South Lanarkshire View

Family Fun Day to celebrate new active travel path

This image shows the newly completed Coalburn to Poneil active travel path

Published: 17 September 2025

A Family Fun Day has been organised this weekend to celebrate the opening of a new active travel pathway around Coalburn.

Bringing communities together through Customer Voices

This image shows Councillor Davie McLachlan and Head of Housing Services Sharon Egan holding a poster highlighting Scottish Housing Day 2025 in front of a Housing and Technical Resources pop up banner

Published: 17 September 2025

The council’s new Customer Voices Conference was a resounding success with more than 80 tenants and other customers from across South Lanarkshire in attendance.

Time to get out and enjoy your local nature reserves

two people outside enjoying time in one of the local nature reserves

Published: 16 September 2025

As part of the council’s conservation days programme over the coming weeks everyone is being encouraged to get outdoors.

Major improvements on way for road in East Kilbride

This is a picture showing two roadworkers carrying out resurfacing work on a road in Rutherglen.

Published: 16 September 2025

Improvement works are to be carried out on a road in East Kilbride from this weekend.

Childhood sweethearts still married after 60 years

This image shows Mr and Mrs Reid with depute Provost Bert Thomson and Deputy Lord Lieutenant for Lanarkshire Dr William Morrison Young on the occasion of their Diamond Wedding Anniversary

Published: 15 September 2025

EK has definitely proved far more than OK for one pair of childhood sweethearts.

Go paperless with your council tax bill

This is a picture of a smartphone with the South Lanarkshire Council website opened to show the Council Tax payments page

Published: 15 September 2025

Residents across South Lanarkshire are being encouraged to sign up for paperless council tax bills.

Winning names bring a ‘grit’ deal of fun on local roads

Councillor Robert Brown with the winners of the gritter-naming competition.

Published: 12 September 2025

Taylor Swift, Billy Connolly and Paddington are among the real and fictional icons who have inspired the names for the council’s new gritters.

Essential upgrades to roads in Law

This is a picture showing a number of road maintenance vehicles on a street, in the foreground is a red sign that reads Road Closed and an orange and white traffic cone

Published: 12 September 2025

Improvements to a road in Law are to take place from next week.

Money Matters helps those most in need

This image shows Councillor Lesley McDonald and a member of the council's Money Matters advice service sitting at a table with leaflets in front of them and Money Matters banners behind them

Published: 11 September 2025

Households across South Lanarkshire gained more than £27 million in the last year thanks to the council’s Money Matters Advice Service (MMAS).

Full list of school holiday dates for 2026/27

This images shows St Mary's Hamilton pupils sitting in a circle laughing with one child in a chair holding a tablet device

Published: 10 September 2025

School holiday and in-service dates for the 2026/27 academic year have been agreed.

Time to use council’s sustainable travel app

This image shows a cyclist on a road in Rutherglen

Published: 10 September 2025

During the coming weeks you can boost your BetterPoints app by travelling sustainably to the Lanarkshire Climate Action Festival.

Sustainable travel app gets funding boost

Council's BetterPoints – Think, Move, Breathe app

Published: 09 September 2025

The council has been awarded funding to continue running the BetterPoints – Think, Move, Breathe app.

New path opened between Coalburn and Lesmahagow

This image shows a variety of people with bikes at a recently opened new active travel path linking Coalburn and Lesmahagow

Published: 08 September 2025

A new active travel path linking Coalburn and Lesmahagow has now opened.

Climate projects given the green light

This image shows a view looking over Chatelherault Country Park

Published: 05 September 2025

More than £2 million of Climate Emergency Funding is to be spent on a wide range of projects across South Lanarkshire.

Smart TVs bring families closer in care homes

This photo shows Catherine Bryan and her daughter Kate alongside Professor Sengupta and Provost Cooper with a Smart TV and video call in the background

Published: 04 September 2025

Residents at a care home are seeing their loved ones in a whole new light.

September is Second Hand month

Published: 03 September 2025

Everyone is being encouraged to think twice before discarding clothing and a range of household items.

Major improvements on way for road in Cambuslang

Published: 02 September 2025

Improvement works are to be carried out on a road in Cambuslang from next week.

Pupil interaction key to very good report

This image shows pupil and staff from ST Mary's Primary School following a very good inspection report by HMI

Published: 01 September 2025

A primary school in Hamilton has received a very good inspection report highlighting a highly positive learning environment.