Motherwell Strathclyde Park previously hosted the major Scottish music festival, T in the Park, until 1996, when it was moved to a disused airfield in Balado, Kinross-shire. It has also hosted other music festivals such as Retrofest. Modern authors Des McAnulty and Mark Wilson have written novels of critical acclaim which are based in the town (LIFE IS LOCAL, McAnulty) and neighbouring town Bellshill (BOBBY'S BOY, Wilson). Motherwell is the headquarters for both North Lanarkshire Council, which is one of Scotland's most populous local authority areas, and of Police Scotland "Q" division. These organisations cover an overall population of 327,000 people
Neuhausen ob Eck Airfield Neuhausen ob Eck Airfield Neuhausen ob Eck Airfield (German: "Flugplatz Neuhausen ob Eck", ICAO: EDSN) is a special airfield near the town of Neuhausen ob Eck in the district of Tuttlingen in Baden-Württemberg, Southern Germany. Used as a military airbase by the German Army Aviation Corps until 1994, it was rededicated a special airfield, and is since 1997 the site of the business park "take-off GewerbePark Betreibergesellschaft mbH". Since 2002, the airfield also hosts the annual Southside Music Festival. The 1,43 km (0,55 sq mi) airfield lies approximately east of the town of Tuttlingen at an elevation of 804 m