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A Lanarkshire MSP was “delighted” to see the hard work of the Dogs Trust first-hand following a recent visit to their Uddingston Centre.

iOS - Android In 2019, 16,310 children in Scotland were looked after or on the child protection register, 850 of which were from the North Lanarkshire region. The numbers are expected to have increased dramatically since March 2020, with more children and young people than ever in North Lanarkshire are in need of a safe, supportive home and the hub will act as an additional base for the charity’s Intensive Fostering Service (IFS).Indeed foster carer enquiries to Kibble, which has charity status, have increased by 225 per cent since the coronavirus pandemic began.Launched in 2004, IFS provides homes for children and young people from age five who are unable to live with their birth families.

Rutherglen MSP Clare Haughey said the announcement offers “firm grounds for optimism” for the coming months.

Glasgow and surrounding areas are likely to be kept in place after a review, Nicola Sturgeon indicated.People in the region are not allowed to visit other households after a sharp rise in infections.The measures are tougher than in the rest of the country where new rules imposed from today limit gatherings to two households indoors and outside.The rules came in two weeks ago in Glasgow, East Renfrewshire and West Dunbartonshire.

Get the stories that interest you straight to your inbox every day with our personalised newsletterA further 65 people have been diagnosed with the coronavirus in Scotland.The Scottish Government published information this afternoon as part of its daily update on how the virus is impacting on the nation.Eighteen new cases have been detected in the NHS Grampian region where the authorities locked down the city of Aberdeen following a significant upsurge in positive tests.Meanwhile, another 12 cases have been recorded in the NHS Lanarkshire region in the last 24 hours.Scotland's COVID-19 death toll remains at 2,491.However, data from the National Records of Scotland (NRS) shows 4,213 deaths had been registered up to Sunday, August 9 where the