Monklands residents encouraged to join coronavirus volunteer effort

Max Verstappen was able to close a gap to Lewis Hamilton, who had looked like he was cruising to a Drivers World Championship.Masi decided that lapped cars shouldn't have to get out of the way before allowing the race to continue.Verstappen, who was on the fresher tyres, was easily able to claim his first Drivers World Championship on the final lap.And after heavy criticism, Masi has now been relived of his duties.FIA president Mohammed Ben Sulayem said: "I would like to inform you that a new race management team will be put in place starting in Barcelona for the test session."Niels Wittich and Eduardo Freitas will act alternatively as Race Director, assisted by Herbie Blash as permanent senior advisor."Michael Masi, who accomplished a very challenging job for three years as Formula 1 race director following Charlie Whiting, will be offered a new position within the FIA."I presented this complete plan to the members of the World Motor Sport Council and the Senate who gave their full support."What do you think of the Masi decision? Let us know in the comments sectionThe confusion and disappointment of the final lap had sparked rumours that Hamilton could walk away from the sport.However, Mercedes have announced that Hamilton will appear alongside Toto Wolff and George Russell to kickstart their 2022 season on a live stream.Mercedes will unveil their new car as Hamilton looks to break Michael Schumacher's record.Red Bull have already unveiled their new engine as Verstappen looks to defend his championship.

To stay up to date with all the latest news, make sure you sign up to one of our newsletters here.In 2016, Clegg criticised Facebook and suggested the company should be paying more tax."I'm not especially bedazzled by Facebook," he wrote in the London Evening Standard."While I have good friends who work at the company, I actually find the messianic Californian new-worldy-touchy-feely culture of Facebook a little grating."Nor am I sure that companies such as Facebook really pay all the tax they could – though that's as much the fault of governments who still haven't got their tax act together."

takeaway owner landed himself in court after a shocking report exposed a series of vile conditions at the shop which included bloody appliances and a toilet pan "encrusted with faeces." The former owner of Salt and Pepper takeaway in Larchfield Street, Darlington, County Durham, admitted to failing to keep his business clean last month after inspectors found a refrigerator with "congealed blood" and margarine stored in the WC lobby.A Food Standards Agency inspector slapped the fast food joint with a zero star rating as disgusting photos revealed the grim conditions at the property, which led to the owner being ordered to pay over £800 in court. A Freedom of Information request has now disclosed the extent of the revolting takeaway, which Darlington Council confirmed are now operating under a different name and owner, reports Teeside Live.

Mariah Carey shared a rare photo with her beau Bryan Tanaka to Instagram on Tuesday evening.The 51-year-old singer and the 38-year-old dancer were cheek to cheek as she wrote in her caption, 'Valentine’s marathon continues. Hour 23!'This post may have been a subtle response to her ex-husbandNick Cannon's suggestion that they get back together in his new song Alone.

Teresa Giudice's daughters Gia, 21, and Milania, 16, have seemingly come to a truce with their uncle Joe Gorga after calling him out on all his trash talk.After years of estrangement, due to Teresa's brother past hostile behavior toward their mom and dad, the sisters spoke about their anger and feeling resentful about his remarks about their family.On Tuesday's episode of the Real Housewives of New Jersey,Teresa, 49, brought her girls over to the home of her fiance Luis Ruelas for pizza, pasta and positive dialog. Patching things up: Teresa Giudice's daughters Gia, 21, (pictured) and Milania, 16, have seemingly come to a truce with their uncle Joe Gorga after calling him out on all his trash talkWhile Gia had already made up with her uncle for badmouthing her father, Joe Giudice, her younger sister Milania, 16, was not so forgiving.

a 15ft great white shark which vanished after the incident. Simon suffered "catastrophic injuries" in the attack and despite the best efforts of coastguards only scraps of his wetsuit have been found so far.

Dancing on Ice viewers have voiced their annoyance at Happy Mondays star Bez still being on the programme after celebs with higher judges' scores were voted off.One social networker fumed on Twitter: "Can I say what a joke the show has become. Its meant to wb about talent , and clearly bez has no ice skating talent and he's there for entertainment.

TikTok, showing the round, golden-coloured vegetable as viewers nicknamed it the "golden nugget"."Can someone from Kettle chips tell me why I found a whole potato in the bag?" she asked in the video.Despite the whole spud being well-seasoned and cooked, Katherine said the texture was not as crunchy as it looks, adding that: "The whole bag was kind of soggy. If it was crunchier, it would have slapped."Some viewers took to comments and threw in suggestions for her to cash in on the special potato."Put it on eBay and set bidding start at £3,000," one wrote while a second said: "Tell them and see if they give you lot of money, just like that kid who found a puffy Doritos."A third commented: "That looks like the best, damn potato ever!"A fourth added: "At least we now know that the chips are made from real potatoes.

Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg has introduced a strange new name for employees at the flagship social media company. The 37-year-old has announced a number of new "corporate values" for Facebook and newly named parent company Meta, with staff told they are now "Metamates".Reports from the Verge suggest that the announcement came from a meeting between all staff members of both groups, with Zuckerberg explaining what it means for Meta and Facebook.Zuckerberg said the introduction of new values would include a focus on teamwork that would "build awesome things," "move fast together" and a new call to "focus on long-term impact".The evolution of the previous slogan "move fast and break things," evolved into "move fast" and now "move fast together".The parent company changed its name from Facebook to Meta last year and is responsible for some of the largest social media apps, including WhatsApp and Instagram.Zuckerberg said that for staff to identify with the new unity of the firm, employees should start considering themselves Metamates, and that the priority when considering employees, self and the company should be "Meta, Metamates, me."On Facebook, Zuckerberg explained that the current values of the company were written in 2007, but a lot had changed since then.He said: "We are now a distributed company.

Ed Sheeran is among the top 100 richest singers in the world with a net worth of around $200million (£147m). The Suffolk-born songwriter used to busk and perform in the streets before his epic fortune, thanks to the popularity of his debut album + (Plus) back in 2011.The album has now been certified platinum seven times in the UK and his succeeding albums x (Times), ÷ (Divide) and = (Equals) have achieved similar success.He also spent a portion of time sleeping rough while he was travelling the country to perform.After 31-year-old Sheeran reached chart success, he decided to use his riches on a rather unusual venture.A reported £3.7million of his money has gone to creating a “mini village” for himself and his wife Cherry Lancaster Seaborn.The couple were married in 2018 and have been working on the estate in Sheeran’s hometown of Suffolk.

Loose Women stars Denise Welch and Carol McGiffin were left shouting over each other as they disagreed on a topic. The ITV stars were discussing Prince Andrew, and Denise – who shared her personal issues with him – fumed as she claimed Prince Harry is "blamed for everything".

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Join thousands of others who have signed up for the Daily Record newsletter.Shotts MP Neil Gray has criticised news that free TV licences for all over-75s are to be scrapped from next month, saying it will impact nearly 6000 people in his constituency.BBC officials have announced that the controversial change is to go ahead from August 1, after a two-month delay related to coronavirus – meaning most pensioners will now face an annual fee of £154.50 for viewing.Licences will still be issued free to households where one person is receiving pension credit; but Mr Gray said that with 5756 people in his constituency receiving free licences, thousands could now be impacted – and he called on the UK government to cover the cost.Mr Gray, who is the

An SNP commission is examining plans for a universal basic income in an independent Scotland.

Monklands residents are being invited to have their say on how life might look when coronavirus lockdown restrictions are ultimately altered.

Alex Neil has welcomed news that Scotland’s hospices are set to share up to £19 million in additional money being made available in light of the coronavirus pandemic.

Airdrie’s MSP says people “must prepare for restrictions on normal life to continue for some time” as the country reaches the end of its fifth week of lockdown in the battle against coronavirus.

A group of seven SNP MPs have written to call centre company Teleperformance after dozens of fearful employees contacted them over claims they felt intimidated to work during the coronavirus lockdown.

A senior SNP MSP has said the chances of indyref2 this year are “zilch” as a result of Coronavirus.

Universal Credit claimants who need to self-isolate in the event of contracting coronavirus or as a precautionary measure will not be sanctioned, a work and pensions minister has confirmed.

tuition fees for “rich EU students”. Alex Neil said the country could no longer afford the subsidy at the “expense of our own kids.”Under European Union law, the Scottish Government’s free tuition policy requires EU students to be treated the same.Get all the top Scottish politics news sent straight to your Inbox by signing up to our Politics newsletter.We cover Holyrood, Westminster and local councils, with a current focus on how our governments are handling the coronavirus pandemic.To sign up, simply enter your email address into the pink box near the top of this article.Alternatively, you can visit our newsletter sign up-centre.