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A 20-year-old man was taken to hospital following a suspected gas explosion at a flat in Broxburn, West Lothian.

Emergency Services were called to fat at Greendykes Road around 10.30pm past night.

Enquiries are ongoing to establish the full circumstances.

A Police Scotland spokeswoman said: “Police in West Lothian were called to Greendykes Road, Broxburn, at around 10.30pm on Friday 1 April following a report of a gas explosion.

“A 20-year-old man was taken to St John’s Hospital with non-life threatening injuries, and enquiries are ongoing.”

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John graduated from Telford College in 2010 with an HNC in Practical Journalism and since then he worked for the North Edinburgh News, The Southern Reporter, the Irish News Review and The Edinburgh Reporter. In addition he has been published in the Edinburgh Evening News and the Hibernian FC Programme.