Former South Lanarkshire Provost receives lifetime achievement award

Norman Lear is being given a prestigious honor.

Clayton Davis Riz Ahmed, one of the top contenders in the best actor race, is being honored by the Miami Film Festival with its inaugural Impact Award.“Sound of Metal,” co-written and directed by Darius Marder, tells the story of a heavy metal drummer (Ahmed) who begins to lose his hearing.

Michael Schneider Variety Editor at LargeIcon, meet icon. Norman Lear has been tapped to receive the third-ever Carol Burnett Award at the 78th Annual Golden Globe Awards next month.

Oscar and Emmy winning make-up artist Matthew Mungle and Emmy-winning hair stylistTerry Balielwill receive Lifetime Achievement Awards at the 8th annual Make-Up Artists and Hair Stylists Guild Awards(IATSE Local 706), which will be presented as a virtual celebration on April 3. Mungle won an Oscar as part of the team onBram Stoker’sDracula, and he earned additional Academy Award nominationsforSchindler’s List,Ghosts of Mississippi and Albert Nobbs.

Get the stories that matter to you sent straight to your inbox with our daily newsletter.More than 28,000 people in Lanarkshire have now received their first dose of the coronavirus vaccine.The health board’s roll out of the jab is now set to move into its second phase from next month, which will see those over 70 and people who are currently shielding offered appointments.Dr Mark Russell, associate medical director Health and Social Care North Lanarkshire, who is leading on the delivery of the

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Rutherglen and Cambuslang remains at the epicentre of the crisis in South Lanarkshire after a further 206 cases were recorded last week.

link.“Here again, we are able to access the support of external partners such as food policy officers to further enhance learning experiences for our young people.“While we have made great strides in this area, we are aware there are many challenges still to come especially in times of lockdown and children learning from home.

South Lanarkshire, the stats showed 9335 days were missed in 2017/2018, before a leap to 15,643 in 2018/2019. That number then dipped slightly to 13,378 for the curtailed 2019/2020 year, with 3745 absences already recorded to date for 2020/2021.Andy Harvey, of the South Lanarkshire branch of the EIS teaching union.

Halfway Community Council were furious at the proposal to close Halfway library.

Hamilton area■ Ashgill and Netherburn - 10 (3.31 per 1,000)■ Blantyre North and Coatshill - 5 (1.7)■ Blantyre South and Wheatlands - 9 (2.1)■ Bothwell North - 12 (3.85)■ Bothwell South - 4 (1.19)■ Burnbank Central and Udston - 12 (2.61)■ Burnbank North - 10 (2.05)■ Burnbank South and Chantinghall - 5 (1.33)■ Earnock - 8 (1.98)■ Eddlewood - 14 (3.98)■ Fairhill - 5 (2.46)■ Glassford, Quarter and Allanton - 10 (2.32)■ Hamilton Centre and Low Parks - 12 (2.87)■ Hareleeshill - 10 (2.5)■ High Blantyre

the Reformer, but wished to remain anonymous, said the situation is becoming increasingly stressful. He said: “We feel we have been left behind.

Carey Mulligan's performance in was more than promising. The actress is set to receive the International Star Award at the 2020 Palm Springs International Film Awards. The festival and film awards gala will not take place as an in-person event this year, but honoree selections will be announced to recognize this year's great performances. Among them, of course, is Mulligan's performance in as Cassandra Thomas, a woman who risks her life to avenge the death of her best friend.

Hamilton areaClydesdaleEast Kilbride and AvondaleSign up for the new Lanarkshire newsletter!From the latest breaking news to the agenda-setting stories, get it all in your email inbox.Put your email at the top of this article or follow the instructions on this link.Rutherglen and Cambuslang

NHS Lanarkshire has reminded those eligible who will be invited in the coming weeks, that getting the COVID-19 vaccine is a permissible reason to leave the home.

Get the stories that matter to you sent straight to your inbox with our daily newsletter.Projects to improve road safety in South Lanarkshire are set to cost more than £1.5m in 2020/21.And Strathaven is at the heart of several of those.Across the region, 15 accident prone roads are being targeted for improvements while six sets of traffic signals are in the process of being replaced or upgraded.In total, £1.53m will be spent on roads infrastructure in a bid to improve safety for motorists,

Rutherglen and Cambuslang has the highest rate of new cases in the region, at 3.84 per 1000 residents.

Hamilton areaClydesdaleEast Kilbride and AvondaleSign up for the new Lanarkshire newsletter!From the latest breaking news to the agenda-setting stories, get it all in your email inbox.Put your email at the top of this article or follow the instructions on this link.Rutherglen and Cambuslang*Where a neighbourhood has fewer than three cases this is being presented as 0-2 to help protect patient confidentiality.

South Lanarkshire grandad Pat Dolan a card that would extend his life by six weeks, his loving family backed him all the way when he turned it down. They wanted him to live with terminal pancreatic cancer – not die trying to spend an extra few weeks with them.Pat was aged 64 when he was diagnosed with the deadliest common form of cancer in Scotland, with tragically low survival rates.

link.This year, more than 12 per cent of pupils were off for eight out of the first 10 weeks.South Lanarkshire Council were unable to confirm the number of pupils who have had to take time off school as a result of coronavirus as pupil attendance is recorded twice per day.