The council-owned building has been empty for several years as Property Services staff have sought to find a tenant.

County's use as location for popular TV shows boosts tourism but Livingston shops remain biggest magnet to visitors

Councillors have welcomed plans to return part of the Beecraigs Country Park to farmland.

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More than 30 budding designers entered, with Persimmon Homes East Scotland Sales Director Laura Still selecting Oliver’s imaginative space-themed creation as the winner.

More than 4,000 senior pupils have taken part in the teaching sessions learning about domestic abuse in the last year.

A senior fire officer has issued a seasonal warning against taking the plunge in rivers and reservoirs to escape the heat.

The drainage, which could take up to three months to secure, will see the running costs for the building brought down from £10,000 a month to £7,500.

West Lothian Council faced calls from Scotland’s largest teaching union to implement a mobile phone ban across its schools.

West Lothian Council is developing a lucrative business which will take it to millions of people across the globe.  Whether it is the beauty of Beecraigs Country Park or the brisk functionality of the...

Donald Stavert of Bathgate Community Council said the reissue of the petition and community survey would “ hope to influence” a final decision.

The owner of the building in Armadale has appealed against West Lothian Council’s latest refusal to demolish the crumbling building

Councillor Sally Pattle thinks the time is right to call for Holyrood legislation.

River Kids, which provides essential items to children and families experiencing poverty and housing instability, has been named as one of Persimmon Homes East Scotland’s Community Champions.

Councillors across the nine wards which cover the county are being briefed on the questionnaire which will form the basis of the plan for parking charges.

The woods near Linlithgow will stay dark for a second Christmas after a marketing exercise to promote the country parks found no-one willing to light up the season .

New development will occupy field at eastern fringe of Dechmont

Councillors call for clarity on plans for extended nursery and new office space

A cross party working group is now trying to identify suitable sites which could be used by Travellers to avoid the disruption caused by camps last year.

The council takes the lead in acting as the local point of contact in wider responses to livestock problems such as bird flu outbreaks - with public warnings issued earlier this year and in the winter...

The food hub established in Bridgend may escape hefty charges in the shake up of management at West Lothian’s community centres.  Councillors in Linlithgow were given assurances that council regenerat...

Councillors on the Linlithgow Local Area Committee noted the surge in public inquiries about damaged trees at Beecraigs at the end of the year.

The SNP say the decision to stop broadcasting meetings justifies a return to community venues to allow the public to attend.

Labour’s Susan Manion, a local councillor for Armadale, asked the Chief Executive to defer the drain-down until after the consultation.

Roads officers in West Lothian will look at ways to improve the reporting of their work on pothole repairs across the county.

Plans to regenerate former allotments in Bridgend have been delayed by fly-tipping and ongoing police and environmental investigations into illegal activities on the site.  The villagers were promised...

The dumpers fled when they realised Councillor Maria MacAulay was taking photographs.

Swimming pool shut down in 2023 could face demolition if no viable plans can be drawn up in public consultation

Primary children in West Lothian were among the best in Scotland for numeracy and literacy in 2024/25.

The proposal, which will save £51,000 largely in staffing costs, was one of dozens put forward in a bid to help the council balance its budget.

The minority Labour-led administration pushed through its budget by two votes

That was the declaration from an education officer delivered to local councillor Pauline Orr during this week’s budget debate in Livingston’s Civic Centre chambers.

Council will take control of parking enforcement to end the current 'free-for-all'

Closure of the Burnhouse school in Whitburn and a review of the delivery of primary and nursery education have been proposed.

Existing legislation could be used to crack down on stores which leave 1,000 litre dumpster style bins as obstructive eyesores on pavement areas such as in Bathgate’s Steelyard and Linlithgow’s histor...

West Lothian Council is to review its bulky uplift service after an SNP councillor made a second plea to tackle waste piling up in gardens.

West Lothian cracks down on tenancy and Blue Badge fraud

Craigshill’s Community Garden has provided not only fresh fruit and veg for the community but also sown seeds of training and jobs for young people in the area.  It is a unique and fully funded collab...

Unelected boards will decide how £2m a year is spent in deprived West Lothian communities. A councillor branded the plans "utterly undemocratic"

Community groups including a youth football team, local Scouts and Winchburgh Growers will have new storage containers thanks to regeneration grants

The hike in National Insurance payments has cost West Lothian Council an extra £8.8m in its wage bill.   At a meeting of the full council, SNP opposition group leader Councillor Janet Campbell branded...

A national firm has lost an appeal over its expanded yard in Polbeth and has been ordered to restore agricultural land.  The firm had an “urgent need” to accommodate plant and construction equipment b...

Statutory fines and cameras in communal bin areas are among the  ‘get tough’ options West Lothian will have to consider.

A ban on mobile phones within schools may be an option for councillors in West Lothian.  A meeting of the full council saw across the board support for an investigation into the use of mobiles in scho...

Welcoming the change the opposition SNP group said Labour had “caved-in” in the face of a powerful parent led campaign for a new East Calder High School.

An “absolutely phenomenal”  army of volunteers is providing a range of social and practical services across northern Livingston.  But in the age of social media, many people who would benefit the most...