared how "shocked" the family are and how they have "got a tough few days ahead of us".The University officials said that Ciaya was a business administration junior who was due to graduate in 2023.School president John Nicklow said in a statement: “As a University, few things are more challenging than dealing with the sadness of the death of a student. Our thoughts are with Ciaya’s family and friends.“We are offering counselling services to students and employees who need support."Fellow students also shared their worries.

Clayton Davis On Tuesday afternoon, it was reported that eight categories would not be presented on the live broadcast of this year’s 94th Oscars ceremony. The social media and industry reaction was swift and brutal from industry members and awards watchers, but some of the instant backlash was due to a lack of understanding of the process and how it will roll out.Are the categories being removed from the Oscars ceremony?No. The 94th ceremony will begin one hour earlier for in-person attendees, with the full presentation of nominees, winners and speeches from the eight selected categories of documentary short, film editing, makeup and hairstyling, original score, production design, animated short, live action short and sound.

Korea, one of the world’s most advanced economies and now one of the most competitive OTT markets.Now, local contender Tving reckons it has many of the tools it needs to unseat Netflix from its hard-earned position as Korea’s top dog streamer.Streaming industry numbers in Korea have risen in roughly inverse proportion to the decline of theatrical film industry. South Korea was the world’s fourth biggest box office market until 2019, but it is now chugging along with a dearth of local titles and aggregate revenues averaging a miserable $5 million per weekend so far in 2022.Consultancy, Media Partners Asia has estimated in contrast that Netflix may have ended 2021 with some six million paying subscribers (in a population of 51 million).

Tom Holland is answering fans’ questions — or, at least he’s trying to when he’s not focusing on being surrounded by a puppies.

Foo Fighters frontman Dave Grohl, 53, has seemingly rocked too hard. He confessed that he’s basically “deaf” and has been for the past 20 years. “I haven’t had them tested in a long time — I mean, I know what they’re gonna say,” he said of his ears on The Howard Stern Show. “You have hearing damage tinnitus in your left ear, more so than your right ear.”

Call Of Duty series will not receive a new mainline title in 2023, the first time in nearly two decades, creepsActivision is reportedly pushing back the upcoming 2023 entry in the series after the most recent installment, 2021’s Call Of Duty: Vanguard from Sledgehammer Games, failed to live up to the company’s expectations. The 2023 entry is allegedly being developed by Call Of Duty: Black Ops Cold War maker Treyarch.According to a new report by Bloomberg‘s Jason Schreier, who cites “people familiar with the [release] plan”, some higher-ups in the company believe Activision has been releasing new installments in the series at too fast a pace.However, it seems like the coming years will not go without any Call Of Duty content from Activision at all.

reopen schools on a full-time basis in August. Nicola Sturgeon's Cabinet will hear the latest evidence on virus infection rates across the country and take expert advice before signing-off on a way forward.

Swinney is confident pupils will be in class full-time when schools start to reopen from August 11. The SNP education secretary gave his latest progress update one day before the Scottish Government take a decision.

Do you have a coronavirus related story? Email reporters@dailyrecord.co.ukAn enhanced testing regime for Covid-19 in schools might not be ready for the full-time return to class on August 11, John Swinney admitted.The Education Secretary said public health officials are working to that timetable “at speed” but he could not give a guarantee to MSPs probing progress today.Swinney was providing with just three weeks until schools can resume in Scotland.Swinney said there will be sample testing to cover a “very wide cross-section of schools”.Read the full story here:First Minister Nicola Sturgeon will give a media briefing today at 12.15pm from St Andrew’s House.

Covid-19 in schools might not be ready for the full-time return to class on August 11, John Swinney admitted. The Education Secretary said public health officials are working to that timetable "at speed" but he could not give a guarantee to MSPs probing progress today.

Join thousands of others who have signed up for the Daily Record newsletter.South Lanarkshire Council reassured parents and carers that they will keep  them updated about plans for a return to school in August as soon as they hear more next week.They released a statement on their Facebook page following Education Secretary John Swinney’s update in parliament on the Scottish Government’s plan to re-open schools.Mr Swinney said that a full re-opening of schools was being planned for, but it remained conditional and dependent upon scientific and health advice and the continued suppression of the virus.Tony McDaid, the council’s executive director of education resources, said: “I wish to let parents and families know that, like all councils

teachers to help class rooms cope with extra burdens caused by coronavirus. Education Secretary John Swinney confirmed he has "ring-fenced" half of an earlier emergency fund for the recruitment drive.

schools plan today with less than three weeks until children are expected back to class.The Education Secretary will update the Scottish Parliament at 2pm on Thursday on progress with plans for sending pupils back from August 11.The Scottish Government has said their 'intention' is to send children back full-time on this date but only if safe to do so.And Swinney has indicted that a final decision on whether children will return to part-time "blended learning" or full-time education might not be made until July 30.Political opponents are urging Swinney to move this date forward, saying it doesn't leave enough time to prepare.

Click here for more news from the Airdrie and Coatbridge AdvertiserDeputy first minister John Swinney added: “Where clusters of cases develop we must find them and act quickly to prevent further spread; public health teams in Lanarkshire have responded swiftly to track the spread of the virus and identify any close contacts of the Sitel employees.”He said of the five newly-identified locations: “At this point it is considered that there is a low risk of transmission for people who have attended these locations and have not been in close contact with someone who has tested positive.“However, individuals who have been in these locations should be extra vigilant, ensure they follow all public health advice, and if they have any symptoms of

an outbreak of Covid-19 at a call centre near Bellshill last week, the Deputy First Minister has confirmed. John Swinney said a pub, coffee shop and other retail premises had been advised to temporarily close for deep cleaning as they were recently visited by staff from the Sitel contact centre, where 14 workers have now tested positive for the virus.

Perthshire Olympic curling medallist Eve Muirhead has endorsed a £75,000 campaign to install a specialised public toilet for people with physical and learning disabilities in Pitlochry. Professor Jason Leitch, the national clinical director for the Scottish Government, and John Swinney MSP are also backing the project for a ‘Changing Places Toilet’ at the Atholl Centre.

Covid-19 while on Saturday there were 21 new cases - the largest daily increase since June 21. It comes after it emerged last night that six people at a call centre at the Sitel building in Maxim Park, near  Motherwell have tested positive.

Covid-19 have now been confirmed in an outbreak at a contact tracing centre in Motherwell.The Scottish Government said the Sitel building in Maxim Park, near the Lanarkshire town, has been closed while contact tracing continues.Deputy First Minister John Swinney announced the number of people who have tested positive for the deadly virus.He said: "There is an extensive contact tracing operation under way which was commenced by NHS Lanarkshire and by the test and protect support, working very closely with North Lanarkshire Council."Swinney added: "That has resulted in the tracing of a range of contacts of individuals who have tested positive and that work will continue for some time."The staff were working for NHS England on their test and

back to school full-time next month is "absolutely not a done deal", according to a key member of the Scottish Government’s education recovery group. Stephen McCabe said there are "serious concerns" in trade unions about protection for teachers.