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A Lanarkshire club marked their golden anniversary recently with a celebratory lunch.

voted to uphold the ban.Options including hot foam and steam are instead being tested; and now the council says a different weedkiller product is being tried out to address the condition of the area’s open spaces.Head over to our new Lanarkshire Live Facebook page to make sure you're up to date with the top stories in the regionA spokesman for the local authority told Lanarkshire Live: “We are looking at the effectiveness of an alternative herbicide in selected areas.“Unlike glyphosate-based products, it does not kill the weed root but only any growth above ground, and therefore it is likely to require more applications to get the same results.”The news was welcomed by SNP councillor William Goldie, who led the successful opposition to

iOS - Android The virtual conference was hosted by physicist and meteorologist Dr Heather Reid, the former weather presenter, who shared her personal perspective on climate change before leading a debate with experts on what needs to be done locally and what individuals can do at home, work and in adapting lifestyles to mitigate global warming.Cambridge University expert Will Day, from its institute for sustainability leadership, was the keynote speaker at the seminar, attended by more than 300 people.There were also panel contributions from Sam Hockman, chief executive of services and energy group Engie, and Councillor William Goldie, who is North Lanarkshire’s carbon management champion.Dr Reid said: “We all know that we are already

proposing the scheme be delayed as he has “reservations about the amount of money parking charges would actually generate in these difficult times”.