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South Lanarkshire councillors are encouraging residents to report littering as it continues to be a problem across the area.

Scotland's NHS has paid out an eyewatering £11million in compensation to cancer patients whose treatment was delayed. Health boards have paid dozens of people since 2019-20 following lengthy waits for lifesaving diagnoses and operations.

Football chiefs have been urged to step in after three youth football teams were left with no league to play in. The three under-18 teams were left in the lurch after their local league in Tayside collapsed - but the neighbouring Fife youth league refused to let them in.

Chappell Roan is done dealing with “creepy” behavior and “harassment” from her fan community.

You’re doing too much. You know this and yet you are telling yourself that all is fine and you are able to cope. Is this really so or are you deceiving yourself? When you find yourself completely unprepared for a difficult task ahead you might accept a welcome offer of help that comes your way.

In Dovecote, an atmospheric drama short film byItalian director and co-writer Marco Perego turns the camera on society’s often unseen citizens: the women confined to a seaside prison in Venice. Making its debut at the Oscar-qualifying HollyShorts Film Festival, Dovecote, filmed inside Giudecca’s working women’s prison on an island in the Venetian lagoon, centers around a woman (Zoë Saldaña) during her final moments before being released. The film was also exhibited at the 60th Venice Biennale as part of the Vatican Pavilion. 

A mum has told of the terror after saving her baby during a super yacht tragedy that left seven people feared dead. Charlotte Golunski was onboard the boat when the horror incident unfolded in Santa Flavia.

Scotland’s leading Armed Forces charity, Poppyscotland, has put out a call for volunteers to step forward and make a difference in Lanarkshire.

An artist has gone viral on social media for their disturbing creation that has been dubbed "the world's most dangerous rollercoaster." Following National Rollercoaster Day on August 16, the Euthanasia Coaster became the highlight of online discussion with its 300mph speeds and sinister twists.

West Coats Primary School pupils have raised funds for a Rutherglen and Cambuslang charity through a reading fundraiser.

Jeremy Doku is looking forward to seeing more from Savinho after a lively start from the new Manchester City star.

A decision to axe free bus transport for asylum seekers has been condemned by charities, which warned some people are living on less than £1.40 per day.

King Charles shocked the globe with news of his cancer diagnosis a mere six months ago, leading to a temporary retreat from his royal duties barely 16 months into his rule as monarch.

Taylor Swift met some of the victims injured in the horror Southport stabbings. Several young girls were brutally attacked at the dance party which bore her name last month.

A successful Olympian has been found dead in her apartment. It's believed that Daniela Larreal Chirinos passed away after choking on food.

Financially-stricken Inverness Caley Thistle believe they are set for a new dawn after £3million of historic debts were wiped out – with backing from Sir Alex Ferguson.

Julia Clark, 53, from Lincoln, had been happily married to Peter, also 53, for 15 years and they had three children together. However, a family holiday to Egypt in August 2016 turned her life upside down

Chappell Roan has opened up about being indebted to the queer community, saying that she is “here to give back all the energy that the queer community has given to me.”In an interview with NME earlier this year, the pop star spoke about her influences in the queer community and how she wants to “give back” some of the “energy” the community gave to her in helping her both to find her identity and inspire her music.The fast-rising pop star who identifies as a queer woman and is influenced by drag aesthetic, released her debut studio album, ‘The Rise And Fall Of A Midwest Princess’, last September to critical acclaim. In a four-star review, NME described it as “a display of Roan’s bold and brazen pen, where she places searing revelations alongside some deliciously cheeky choruses”.Since then, she achieved her first UK Number One album almost a year after its release – something Elton John congratulated her on recently.Adele also praised the musician last week, calling her “absolutely amazing” during her show in Munich on August 14. “Chappell Roan is her name, yes?” Adele said.

A mum has sparked a debate after revealing she deliberately left out one child from her daughter's birthday party.

A motorcyclist who died in a horror crash in the Highlands has been named by police.

Molly-Mae Hague and Tommy Fury have been forced to up their security after the professional boxer received abuse from a fan who reportedly approached him in a park following the former couple's shock split.