Falkirk Council

Barry Neill, Waste Services Manager at Falkirk Council

Sustainable alliance: Falkirk Council and Keenan Recycling reduce carbon footpri...

The deposit return scheme looks set to reduce the money that local councils make from recycling (Picture: Anna Gowthorpe)

Deposit return scheme is latest nonsense from SNP-Green zealotocracy

The cost of the Avon Gorge upgrade project has now risen to £70 million

Falkirk Council: Warning £70m cost of Avon Gorge project cost makes it 'unafford...

House prices remained steady in Falkirk in July, but rose slightly in West Lothian, new figures show.

House prices increase slightly in West Lothian and hold steady in Falkirk

Children and staff from Kidz Stop next to one of the newly installed litter picking boards.

Bo'ness after school club picks up boards to help keep local areas clean

Covid vaccines have weakened the link between infection and serious illness.

Hundreds of Covid deaths in West Lothian and Falkirk – as UK death toll tops 200...

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More than 100 West Lothian homes stuck with poor broadband

Local streets were almost deserted during the first lockdown. Stock photo of Linlithgow High Street in 2020. Photo by Michael Gillen.

West Lothian and Falkirk Council areas' transport emissions fell by record amoun...

Plans to improve the Avon Gorge have been on the drawing board for around 20 years

Falkirk Council: Avon Gorge plans put on hold for M9 junction improvements

Falkirk is one of 32 councils across Scotland whose staff are being balloted on being part of national strike action.

Falkirk Council staff ready to take action, union leader believes

Headteacher Catriona Reid welcoming P5/6 from across the Bo’ness Cluster.

Junior RED event returns to Bo'ness

Brandon Flowers and The Killers delighted fans inside Falkirk Stadium - but not some residents outside. Pic: Rob Loud

The Killers told to turn down the volume for Falkirk Stadium concert

Electric car usage doubles in Falkirk and West Lothian council areas

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Play park work continues across Falkirk district, including Bo'ness

Stock ballot box image

Falkirk Council election: Bo'ness and Blackness ward

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SNP Bo'ness council election candidate welcomes Scottish Government help to tack...
The SNP candidate for Bo’ness and Blackness, Stacey Devine, has welcomed the doubling of the Scottish Child Payment and what the SNP is doing to reduce the cost of living in Scotland.
Kevin Quinn

Volunteers assemble sand bags to cover and protect the Monument to Princess Olga, St. Andrew the Apostle and the educators Cyril and Methodius in Kyiv.

Sandbags flown from Edinburgh Airport to help protect monuments in Kyiv

Stock photo by John Devlin.

Homelessness continues to rise in Falkirk Council area

Councillor Lynn Munro at the Bo'ness park.

Anger over dangerous and neglected Bo'ness playpark

Both junctions have poor visibility and relatively high traffic speeds, which have led to some very serious accidents over the years.

Accident blackspot Blackness to Linlithgow road: Safety work agreed

Falkirk Council leader Cecil Meiklejohn said that the Labour motion was “ill thought out” and gave no regard to implications for staff, or for the democratic decision making process.

Falkirk Community Trust taken back under council control

The site of the proposed gym in Bo'ness.

New Bo'ness gym application

Last ditch plea to save Falkirk Community Trust

Conservative councillor Lynn Munro is worried about possible closures including Bo'ness Library.

Threat of Bo'ness closures still looms says local councillor

16-06-2020. Picture Michael Gillen. Manuel Brickworks.

Agreement close on Whitecross housing

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House prices increase in West Lothian and Falkirk council areas

Stock photo of the Newtown Park Association, taken in 2015 by Michael Gillen.

Bo'ness park group needs your help to secure community hub funds
Newtown Park Association is looking for local support to get the funds needed to meet the costs of taking their community hub project forward.
Kevin Quinn

Stuart Guzinski and Jules Ryan from Forth Environment Link, who are leading the charity’s 20-minute neighbourhood project (Pic: Paul Saunders)

Bo’ness: Funding for 20-minute town project

Hippodrome, Bo'ness

Hippfest silent film festival shortlisted for top UK arts award

The land earmarked for the new homes in Bo'ness

Housing development on Boness green belt site rejected for second time

The Scottish Conservatives have criticised a rise in the number of disabled people on the council housing waiting list. Picture: PA

Rise in number of disabled people on council housing waiting lists criticised

John McAteer was left without heating during a freezing cold week (Picture Michael Gillen)

90-year old Scottish man left with no heating during coldest week of the year

The dead porpoise was spotted 400 yards east of Carriden Boatyard in Bo'ness by a local resident (Photo: Graham Thom).

Porpoise washed up on beach following Firth of Forth humpback sightings

A temporary coronavirus testing centre will be set up in Denny as of Monday, January 18 for at least three days. Picture: John Devlin.

Change of location for temporary Covid testing centre

Michelle Thomson.

Michelle Thomson thanks supporters for Falkirk East SNP election ticket

The Lobster Pot in Blackness.

Pub landlord holds village referendum over whether or not to close

Six members of staff have resigned from a council facility in Falkirk after claims that bosses were not enforcing lockdown rules

‘Mass resignation’ at council facility after claims that bosses “refused to stop...

June McClung - Noise Advisor - Edinburgh Airport

Airport appoints full-time noise adviser to take complaints

Josh Magennis, left, made the complaint to police after the Hearts v Kilmarnock match in February

Council worker charged with racially abusing footballer