IT'S official - Laurieston is the best.

The £24million housing development in Glasgow has been named Best Social Housing Development in the Premier Guar-antee Excellence Awards, which cele-brate the achievements of the UK construction industry.

The project involving 201 new homes was led by Urban Union, on behalf of New Gorbals Housing Association, and signalled the first milestone of a compre-hensive £100m regen-eration programme for the area.

Senior Glasgow councillor Liz Cameron said: "The design has set the tone for what we aim to become one of the city centre's most desirable urban neighbourhoods."