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New Sports Hub created at West Lothian School campus as part of huge Winchburgh development

The new £16 million Winchburgh Sport and Wellbeing Hub will be used by all schools in the area

Daily Record

New West Lothian primary school finishes construction and will welcome new pupils later this month

The primary school will welcome its new intake of pupils later this month.

Daily Record

Plans for massive new West Lothian park revealed, boasting water sports and cycling facilities

if approved, Daisy Park will be created at the site of the historic Winchburgh Brickworks

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Plans for major adventure water park in West Lothian submitted

PLANS for a huge adventure water park have been submitted to West Lothian Council.

The National (Scotland)

Help is available for West Lothian families struggling with school costs

Online applications are now being accepted to help with uniforms and lunches

Daily Record

14,000 West Lothian young people apply for free bus scheme as parents report application struggles

The scheme introduced at the end of January allows Scots under the age of 22 to claim free bus travel…

Edinburgh Live

Around 14000 young people take up free bus travel scheme in West Lothian as parents struggle to make applications

The scheme was introduced at the end of January to allow Scots under the age of 22 to claim a…

Daily Record

West Lothian Council planners will not stand in way of controversial Black Bitch name change

A council report says there is no reason to object to the change in signage on the C-listed building

Daily Record

West Lothian residents last chance to have a say on council spending

Faced with a £38m shortfall in funding and frozen finances for the next few years the council wants to hear…

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Jobs fair to help Ukrainian refugees

West Lothian Council’s ‘access2employment’ service organised the event with support from West Lothian College

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School staff could walk out and bins lie unemptied as West Lothian Council workers vote to strike

Unite the union staff have voted to walk out over "derisory" two per cent pay offer

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Covid-19 time capsule recording students' thoughts of pandemic sealed in West Lothian Burgh Hall walls

The time capsule will stay sealed for the next 50 years!

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Delays for West Lothian parents trying to secure Young Scot bus passes

Parents have often had to rely on school help in navigating the website to secure Young Scot cards. During the…

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Half of West Lothian families who asked to home Ukrainian refugees changed their minds or were excluded

While more than 70 Ukrainians have settled in the county, the scheme to give them a home has faced difficulties.

Daily Record

West Lothian Ukrainian refugee scheme loses more than half volunteer families

More than 100 families who volunteered to host refugees under the Holyrood Super Sponsor scheme have withdrawn or been excluded.…

Edinburgh Live

End of an era as last residents of condemned Deans South estate move out after 18 years of fighting

The 'ghost town' residents are looking forward to a new chapter in their lives in new homes

Daily Record

West Lothian ghost estate's last residents ready to say goodbye after 18 years

Homeowners in Livingston have fought for new home after the estate was condemned in 2004 . Soon they'll say goodbye…

Edinburgh Live

Former West Lothian nightspot Club Earth could be transformed into nursing home

If approved, the plans will provide private residential nursing and dementia care for up to 66 residents.

Daily Record

Over 7000 West Lothian kids living in poverty as cost of living crisis bites

West Lothian Council has set out an action plan to help tackle childhood poverty

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Abandoned West Lothian nightclub could be turned into new nursing home

Developers are seeking approval for plans to transform an old nightclub into a new care home in Livingston with private…

Edinburgh Live

Council helps foodbank grow for it

The project has seen a once overgrown, yard area converted into a market garden to grow fruit and veg for…

Daily Record

Work is completed on new state-of-the-art school

The new Winchburgh Academy has been completed ahead of schedule and on budget.

Daily Record

Bangour Village Hospital site to see up to 1000 new homes in massive new development

After years of wrangling from the developers, planning permission in principal has been granted by West Lothian Council

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Steps to tackle child poverty are set out

New report details work across the Community Planning Partnership to mitigate the effects of poverty.

Daily Record

Lights, camera, Action! New £25million film studio gets go ahead for West Lothian

The studio will join existing sites at the Pyramid where hits like T2 Trainspotting 2 and Good Omens were filmed

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