The Latest Breaking News from Sally Pattle

Safety work agreed for hazardous Avon Gorge

Work will be completed on the accident blackspot within this financial year

Daily Record · Jun 27, 2023

West Lothian agree safety work for hazardous Avon Gorge junction

Lights for a junction at the Avon Gorge and speed limit cut on the busy A71 among series of accident reduction measures agreed for danger zones.

Edinburgh Live · Jun 26, 2023

Calls for fund to tackle costly repairs of crumbling buildings

Substandard material has been found in school roofs and in the condemned Deans South Housing estate

Daily Record · Jun 23, 2023

West Lothian Council joins call for Scotland-wide ban on disposable vapes

Cross-party support to call on Holyrood government to ban throwaway e-cigarette products amid growing health fears and harm to the environment

Edinburgh Live · May 31, 2023

£30m rebuild of school 'cheapest' option to deal with crumbling concrete

Council officers say partial demolition and rebuild of St Kentigern's the cheapest and fastest way to solve dangerous roof problems

Daily Record · May 24, 2023

West Lothian school faces £30m rebuild to tackle crumbling concrete

Council officers say partial demolition and rebuild of St Kentigern's the cheapest and fastest way to solve dangerous roof problems. It's the biggest bill the council will have faced since the faulty building material was found in council buildings in 2021

Edinburgh Live · May 23, 2023

West Lothian town in plea for police crackdown on parking

Linlithgow's Local Area committee wanted assurance that police would continue to monitor hotspots of bad parking including the town's high street

Daily Record · May 12, 2023

Police crackdown on teen anti-social behaviour sees seven charged with more than 60 offences

Arrests follow surge in anti-social behaviour across county, including high profile incidents in Livingston

Daily Record · May 12, 2023

West Lothian crackdown on teen anti-social behaviour as seven charged with more than 60 offences

Arrests follow surge in anti-social behaviour across county, including high profile incidents in Livingston shopping centre

Edinburgh Live · May 11, 2023

West Lothian town plea for police vigilance on parking, with new rules three years away

Council controls on parking are at least three years away and the chair of Linlithgow's Local Area committee wanted assurance that police would continue to monitor hotspots of bad parking including the town's high street

Edinburgh Live · May 10, 2023