The Latest Breaking News from Armadale

A Scottish Government planning Reporter backed the council's refusal to build in open countryside near a nature reserve in Armadale, but underlying fault lines in legislation won't stop more attempts to build on open country

The Armadale woman was paid tribute to by local MP Martyn Day

Blackburn and Armadale can keep the £26,000 they could find no takers for to finance town centre improvement projects, the council's Executive decided

Police in Livingston are appealing to the public after two men are believed to have carried out the thefts in the Armadale and Harthill areas early on Tuesday morning, June 14

Council officers are to look at community empowerment rules after £16,000 of £28,000 allocated to Armadale went unclaimed. Councillors have agreed the money should stay in the town to seed improvement schemes

Housing developers appealed when West Lothian Council rejected proposals to add another 75 homes to a site for 300 houses in Armadale. Local fears about the pressure on GP services in the town were dismissed and planning permission was granted

Great Dane Sheldon paid a visit to Heatherfield Nursing home in Armadale - don't miss this week's Courier for more pictures

The Dale were pegged back at home to their neighbours and had to settle for a 2-2 draw at the weekend.

Police, fire service and local housing officers have been trying to tackle anti-social behaviour including the use of off-road bikes

Rev Dr Grant Barclay, will formally join her Majesty’s Household as a Chaplain-in-Ordinary.

Blackmoss in Armadale is plagued by off road bikers and youths starting fires on open grassland. Cracking down on anti-social behaviour in the town is a "work in progress" say police, calling for more information from locals