The Latest Breaking News from West Lothian Council

West Lothian Leisure Board of Directors has ratified a proposal to shut Xcite Armadale, Xcite Broxburn Swimming Pool, Xcite Livingston and Howden Park Centre in Livingston

A proposal has been submitted to West Lothian Council advising for a full closure of four of West Lothian Leiure’s venues including Xcite Armadale, Xcite Broxburn Swimming Pool, Xcite Livingston and Howden Park Centre in Livingston.

A survey which identified more than 1,500 roads which would see a new 20mph speed limit is part of a Transport Scotland strategy but council has been criticised for the work

The property could be used to house homeless people in the future

Long a staple of TV shows, the risks to the lives of vulnerable people whose homes are stuffed with rubbish are recognised as a mental health and public safety issue by the council and emergency services

SNP opposition claim council could retain building as homeless unit to save paying a hotel firm for the same service

Communities were thrown a life-life after West Lothian Council stepped in as protestors gathered

Greenrigg and Blackridge were set to lose all buses. A limited service has been saved but elsewhere across the county dozens of buses especially those many rely on to get to work will disappear next month

West Lothian Council this afternoon pledged to find a solution, particularly to help people living in the Greenrigg and Blackridge areas where bus service will be cut

More than a thousand private homes have benefited from Holyrood money to improve insulation in homes across the county and a further £1m has been awarded for the coming year

Some of the lowest paid staff will see their wages slashed under moves that had “flown under the radar"