Notices published September 2022

No puzzle as to why Bill and Betty are still driving forward after 60 years

Bill and Betty Kearins with Provost Margaret Cooper and  Deputy Lieutenant John Brown

Published: 28 September 2022

Bill and Betty Kearins are still puzzling away after 60 years of marriage but they first got together over a tin of food.

New school for pupils with complex additional support needs

This image shows an exterior shot of the current Kear Campus in Blantyre

Published: 28 September 2022

A new social, emotional and behavioural needs secondary school for young people is to be built in South Lanarkshire.

Support available for groups as Climate Week gets underway

This image shows Councillor Kirsten Robb with staff from the Waist Not Want Not team

Published: 27 September 2022

Scotland’s Climate Week is underway.

Staff get ‘Right to Disconnect’

A council worker looks on as a machine breaks up the existing surface to prepare the road for resurfacing

Published: 23 September 2022

South Lanarkshire’s council employees are to be the first in Scotland to get the “right to disconnect” outside working hours.

New housing director appointed

The photo shows the council's headquarters building on Almada Street, Hamilton.

Published: 22 September 2022

A new member of the council’s senior management team has been appointed after a rigorous recruitment process.

Shining a light on home carers

Soumen Sengupta and home carer Carol Stewart visit service-users Frances and John Errett.

Published: 22 September 2022

One of South Lanarkshire’s iconic buildings is being illuminated to commemorate the way home carers light up people’s lives.

Double gold for Team South Lanarkshire

This image shows Team South Lanarkshire at the opening ceremony for the ICG 2022 in Coventry

Published: 21 September 2022

Team South Lanarkshire are celebrating following a hugely successful International Children’s Games.

Kirkfieldbank couple are still on the love train after 60 years

Christine and Norman Edge with Provost Margaret Cooper and Deputy Lord Lieutenant Miller Stoddart.

Published: 21 September 2022

A couple who met at a railway station have been full steam ahead for wedded bliss ever since.

Beat the Street launched in East Kilbride

Beat the Street launch at John Wright Sports Centre

Published: 20 September 2022

Beat the Street East Kilbride has now launched with 12% of the area's population already signed up for the challenge.

Update on council services on day of HM The Queen's funeral

This image shows HM The Queen with South Lanarkshire's big band in the background

Published: 14 September 2022

Council services will be affected by the bank holiday on Monday 19 September to mark the state funeral of HM The Queen.

Council leaders attend Proclamation of the King

This image shows Council Leader Joe Fagan and Provost Margaret Cooper along with other dignitaries at a special ceremony for the local Proclamation of the new King Charles III

Published: 12 September 2022

South Lanarkshire’s Provost and Council Leader attended the local Proclamation of the new King Charles III.

Books of condolence available across South Lanarkshire

This image shows the book of condolence for HM The Queen at council HQ in Hamilton

Published: 09 September 2022

Following the sad passing of Her Majesty The Queen, arrangements have been made to help local people pay their respects.

Her Majesty The Queen has died

This image shows HM The Queen with South Lanarkshire's big band in the background

Published: 08 September 2022

Buckingham Palace confirmed today the sad news that HM The Queen has died.

Beat the Street coming to East Kilbride next week

Beat box being activated by a token

Published: 08 September 2022

The popular physical activity game Beat the Street gets underway in East Kilbride on Wednesday 14 September.

Cycle for fun and prizes this September

This image is to encourage people from South Lanarkshire to take part in Cycle September

Published: 07 September 2022

Cyclists across South Lanarkshire are being encouraged to get on their bikes this September.

Lanarkshire’s Business Award Winners revealed

This image shows the South Lanarkshire winners from the Lanarkshire Business Awards 2022 with council leader Joe Fagan and Councillor Robert Brown

Published: 06 September 2022

Businesses across Lanarkshire have been celebrating their success at the annual Excellence Awards.

How a flying ice cream tub led to 60 years of wedded bliss

Diamond wedding anniversary couple Tommy and Betty Paterson, from Blantyre, with South Lanarkshire Deputy Provost Bert Thomson and Deputy Lieutenant for Lanarkshire Sandy Wilkie.

Published: 05 September 2022

An act of gallantry in a cinema brought a couple together – and they have now celebrated their 60th wedding anniversary.

Throwing out the throw-away culture right across the council

Plastic plate and cutlery lying on grass.

Published: 05 September 2022

The throw-away culture is itself being discarded as the council reduces dramatically its number of single-use items.

Community facility first phase of upgrade

This image shows Councillor Davie McLachlan at the opening of a new community facility at Shawlands Crescent Gypsy/Traveller site in Larkhall

Published: 02 September 2022

A new community facility has been opened at a Gypsy/Traveller site in Larkhall.

Committee approves new five-year litter strategy

This photo shows a litter picker collecting dumped rubbish from the front lawns of Chatelherault country park

Published: 02 September 2022

A comprehensive Litter Strategy for South Lanarkshire has been formally approved.