city Airdrie: Last News

A fresh spin on a classic fairytale will have you home well before midnight when it is screened at Airdrie town hall.

A former Lanarkshire care home which boasts an impressive 11 bedrooms is going under the hammer with a guide price of £250,000 and above.

Monklands politicians have hit out after funding bids for major development projects in both Airdrie and Coatbridge were rejected.

Volunteers from a Lanarkshire charity completed a tough winter sleepout to raise funds for their varied work in supporting local residents and families.

A Lanarkshire opticians sees a bright future ahead after it invested in a significant renovation to improve its customer experience and increase its capacity for testing.

As part of Inter Faith week, Airdrie & Shotts MP Anum Qaisar hosted an event bringing together faith groups and police and fire service representatives from across her constituency to discuss the issues facing their communities.

Police investigating the sexual assault of a 41-year-old woman in Paisley have arrested a suspect in connection with the incident. A probe was launched after the victim was allegedly targeted at around 1.30am in the Forbes Place area of the town centre on Sunday, July 31.

A pedestrian has been struck by a car on a busy road in Airdrie town centre this afternoon.

A busy Lanarkshire community organisation is getting youngsters kitted out for sports, summer and school thanks to a new shoe-sharing initiative.

A special event aiming to help local residents tackle the soaring cost of living is taking place in Airdrie next month.

A historic Lanarkshire church has been converted into flats – with its first tenants now getting set to move into modern new homes inside the 134-year-old building.

Five fabulous friends marked the end of an era with a thoughtful gift for the much-loved cafe staff who have fuelled their secondary schooldays.

We've all seen a dog hanging its head out a car window for a breath of air - but how about an alpaca!?

The cinema at Airdrie town hall is reopening next month for the first time since the original coronavirus lockdown 18 months ago.

main hall is set to be used for an ongoing Covid immunisation booster programme for the next two years.He says his group was “absolutely devastated” to be told that their already-rescheduled performance would not now be able to go ahead as existing bookings are being cancelled; and believes that the loss of the venue for public events will have a negative effect on the town.The Lanarkshire Live app is available to download now.

iOS - Android The town hall on Stirling Street has been closed for the 18 months since the first coronavirus lockdown – with the exception of a month-long period early this year when it was used for vaccines before the process was centralised from community venues to the Ravenscraig supercentre.Prior to the pandemic, its two halls previously staged hundreds of functions each year, ranging from a host of shows and concerts to exhibitions, boxing matches, dinner dances, and around 100 weddings per year.

Kildonan Street offices were to be converted for housing after a 2019 decision to close 18 council offices across North Lanarkshire, saving £1.2 million. Now council officials say the newly-appointed team will “develop the most practical and cost-effective design solutions and layouts for the conversion to residential use, and provision of an office hub, as well as managing the construction phase through to completion and handover”.

link!Orrs closed in 2007 and the building was bought by Clyde Valley Housing Association the following year, but the group’s approved plans to create 14 flats plus retail units stalled, while a subsequent potential sale fell through in 2016.Airdrie MSP Alex Neil has previously campaigned to get the building demolished and welcomed the impending plans for the site.He said: “I am very much in favour of the redevelopment of the Orrs building site.

Click here for more news from the Airdrie and Coatbridge AdvertiserCreative Scotland chief executive Iain Munro said: “Despite the ongoing detrimental impact that the Covid-19 pandemic is having on Scotland’s performing arts venues and on culture as a whole, it’s positive that we can offer some funding to help venues navigate these extremely challenging times.“I’m encouraged to see that this funding will help venues across many different parts of Scotland, where they form such an important part of the cultural life of local communities.”Sir John Wilson town hall had a major refurbishment and facelift a decade ago which saw the construction of a new extension housing a cafe, gallery and accessible lift, plus the installation of the digital