69 m. ago Google Digital Garage rolls in providing free skills training for businesses in West Lothian

Over the last five years it has trained more than one million people

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20 h. ago West Lothian locals urged to start own business with help of Business Gateway

Business Gateway, Scotland’s national business support service, has launched Scottish Start-Up Month, a nationwide campaign to celebrate Scotland’s entrepreneurial spirit.

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69 h. ago Nat Phillips gives West Brom a lift and wrecks Stoke’s perfect start to season

West Brom bounced back from a rough week with a gnarly victory to puncture the mood at the Championship’s early pacesetters, Stoke.Ryan Mason, the head coach, had seen two key players depart in the days before this trip and had to watch from the stands as he served a touchline suspension. That did not prevent his team torpedoing Stoke’s 100% start to the campaign with a win that was as hard-fought as it was deserved. Continue reading...

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3 d. ago The Guardian view on Christopher Marlowe: it’s time to read him and honour him | Editorial

England’s second most famous playwright is the star of a new play. But his own works should be staged more, and he should be commemorated betterFor a limited season this autumn, Christopher Marlowe will become a star of the London stage again. Enjoy it while you can, for Marlowe has become an ephemeral figure in Britain’s national culture. His plays, once staples, are now produced only intermittently, if at all. Today, Marlowe is probably better known for his dramatic death, stabbed in a London riverside tavern, than for anything he wrote or for being the literary pioneer that he was.From next week, however, the sexy and brilliant figure of Kit Marlowe will be the centrepiece character, played by Ncuti Gatwa, in Liz Duffy Adams’s two-hander, Born With Teeth, which is currently in previews in the West End, with its offical opening next week. The play teases with the possibility, first reported in this newspaper in 2016, that Marlowe and William Shakespeare, played by Edward...

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3 d. ago Cole Palmer injury: Enzo Maresca gives update after Chelsea star left out of England squad

Chelsea will be without Cole Palmer for their London derby with Fulham on Saturday due to the groin injury that prevented him featuring in last week's 5-1 win over West Ham

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5 d. ago Parents with newborns can enjoy new “Baby Loves Massage” course in Linlithgow

Devised by Hartbeeps West Lothian, the innovative five-week session is specially designed for babies from birth up to around twelve weeks old.

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6 d. ago Tems is uplifting women to smash sexism in music. Can the industry change its tune?

The Grammy-winning singer has launched a pioneering platform to empower the next generation of African talentDon’t get The Long Wave delivered to your inbox? Sign up hereHello and welcome to The Long Wave. I’m Eromo Egbejule, the Guardian’s west Africa correspondent. This week, I spoke to Tems about her latest project: the Nigerian singer-songwriter and producer has been helping African women overcome many hurdles in the music industry. Continue reading...

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7 d. ago The £9.4m per year impact of spending just £1 per week more with West Lothian businesses

One Linlithgow Business Improvement Districts is among those highlighting the significant difference that can be made - safeguarding the future of businesses and protecting jobs - as part of Scotland Loves Local Week.

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8 d. ago West Lothian businesses celebrated as part of Scotland Loves Local Week

The theme for this year’s national campaign, which aims to encourage people to think local when they shop, is People Make Places, celebrating the important role played by business people at the heart of our communities.

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9 d. ago Scottish businessman fined for terrorising 'screeching' grey seal pups with stick at North Berwick harbour

The businessman has been fined for the incident at an East Lothian harbour involving two grey seal pups.

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1 week ago Teenage girl 'drugged and raped' in park in early morning as four men arrested

Met Police have confirmed the arrest of four men on the suspicion of rape after a young girl was sexually assaulted at Fishponds Park in Surbiton, south-west London, this week.

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1 week ago Weather tracker: monsoon rains cause deadly floods in Pakistan and India

More than 300 dead after downpours in mountainous regions and several killed in Indian city of MumbaiHeavy monsoon rains have continued to pummel the Indian subcontinent over the past week, bringing devastating flooding and landslides and leaving hundreds of people dead in what has already been one of the deadliest monsoon seasons in recent years.Moist air surging inland from the Bay of Bengal and the Arabian Sea was driven into Pakistan and north-west India late last week by strong southwesterly monsoon winds. Combined with developing areas of low pressure, this triggered a succession of torrential downpours. Continue reading...

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2 w. ago Moment brazen 'shoplifter' is confronted by hero Iceland worker as pair wrestle over bag before brave passersby help

The tussle, which also saw a passerby intervene, occurred outside a branch of the supermarket chain in Sudbury Hill, Greenford, west London, last week.

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2 w. ago London Theatre Week: London’s biggest West End theatre sale is back for summer 2025

London Theatre Week: London’s biggest West End theatre sale is back for summer 2025  Time Out Worldwide

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2 w. ago London Theatre Week: London’s biggest West End theatre sale is back for the summer

London Theatre Week: London’s biggest West End theatre sale is back for the summer  Time Out Worldwide

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3 w. ago Liverpool should be title favourites but not because of spending, insists Slot

‘We brought in good players, like all the other teams’Manager accepts uncertainty natural after overhaulArne Slot has conceded Liverpool can be considered favourites for the Premier League title but played down the impact of their spending and said a summer of upheaval had created some uncertainty over his team’s prospects.The head coach accepts Liverpool will carry the mantle of favourites into the new campaign having won a 20th league championship by a comfortable margin last season. Liverpool, who face the FA Cup winners, Crystal Palace, in the Community Shield on Sunday, have since invested almost £300m on new talent and want to add the Newcastle striker Alexander Isak. Continue reading...

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3 w. ago West Dunbartonshire residents urged to share views on proposed 'tourist tax'

West Dunbartonshire Council is conducting a 12-week-long consultation on proposals to introduce a five per cent 'tourist tax' on overnight accommodation.

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last month Denise Welch's 'tears' after Taylor Swift swipe: Loose Women star appears to cry in the street and is hugged by son Matty Healy after TV interview backfired

Denise Welch seemingly broke in down tears and was supported by son Matty Healy in West Hollywood this week amid the backlash over her comments on his ex Taylor Swift .

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