Second West Lothian town finds few takers for Holyrood cash hand-out

Questions have been raised about how community funding is being promoted in West Lothian, after a second hard-hit area struggled to find any takers for more than £16,000.

Last week it was reported that Blackburn had not received applications for a share of £10,000 in improvement funding - and this week councillors in Armadale were told they had the same issue with finding takers for their share of the Scottish Government Town Centre Fund.

Council officers admitted they may have to look at the way the fund is organised to encourage more community groups to come forward.