Waterloo Road producers have reportedly found a location to film the new series in Lanarkshire.

It was announced in August that the BBC One drama would be relocating to Scotland as part of the BBC's aim to produce more programming there.

Bosses at production company Shed, which makes the show, are said to have set their sights on a former hostel in Coatbridge to use as the new Waterloo Road set.

Makers of the programme have visited the site - located in the Whifflet area of the former steel town - in recent weeks to ensure the building, once used as a school, is suitable.

It was closed as a hostel last year after receiving regular complaints from locals and constant visits from police.

"Coatbridge might not seem like the most glamorous place but the location ticks all the right boxes," an insider told the Daily Record.

Speaking of the search for a new location, Shed's chief executive Eileen Gallagher recently explained: "The show is about a community so we will be looking for somewhere that has got that feel to it. It is all shot on location and we are looking for a school or an office building that can double as one."

An "explosive" Waterloo Road storyline will result in a group of existing pupils and teachers setting up a new independent school in Scotland.