Yellow warning for snow in place for West Lothian this week

Plans to cut opening hours at West Lothian’s five recycling centres are being discussed.

Air quality monitoring at the heart of a West Lothian town is set to end after 12 years, following a dramatic drop in pollution.

Three West Lothian wind bands were celebrating Gold Awards at the recent Scottish Concert Band Festival National Finals in Perth.

Police are appealing for information following a break-in at a unit at an industrial estate in Linlithgow.

Plans which unions claim could lead to the privatisation of care homes and large scale privatisation of social care for the elderly in West Lothian have been rubber stamped by councillors.

The huge contribution of West Lothian’s unpaid carers over the last 30 years has been recognised with a civic reception.

A West Lothian mum is hoping her teenage daughter, who is currently on palliative care, will get to fulfil a dream by getting to meet Ed Sheeran.

A father-of-four who subjected a vulnerable woman to a brutal rape ordeal during a sex attack was jailed for five years on Monday.

A local teenager is celebrating after completing his apprenticeship at a Bathgate-based courier firm.

A new flood defence barrier to protect the graves of babies in Bathgate cemetery is being built following a Christmas flooding incident.

Treacherous driving conditions are set to continue overnight and into the weekend as the severe weather continues. National Highways has warned drivers that conditions “will get worse rather than better” during the next 24 hours as they work to keep the M62 open.

Free bus passes for teenagers are fuelling anti-social behaviour in shopping centres such as Livingston, local councillors claimed this week.

West Lothian Council has assured householders that “lessons will be learned” after bin uplifts over the Christmas holidays were hit with a perfect storm of bad weather, staff shortages and increased waste tonnage.

Snow has been falling around Greater Manchester today and it is set to continue towards the weekend, with a yellow weather warning in place tomorrow and Friday (March 9 and 10).

Bus fares on routes across West Lothian are set to increase.

Elizabeth Hurley and son Damian will have gone through a difficult day as Saturday marked the one-year anniversary of the death of cricketer Shane Warne.Elizabeth and Shane were engaged between 2011 and 2013 and Damian had looked up to the Australian cricketer as a "father figure" during his life. The pair both made touching tributes to the late sporting icon and their followers were quick to offer their support on the heart-wrenching day.WATCH: Shane Warne's life rememberedElizabeth shared a photo of her and Shane on the Pont des Arts, a bridge famed for couples placing love locks on to show their committal to each other."A year without Shane.

The March talk at the West Lothian History and Amenity Society is on local woman, Isobel Wylie Hutchison (1889-1982), a writer, botanist, film-maker, Arctic traveller and poet.

Hopes that new national planning rules would help protect the countryside from housing development look to be groundless.

Plans are underway to transform an iconic village building into a heritage attraction and museum.

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