Councillor faces propect of being unable to stand at election

Mossend and Holytown councillor David Baird has been left off an approved list of SNP members who can stand as candidates in this year's local authority elections.

Seven members of Uddingston and Bellshill branch are on the list including Bothwell and Uddingston councillor Jim McGuigan, Thorniewood councillor Steven Bonnar and Bellshill councillor Marina Lyle, along with Stephanie Callaghan, Margaret Anne Campbell, Michael Clarkson and Jordan Linden.

Nine members of the Motherwell and Wishaw SNP branch passed the party’s vetting procedure to potentially stand in North Lanarkshire.