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Safety work agreed for hazardous Avon Gorge

Work will be completed on the accident blackspot within this financial year

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West Lothian agree safety work for hazardous Avon Gorge junction

Lights for a junction at the Avon Gorge and speed limit cut on the busy A71 among series of accident reduction measures agreed for danger zones.

Edinburgh Live

Calls for fund to tackle costly repairs of crumbling buildings

Substandard material has been found in school roofs and in the condemned Deans South Housing estate

Daily Record

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West Lothian council call for national fund to tackle crumbling concrete

Lib Dem councillor Sally Pattle says a national fund will be needed as more and more public buildings are found to have roofs made of a notorious sponge-like concrete known as RAAC

Edinburgh Live

West Lothian care homes secure £1.2m lifeline to protect residents and jobs

Cash support will protect the four care homes and 171 jobs for the next four years if the Integration Joint Board agrees to maintain the service

Edinburgh Live

West Lothian's Civic Centre café to start taking cash for first time since covid

Councillors agree that card only payment excludes many from using public facility in Civic Centre and drops pandemic ban on cash

Edinburgh Live

Angry protests as West Lothian Council debate on care home cuts stifled

Having raised the issue at last week's Executive Labour stalled debate by councillors on the future funding of care homes and the budget for social care

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West Lothian Council joins call for Scotland-wide ban on disposable vapes

Cross-party support to call on Holyrood government to ban throwaway e-cigarette products amid growing health fears and harm to the environment

Edinburgh Live

£30m rebuild of school 'cheapest' option to deal with crumbling concrete

Council officers say partial demolition and rebuild of St Kentigern's the cheapest and fastest way to solve dangerous roof problems

Daily Record

West Lothian school faces £30m rebuild to tackle crumbling concrete

Council officers say partial demolition and rebuild of St Kentigern's the cheapest and fastest way to solve dangerous roof problems. It's the biggest bill the council will have faced since the faulty building material was found in council buildings in 2021

Edinburgh Live

West Lothian town in plea for police crackdown on parking

Linlithgow's Local Area committee wanted assurance that police would continue to monitor hotspots of bad parking including the town's high street

Daily Record

Police crackdown on teen anti-social behaviour sees seven charged with more than 60 offences

Arrests follow surge in anti-social behaviour across county, including high profile incidents in Livingston

Daily Record

West Lothian crackdown on teen anti-social behaviour as seven charged with more than 60 offences

Arrests follow surge in anti-social behaviour across county, including high profile incidents in Livingston shopping centre

Edinburgh Live

West Lothian town plea for police vigilance on parking, with new rules three years away

Council controls on parking are at least three years away and the chair of Linlithgow's Local Area committee wanted assurance that police would continue to monitor hotspots of bad parking including the town's high street

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Parking charges are given the green light - but not for at least three years

Councillors were warned there was no 'quick or cheap fix' the area's parking problems.

Edinburgh Live

West Lothian parking charges backed by council - but at least three years away

There is no quick or cheap way to set up parking rules councillors accept as they vote to back the introduction of council regulation

Edinburgh Live

West Lothian Council calls for bike bells to be mandatory as local cycling compared to 'Tour de France'

A councillor has won support for calls to change the Highway Code to make bells a legal requirement.

Daily Record

'Lessons will be learned' admit West Lothian Council over Christmas bin uplifts

Bin uplifts over the Christmas period were hit by bad weather, staff shortages and increased waste.

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West Lothian Christmas bin collection problems saw 15,000 bins missed

A perfect storm of bad weather, staff sickness and vehicle shortages all contributed to problems faced by council waste bosses

Daily Record

Spaces for People measures to be kept on in West Lothian town

Improved footpaths and cycle lanes brought in under the scheme in Linlithgow will stay

Daily Record

Every swimming pool in West Lothian to be reviewed under budget cuts

Energy costs are soaring and the county's 19 pools are the biggest consumers

Edinburgh Live

Use of all West Lothian swimming pools to be reviewed in cost cutting probe

Swimming pools incur huge energy costs but officials insist the energy saving review is 'holistic' and focuses on maximising use of all council buildings

Daily Record

Call for parking fines on West Lothian streets to end 'dangerous free for all'

West Lothian Council is being urged to introduce parking fines to solve the issue

Edinburgh Live

Call for parking fines on West Lothian streets to end 'dangerous free for all'

West Lothian Council needs to introduce parking fines to end the dangerous free for all in towns such as Bathgate and Linlithgow, councillors heard.

Edinburgh Live

Call to protect West Lothian town centres for the future backed by council

There's cross party support for a review of policies towards the preservation of town centres in the area along with a call to engage with communities and local representatives on the future

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