The Latest Breaking News from Alison Adamson

Public toilets set to be scrapped as costs reach £16 per flush

The council is far from flush and desperately needs to save cash

Daily Record · Feb 9, 2023

West Lothian public toilets costing council £16 for every flush

Spending a penny in Craigshill costs the council £16 a go because the £27,000 a year public toilet is hardly used, and twelve others cost the council almost £400,000a year in contract fees.

Edinburgh Live · Feb 3, 2023

Homelessness surges in West Lothian after end of covid eviction protection

Councillors are calling for more funding from the Scottish Government to help tackle the growing crisis

Daily Record · Jan 27, 2023

West Lothian Election 2022: north Livingston candidates focus on communities

Strong community spirit has been key to stalling the decline in Livingston North and candidates will be keen to show they can continue the regeneration of local neighbourhoods.

Edinburgh Live · Apr 21, 2022

Council back calls for new railway station

Councillor said that residents in surrounding towns wanted the new station as much as those living in Winchburgh

Daily Record · Apr 21, 2022

Winchburgh train station 'vital for other communities' including Falkirk

It's feared that the rapidly expanding Winchburgh may not get its promised railway station as costs have soared in a decade.

Daily Record · Apr 20, 2022

West Lothian residents plead for train station at local village

West Lothian Council has agreed to back a plea for government funding to build a railway station in Winchburgh after costs have surged to around £20m

Edinburgh Live · Apr 19, 2022

West Lothian library building to become a martial arts gym

The former Carmondean library in northern Livingston's shopping centre will become a martial arts gym run by an established Edinburgh business

Edinburgh Live · Apr 5, 2022

West Lothian council to install seventeen pedestrian crossings but none near 'at risk' school

Despite a petition from the parent teacher association and the community council with over 400 signatures, Peel Primary was not included in the list of seventeen areas to receive a crossing.

Daily Record · Mar 31, 2022

West Lothian parents demand crossing at school where near miss took place

A total of 17 new pedestrian crossings have been approved but the 400 parents who signed a petition calling for a crossings around Peel Primary in Livingston will have to wait until June to see if their school will even qualify in the future.

Edinburgh Live · Mar 30, 2022