The local authority has been threatened with legal action by solicitors representing residents from a Motherwell estate who believe toxic waste from a wartime factory is making them sick.
North Lanarkshire Council is facing claims that it is breaking the law by failing to clean up dangerous contamination and putting the health of hundreds of people at risk.
The local authority has been threatened with legal action by solicitors representing residents from a Motherwell estate who believe toxic waste from a wartime factory is making them sick.