Thousands of South Lanarkshire pupils sent home to self isolate in past month

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Amanda Owen left her followers excited as she shared a series of photos ahead of new arrivals to the farm.The Our Yorkshire Farm star explained how they were undergoing “ultrasound scanning” of the yows.Amanda took to Twitter last night as she shared the insight with her fans with a series of photos.These featured her children surrounded by sheep as they went about the task of scanning them.This is in preparation for lambing season in the springtime.In the snaps, the snowy landscape behind Ravenseat could also be seen after the impact of Storm Eunice.Alongside her snaps, Amanda wrote: “Many hands make light work.“*Ultrasound scanning the yows*.”The farmer then finished her caption with the hashtags: “#yorkshire #shepherdess #scan.”Following her update, several of her followers weighed in with their excitement.Jane Jones wrote: “I hope you have a load of lambs come spring Amanda loving the braids in Clemmys hair xx.” (sic)Margaret Thompson added: “The advantages of a family growing up - and willing to help!“You must be so proud of them.”Janet Evans added: “So lovely to see Raven x Rueben but I’m not sure if it’s him or miles they are so much alike.“Luv To The Owens Family xx.” (sic)While user Elenemma88 added: “Please stop clem growing up xx.”Amanda lives on her Ravenseat farm with her husband Clive Owen and their nine children.The family are the focus of the hugely popular Channel 5 documentary series Our Yorkshire Farm.The latest season aired at the end of last year, with fans hopeful more episodes are on their way.Amanda often shares daily updates from the farm across her social media pages to keep her followers in the loop.Over the past few days, she has been sharing the impact of Storm Eunice on Ravenseat.She shared

Get the stories that matter to you sent straight to your inbox with our daily newsletter.The leader of South Lanarkshire Council says it’s disappointing but necessary that the area is moving into Tier 4 of Covid restrictions.John Ross reacted to the news of the local authority area going into the strictest lockdown rules from today.Mr Ross said: “I know that everyone will share my disappointment that it has been necessary to place Lanarkshire and other parts of Scotland in Level 4 of the Covid protection levels.“But unfortunately it is clear from the public health data that further measures are necessary if we are to bring the infection rate under control.“We have all made many sacrifices already in our collective effort to protect

East Kilbride councillor who is monitoring the success of the UK Government’s pilot testing scheme in Liverpool.

East Kilbride will be limiting access to essential stores only from Friday as Lanarkshire moves to a level four lockdown. First Minister Nicola Sturgeon confirmed the tighter restrictions across the region yesterday (Tuesday) in a briefing to the Scottish Parliament.The new restrictions will come into place from Friday and will be in place for three weeks, lifting on December 11.It follows access being restricted during the first lockdown in March.

Get the stories that interest you straight to your inbox every day with our personalised newsletterEast and South Ayrshire face fresh lockdown misery from Friday after yesterday's Scottish Government coronavirus levels announcement.At the Scottish Parliament in Edinburgh, First Minister Nicola Sturgeon confirmed 11 local authority areas would move into the highest level of restrictions.The bombshell news will be a devastating blow for people and businesses across East and South Ayrshire with the usually busy Christmas period fast approaching.Restrictions kick in from 6pm on Friday night with Ms Sturgeon telling MSPs they are intended to only be in place until Friday, December 11.North Ayrshire has escaped Level 4 status after successfully

East Kilbride has been plunged into a second lockdown.

Get the stories that matter to you sent straight to your inbox with our daily newsletter.Level four lockdown will be coming to Lanarkshire from Friday, First Minister Nicola Sturgeon has confirmed.Businesses including hospitality, salons, gyms, hairdressers and non-essential retail will have to close when the new restrictions come into effect at 6am on Friday, November 20.For three weeks, Lanarkshire will be put into the highest level of restrictions used by the Scottish Government before being lifted on Friday, December 11.Travel restrictions - which already apply to level three areas - will be made law, meaning residents will only be able to travel outwith their local authority area for essential purposes.Schools will remain open and

Get the stories that matter to you sent straight to your inbox with our daily newsletter.Level four lockdown will be coming to Lanarkshire from Friday, First Minister Nicola Sturgeon has confirmed.Businesses including hospitality, salons, gyms, hairdressers and non-essential retail will have to close when the new restrictions come into effect at 6am on Friday, November 20.For three weeks, Lanarkshire will be put into the highest level of restrictions used by the Scottish Government before being lifted on Friday, December 11.Travel restrictions - which already apply to level three areas - will be made law, meaning residents will only be able to travel outwith their local authority area for essential purposes.Schools will remain open and

Get the stories that interest you straight to your inbox every day with our personalised newsletterNorth Ayrshire will remain in the third level of Covid-19 restrictions.Meanwhile our neighbours in South and East Ayrshire face three weeks at the fourth tier, starting from 6pm this Friday.First Minister Nicola Sturgeon has revealed her ‘tough decision’ to move East and South Ayrshire into a tier four in a bid to save Christmas plans.The increased restrictions are the closest to the national lockdown introduced in March and will see the closure of; hairdressers, barbers, beauticians and any other close contact retail services; gyms and leisure centres; ‘non-essential’ shops and pubs, restaurants and cafes, although take aways can still

Boris Johnson has come under attack for calling Scottish devolution "a disaster north of the border".

Get the stories that matter to you sent straight to your inbox with our daily newsletter.Neil Bibby MSP has challenged the Scottish Government to hold an inquiry into covid care homes “now, not later”.The West of Scotland MSP reiterated his call for a public inquiry days after the Scottish Parliament voted in favour of the probe getting underway immediately.The motion was agreed after government officials last week told the Express that First Minister Nicola Sturgeon had always committed to an inquiry.But no date has yet been set for the investigation to start.Mr Bibby, whose Renfrewshire constituency has seen 116 care home residents die of Covid-19, insists ministers need to learn lessons from the first wave of the virus and fast.He said:

Get the stories that matter to you sent straight to your inbox with our daily newsletter.New weekly cases of coronavirus have fallen for the second consecutive week in Lanarkshire.More than 15,000 people have now tested positive for Covid-19 in the region.First Minister Nicola Sturgeon confirmed a further 219 cases in the county for yesterday at her daily briefing on Monday, November 9, as weekly cases fell below 2000 for the first time in a month.That brings the total number of new Covid cases in the region for last week (week beginning November 2) to 1803 - 198 less than the previous week.Last week, the rate of decreasing in new Covid-19 cases across the region fell to 9.8 per cent after reducing by 26.4 per cent in the previous week.New

Get the stories that matter to you sent straight to your inbox with our daily newsletter.New weekly cases of coronavirus have fallen for the second consecutive week in Lanarkshire.More than 15,000 people have now tested positive for Covid-19 in the region.First Minister Nicola Sturgeon confirmed a further 219 cases in the county for yesterday at her daily briefing on Monday, November 9, as weekly cases fell below 2000 for the first time in a month.That brings the total number of new Covid cases in the region for last week (week beginning November 2) to 1803 - 198 less than the previous week.Last week, the rate of decreasing in new Covid-19 cases across the region fell to 9.8 per cent after reducing by 26.4 per cent in the previous week.New

The number of people to have died in Scotland since the pandemic began now stands at 3,040.Tomorrow will see the first review of Scotland’s new tiered restriction level, although First Minister Nicola Sturgeon has warned it is “highly unlikely” these will be eased.

Get the stories that matter to you sent straight to your inbox with our daily newsletter.School pupils in South Lanarkshire are being the given the chance to once again name the council’s gritter fleet.Last year’s competition for South Lanarkshire Council’s Roads department saw Gritter Thunberg, Lewis Caploughdi, Salt Disnae, Oh Plougher of Scotland, Nitty McGritty, Gritty McVitie, Snow Coo and Spready Mercury out gritting the roads, supported by Snow Blow Patrol the snow blower.This year another eight gritters are in the name game.All of the area’s P4 to P7 pupils have been asked to get their thinking caps on to come up with the punniest seasonal names they can think of.Councillor Julia Marrs, chair of the road safety forum said: “Last

Aberdeen Eight more heat than others.Dons stars were hammered after they first broke the household ruling by going for a meal and then into a city centre pub.They were condemned by everyone from the First Minister Nicola Sturgeon down but earlier this week Rangers were praised by the Scottish Government for taking swift action against Jordan Jones and George Edmundson after they also disregarded the two household ruling.Neil Lennon accused Holyrood chiefs of double standards and now McInnes has echoed his Celtic counterpart.The Aberdeen boss said: “While we were wrong at the time and rightly criticised, I haven’t seen the same condemnation that was aimed towards us right across the board for anybody else.

Get the stories that interest you straight to your inbox every day with our personalised newsletterFirst Minister Nicola Sturgeon said she didn’t know positive Covid-19 patients were moved to care homes until August -  despite us publishing the fact in June.The local democracy reporting service revealed how 11 patients with coronavirus were discharged from Ayrshire hospitals to the care homes between March 10 and May 19. Cabinet secretary for health Jeane Freeman, who represents Carrick, Cumnock and Doon Valley is among the ministers who had no idea of the situation, it is said.Ms Sturgeon said she and other ministers only became aware of the practice from a national paper  in August - two months after the Ayrshire Post first published the

Perthshire MSP has criticised the first minister for being “oblivious” to what was happening in care homes across the region earlier in the coronavirus pandemic. At the weekend it was reported Nicola Sturgeon said ministers and government officials did not have information on the results of COVID-19 tests prior to patients being discharged into care homes, or where these patients were discharged before figures were published in a national newspaper in August.

Get the stories that matter to you sent straight to your inbox with our daily newsletter.New weekly coronavirus cases in Lanarkshire fell for the first time since July last week.First Minister Nicola Sturgeon confirmed a further 268 cases in the region for yesterday at her daily briefing on Monday, November 2.That brings the total number of new Covid cases in the region for last week (week beginning October 26) to 2001 - 718 less than the previous week.Each of the previous 12 weeks had seen a consistent rise in new Covid-19 cases across the Lanarkshire, peaking at 2719 two weeks ago (week beginning October 19).However, last week was the third consecutive week that more than 2000 cases were recorded in the region.In total, 13,396 people in

Get the stories that matter to you sent straight to your inbox with our daily newsletter.Lanarkshire saw a further 274 new coronavirus cases confirmed yesterday.First Minister Nicola Sturgeon announced the figures at her daily briefing in Edinburgh this afternoon, meaning a record 2719 new positive tests were confirmed in the region last week.The total number of cases in the region this month now exceeds 7000 - more than 1.5 times the 4375 cases confirmed in the region between March and September.In total, 11,395 people have tested positive for Covid-19 in Lanarkshire and 395 people have died from the virus.A new five-tier system of restrictions is set to be debated by MSPs at Holyrood tomorrow (October 27) before coming into force on