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The Latest Breaking News from East Calder

Construction on new £18.3 million West Lothian primary school is underway

The new school is expected to be complete by August 2024.

Daily Record

New primary school plan takes a leap forward

Construction is set to start on the new school East Calder in April 2023.

Daily Record

West Lothian farmland set to become housing development despite concerns

90 new homes will be built on open farmland outside East Calder after councillors rejected the proposals for their threat to an already creaking infrastructure

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West Lothian thieves snatch jewellery from house in broad daylight break-in

Enquiries are currently ongoing into the incident in East Calder, West Lothian, after a property was targeted on Main Street on Wednesday, October 26, 2022.

Edinburgh Live

Books of Condolence for HM the Queen are now available

The books are now available in West Lothian Civic Centre and all of West Lothian’s partnership centres in Armadale, Bathgate, Blackburn, Broxburn, East Calder, Fauldhouse, Linlithgow and Livingston North.

Daily Record

Two dead and woman and four children in hospital after horror head-on crash on Scots road

Emergency services scrambled to the A71 near East Calder, on the outskirts of Edinburgh, after the alarm was raised at around 1pm on Wednesday, August 3.

Daily Record

New housing development near West Lothian village gets go-ahead

Planning permission in principal has been granted for a new 54-home residential development at Broompark Nursery, East Calder

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Two men sentenced for abduction of two young girls and robbery charges

They broke into houses in Chryston, Lanarkshire, Glasgow and East Calder, West Lothian in February 2021 and carried out the attacks.

Daily Record

West Lothian mum fleeced of £2,500 by callous scammer posing as her daughter

Sheelagh Stewart, from East Calder, has been left distraught after losing thousands.

Edinburgh Live

Ducklings saved from certain 'quack-tastrophe' on main road by local wildlife photographer

The nine little ducklings were in danger of becoming duck pancakes from the Sunday traffic on East Calder Main Street

Daily Record

Plans for new £17.5 million West Lothian primary school unveiled

The new East Calder primary will be built beside the existing school

Daily Record

New £17.5million West Lothian school approved for East Calder

The council's Executive has given the go ahead to a £17m new build school to replace existing facilities in the growing village of East Calder

Edinburgh Live

West Lothian election candidates are revealed

The council elections will be held on May 5

Daily Record

West Lothian Election 2022: Who can I vote for? All the candidates standing for election

A total of 73 candidates will contest 33 seats across nine wards on 5 May, with the biggest battle set to be fought in the East Livingston and East Calder, and Livingston South seats.

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West Lothian woman's Ukrainian family 'in limbo' over Home Office visa decision

Olena Hutchison said she is ready to give sister Nataliia Polushvaiko, niece Daryna and nephew, Aretmiy, sanctuary at home in East Calder but a delay in processing their visa applications has left them waiting in Poland.

Edinburgh Live

Fed up West Lothian mum boycotts Hermes because drivers 'never find' her house

Melanie from East Calder village says she never gets her Hermes parcels on time, with deliveries being delayed for weeks, as drivers seem to struggle to find the right location.

Edinburgh Live

West Lothian villagers face delay for vote on controversial car park

Councillors want details on a footpath from a controversial park and ride facility planned for Kirknewton before deciding if it is viable

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