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The Latest Breaking News from West Lothian

West Lothian petrol bomb attack as car set on fire in Livingston street

The red Ford Focus was seen up in flames on Mains Street, in the Deans area of Livingston, West Lothian, in the early hours of Tuesday morning, January 25.

Edinburgh Live · Jan 25, 2022

Working from home restrictions eased as covid rates continue to drop in West Lothian

Nightclubs reopened this week, table service is scrapped in pubs and workers can start to return to the office

Daily Record · Jan 25, 2022

West Lothian woman who hid weight loss with special body suit will reveal all on TV tonight

Joan Hetherington, from Livingston, is to feature in tonight’s episode of new TV health show, Secret Body

Daily Record · Jan 25, 2022

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West Lothian children as young as 10 'spoken to' by police after deliberate fire

The blaze on Rowan Terrace in Blackburn had seen the building go up in flames after a 'deliberate' fire was ignited shortly before 5.40pm on Saturday.

Edinburgh Live · Jan 24, 2022

Maths teacher in 'still fit to teach' claim after admitting sex with pupil

Ross Spittal, from Renfrewshire, who formerly taught at a high school in West Lothian, has admitted having sex with the pupil at his home on at least two occasions.

Glasgow Live · Jan 24, 2022

Football clubs pay tribute to West Lothian teen Devin Gordon after his death last week

Fans held minute's silence in honour of the youngster, who played for Bathgate Thistle Juniors 2008

Daily Record · Jan 24, 2022

Scots teacher claims he's 'still fit to teach' after admitting sexual relations with S6 pupil

Ross Spittal, a former teacher in West Lothian, had sex with the pupil at his home on at least two occasions.

Daily Record · Jan 24, 2022

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West Lothian teacher admitted to sleeping with pupil after ex found pictures

Kim Smyth found images of the high school pupil on the laptop she shared with ex-boyfriend Ross Spittal alongside hundreds of emails between the teacher and his former students arranging secret meet-ups

Edinburgh Live · Jan 24, 2022

Six-year-old girl is first child in the world to walk without quadriceps muscles in legs

A girl, 6, from Bathgate, West Lothian, believed to be the first child born with a condition called arthrogryposis meaning she has no quadriceps muscles in herlegs, learns to walk

Daily Mirror · Jan 24, 2022

West Lothian family devastated as deliberate fire destroys home and belongings

Keavey Davis, 21, has spoken of her family's anger and sadness, after her mother's home on Rowan Terrace was deliberately set alight and destroyed on Saturday night.

Edinburgh Live · Jan 23, 2022

Scots mum 'haunted' and left with clothes on her back after flat torched in deliberate attack

Mum-of-four Lee-Anne Davis, 40, lost all her belongings after a fire was deliberately started outside her top floor flat in Blackburn, West Lothian, late on Saturday afternoon.

Daily Record · Jan 23, 2022

West Lothian protesters want to buy pub to protect historic name from 'woke' owners

The historic pub in Linlithgow was named after a famous legend of a local dog, but new owner Greene King has claimed that the name 'Black Bitch' is internally racist.

Edinburgh Live · Jan 23, 2022

West Lothian woman rushed to hospital after deliberate fire in block of flats

Emergency services were called to the scene on Rowan Terrace, Blackburn, shortly before 6pm on Saturday. Residents were evacuated while fire crews tackled the flames on the top floor of the building.

Edinburgh Live · Jan 23, 2022

Woman rushed to hospital after ‘deliberate’ blaze at Scots flats as cops hunt firebugs

A number of residents were evacuated from the building on Rowan Terrace in Blackburn, West Lothian, late on Saturday afternoon with paramedics treating a 40-year-old woman.

Daily Record · Jan 23, 2022

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Daily Record · Jan 20, 2022

Body found in Scots canal in search for missing pensioner

The remains were found within the Union Canal, near Linlithgow, West Lothian, at around 9pm on Thursday, January 20.

Edinburgh Live · Jan 20, 2022

West Lothian police find body in search for missing pensioner Jack Brown

Officers had been searching for the 83-year-old for several hours after he disappeared from his home in the Linlithgow area, but family members have since been made aware of the discovery

Daily Mirror · Jan 20, 2022

'Happy, cheeky, funny' boy, 13, dies after being hit by train at railway station

Devin Gordon, 13, was reportedly hit by a train near Bathgate railway station in West Lothian, Scotland, on Wednesday, according to British Transport Police

Edinburgh Live · Jan 20, 2022

West Lothian work to end foodbank reliance showing way to tackle poverty with dignity

West Lothian councillors suggested Scottish ministers should come and see the holistic approach taken in the community as Holyrood looks for a workable end to reliance on foodbanks.

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The Independent UK · Jan 20, 2022

Tributes paid to ‘happy, cheeky, funny’ boy, 13, after railway death

Devin Gordon died near Bathgate railway station in West Lothian on Wednesday afternoon.

Edinburgh Live · Jan 20, 2022

West Lothian mum wakes up unable to walk - two weeks after accident

A West Lothian mum is learning to walk again after she woke up unable to feel her legs weeks after being involved in a horror car crash just before Christmas.

Edinburgh Live · Jan 20, 2022

West Lothian funding 'worst ever' as council faces slashing services

West Lothian Council is facing £12m of cuts and has joined the 31 other local authorities to call for a meeting with the First Minister and a rethink on the Holyrood spending plans.

Edinburgh Live · Jan 20, 2022

First picture of West Lothian schoolboy who died after being hit by a train

Devin Gordon was just 13 years old when he passed away following an incident in Bathgate on Wednesday, with friends organising a heartfelt tribute to the youngster ahead of the Tynecastle side's next home game

Daily Record · Jan 20, 2022

40,000 people in West Lothian have still not had their booster jag

There was a big reduction in people coming for their third vaccine dose in lead up to festive period

Daily Record · Jan 20, 2022

Tributes pour in for West Lothian schoolboy who passed away yesterday

Team mates from Bathgate Juniors Under 14s said Devin was the "light of the team"

Daily Record · Jan 20, 2022

Activist champions Scots language

Whitburn teacher and Scots language advocate, Laura Green, is backing efforts by national charity ‘Nil by Mouth’ to get their story book into over 400 primary schools

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