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Daily Mirror
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Susie Beever

Pub bosses face backlash over plans to change historic boozer's 'offensive' name

Alex Salmond Greene King Linlithgow Stuart Vance Black Bitch West Lothian Council

Thousands have called on MPs to intervene after a pub chain's proposals to change the 'offensive' name of a historic Scottish inn.

The Black Bitch pub in Linlithgow could be renamed as 'The Willow Tree' according to plans put forward by owners Greene King after rolling out a public consultation.

Its name refers to a black dog and, according to historians, has been linked with the West Lothian town for around 700 years while also been enshrined into a black hound statue.

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