Bringing The Community Closer
Pupils from St John's Primary School have been helping to promote the Get Active Lanarkshire initiative.
In the run-up to the free Family Fun Day at Strathclyde Park Saturday 1 June the Hamilton pupils were at the park to support the Get Active Lanarkshire Campaign.
The campaign aims to encourage residents from all over Lanarkshire, both young and old, to increase their physical activity in the run up to and beyond the Commonwealth Games in 2014.
Today sees the start of a major roads improvements programme in East Kilbride.
Vital resurfacing improvements gets underway on Greenhills Road today with additional work starting on Eaglesham Road later this week as part of the council's £126million Roads Investment Programme.
Gill Potter from East Kilbride continues to share her advice on how to achieve success in life.
Gill, who launched her second book, 7 Steps to Living Your Mission Successfully in March is speaking at the Changing Women event in Glasgow on 15 May.
Thieves targeted five separate clothing banks in East Kilbride over the bank holiday weekend.
The charities supplied clothing for people in Africa. Using specialised cutting gear, the robbers broke in and stole two tonnes of clothes.
Motorcycle Awareness Initiative, 0700 hours, Friday 17 May to 0700 hours Monday 20 May 2013.
A three day initiative aimed at improving motorcycle safety and awareness is to be run from 7am on Friday May 17. The initiative is part of Police Scotland's commitment to making Scotland’s roads safer.
With the season drawing to a close, only one of the Eagles sides was in action over the weekend. The under 12s travelled to Bo'ness to take on the Dundee Ducks, and put in a fine performance although eventually succumbed to a 10-7 defeat.
All the squad put in a great showing, with this ranking as one of their best performances of the season, matching league leaders almost goal for goal, and in the process showing just how far they have progressed in the last eighteen months.
Players past and present of EK/Avondale Hockey Club turned up in force on Saturday to take part in a specially arranged testimonial match for retiring club stalwart, Chris Rafferty.
Forced by injury into premature retirement, the game was an opportunity for present and former team members, as well as supporters, to show their appreciation for all Chris's effort and commitment over a 30 year career.
Linda Fabiani MSP for East Kilbride is encouraging residents to join the celebrations ahead of the Glasgow 2014 Commonwealth Games.
Linda said:
“We are just over a year away from what will be a fantastic summer for Scottish Sport and the fun and excitement is really starting to build.
Fourteen cooks in charge of school kitchens have passed a national food safety hygiene test with flying colours.
The cooks, who collectively provide more than 35,000 nutritionally balanced meals per week to primary and secondary school pupils, scooped the Food Standards Agency’s 'Eat Safe' food hygiene award.
Police Scotland officers from Lanarkshire Division are keeping people and our roads safe by promoting road safety and enforcing road safety legislation.
High visibility police officers are patrolling the Lanarkshire area on a daily basis detecting drivers putting themselves and other road users in danger by either using their hand-held mobile phone whilst driving, not wearing a seatbelt or ensuring their passengers are wearing seatbelts or speeding. Some have also been stopped for driving without a current driving licence or insurance.
