Stuart Sommerville
Local Democracy Reporter
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Banning mobile phones from classrooms has 'made a huge difference'

Bathgate Community Centre is based within the Jim Walker Partnership Centre (Bathgate Partnership Centre) in South Bridge Street.

Online meeting to be held to discuss the future of community centre

Drivers of taxis and private cars ignore the double yellow lines outside Linlithgow's Burgh Halls

Drivers ‘ignore’ double yellow lines in ancient town centre

Emergency surveys of West Lothian Council properties were carried out in the wake of the discovery of RAAC.

West Lothian council urged to support petition for RAAC compensation

Weeds line the gutter of Broughton Place around communal bins. 78 local residents supported a petition by Shane Carter calling for improved street cleaning in the city.

City's streets “disgusting and disgraceful” councillors told

Swimming pool site to be sold for housing development

Calls for “complete rethink” on sentencing thugs who attacked police

The site on the west side of Alderstone road between the Almondvale roundabout and the Campus roundabout in Livingston.

Vandalised business park to be transformed into housing site

Project to help prevent suicide wins three years' funding

The proposal would transfer Fauldhouse and Whitburn into the Airdrie constituency

Council objects to plan to put Fauldhouse and Whitburn in Airdrie

Kirsteen Sullivan won the Bathgate and Linlithgow seat for Labour. Pic: Contributed

Candidates named for West Lothian by-election

Firicel Buruiana is accused of fraudulently taking fuel from service stations in Leigh and Runcorn

Two supermarket service stations granted provisional licences

Council bid for volunteers to take over community centres under fire

Food charity given extra £100k to help people facing poverty

Concern over fire risk of proposed battery storage plant

The Ford Transit van came to rest in the field after failing to take the sharp bend coming off the East Torphin railway bridge at Harburn on Saturday morning.

Villagers help driver after van crashes through safety barrier

The open space in the centre of the Wester Inch area of Bathgate was originally planned to be a village centre. Picture: West Lothian Council

Housing developer appeals rejection of 'village centre' in estate

A house builder has appealed against the rejection of plans to build a village centre in the middle of a giant housing estate in Bathgate.

Stuart Sommerville

West Calder

High school expansion underway to meet demand

Councillor George Paul with senior council housing department staff and representatives from Hub South East and Connect Modular on site in Almondvale Crescent, Livingston.

Work starts next week on new modular homes

Tracy Murdoch from Kidzeco has had to close the popular community charity shop due to ongoing vandalism and threatening behaviour to staff.

Teenage vandals could force more stores in Bathgate out of business

American singer and songwriter Taylor Swift performs on stage as part of her Eras Tour.

County hopes to be a magnet for Swifties on a budget

West Lothian council has moved to reassure parents that primary school children will not be questioned about their gender. (Picture: stock.adobe.com)

Primary school children won't be questioned about gender, says council

Bathgate's town clock in the High Church. West Lothian Council agreed to fund its repair after parishioners proved that the maintenance of the clock had been agreed by the council's predecessor authorities. Copyright Tommy Davidson.

Church clock lightens the darkness once again

The sales lot in Winchburgh.

New plans for village sales lot rejected

Travellers 'skeptical' over A8 corridor travel plans

Travellers 'skeptical' over A8 corridor measures to cut journey times

Huge surge in fly-tipping at West Lothian town

Rolling road closures planned for West Lothian

Residents demand tighter rules to combat nuisance of shows Stuart Sommerville

CCTV to be rolled out to cemeteries to target fly-tippers

Staff at West Lothian council say cemeteries have become a new target for fly-tippers

West Lothian council record rise in fly-tipping at cemeteries

Covid memorial garden set to open in summer

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