Tag: West Lothian
Challenge to get people back to work
Figures released by the Scottish Parliament point to radically different job markets in West Lothian’s two Scottish Parliamentary constituencies.
The Almond Valley constituency of Angela Constance MSP has above average unemployment and economic inactivity whilst...
Kirknewton Community Council 2017 elections
Kirknewton now has a newly elected community council following a procedure which has taken since February to complete.
The ballot papers for the full postal ballot were sent out on 5 October and the count...
City Region Deal will be on the table later today – for signing!
The First Secretary of State and Minister for the Cabinet Office, Damien Green, will be visiting Edinburgh today to assist with signing off the City Region Deal which once promised £1 billion of inward...
Smart technology research project looking for volunteers
Changeworks has partnered with the University of Edinburgh to deliver IDEAL, a
cutting edge research project exploring how smart technology can help save
energy in the home.
They have recently extended the project to all of Edinburgh and...
#GE2017 Day returns as MP for Linlithgow and East Falkirk
Martyn Day is back at Westminster for a second term after winning the Linlithgow and East Falkirk seat.
The Linlithgow-based former West Lothian councillor polled 20,388 votes, down from the 32,055 he collected two years...
Same again for SNP in two Central Scotland seats
SNP aim to hold on to two Central Scotland constituencies with the same candidates in the General Election next month.
Hannah Bardell contests Livingston against opponents from the Scottish Liberal Democrats, Scottish Conservative and Unionist...
Kerr romps home in West Lothian
West Lothian Conservatives celebrated after winning seven seats in the local council elections. They previously had only one seat held by veteran councillor Tom Kerr.
The Conservatives profited as the SNP lost two seats overall...
Deer Park have the right place for your Christmas party
West Lothian’s home of golf and the area’s leading leisure club, Deer Park Golf and Country Club in Livingston, has unveiled a cutting edge refurbishment of much of its public space. The Champions Lounge,...
Voting begins today on community growing project
Grow Wild is a project set up to transform a local community in Scotland and now the public can vote to decide who wins.
From today, people in Livingston can go online at vote.growwilduk.com to...
Grow Wild project may mean big changes
A West Lothian Project is in the running for £100,000 from the Big Lottery to transform the local community.
A West Lothian community project has been shortlisted for a chance to win £100,000 of Big...
Review: The Begbies – Ashleigh (Single)
Begbies by name if not by nature…
This West Lothian five-piece’s music might have the swagger of their Trainspotting namesake but their sound is an all together more graceful affair. Ashleigh is their third release...
