9 h. ago The number of council homes let in West Lothian dropped by almost 100 in a year

Lower turnover of properties is the principal reason for the drop from 243 between April and June last year to just 150 in the same period this year.

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9 h. ago None of 260 new West Lothian Council vehicles purchased are electric

The council’s Operational Services department is testing some light commercial EVs, a meeting was told, but none have entered full time service with the council.

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11 h. ago Housebuilder help therapeutic gardens flourish in West Lothian donation

Lovell donated the cash to Scottish Action for Mental Health (SAMH).

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12 h. ago Full list of percentage of adults who are smokers in UK, by local area

Figures are averages for the period 2020-24.

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34 h. ago Charity hosts Armed Forces Day display in West Lothian village

The event was supported by the charity’s ambassadors Euan Stainbank MP, Stephen Kerr MSP, and local elected members Angela Doran-Timson and Tony Boyle.

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34 h. ago West Lothian housing officers welcome increased funding for 'buy

The Scottish Government has pledged to deliver up to £4.9 billion of investment across Scotland in the coming four years with homes delivered through a mixture of public and privately targeted funding.

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35 h. ago Child poverty figures focus of blame game among West Lothian councillors

The Local Democracy Reporting Service first revealed West Lothian is in the top ten of highest levels of child poverty in the country. In a list of shame the county’s figure of 24.1% outstrips Edinburgh and neighbour South Lanarkshire.

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38 h. ago West Lothian mum follows daughter into midwifery after rekindling dream

Jilliane McAdam collected her BM Midwifery degree alongside fellow School of Health & Social Care students at Edinburgh’s Usher Hall.

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59 h. ago Scots schoolgirl accepted by F1 academy following in tracks of motorsport heroes

Ten-year-old Khloe McGill, from Bo’ness in West Lothian, started competing in the male-dominated sport when she was just six.

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3 d. ago Kemi Badenoch warns Rachel Reeves she would force pensioners out of their homes if she DOUBLES council tax for the highest

The Chancellor is said to be eyeing up a 100 per cent increase on the two highest council tax bands - G and H.

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3 d. ago Families invaded by rats after 25,000 tonne mountain of stinking rubbish is dumped by 'Liverpool gang' outside their homes as council say it will cost £4.5MILLION to clear up

The 30ft mountain of 25,000 tonnes of waste in Wigan, Gtr Manchester, is made of of soiled nappies as well as chemicals and plastic.

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4 d. ago Sir Michael Palin slams council for turning homes plan into 'investment opportunity'

Sir Michael Palin slams council for turning homes plan into 'investment opportunity'  London Evening Standard

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4 d. ago ‘It’s my only income’: Home baker battles Newham Council over cake business ban

The council ordered Fatima to stop using her home as a bakery in a planning enforcement notice issued in August

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4 d. ago Sir Michael Palin slams north London council for turning homes plan into 'investment opportunity'

Campaigners fear the Camden scheme will drive up rents and exacerbate the housing crisis by bringing another 1,000 residents into an already densely-populated area

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4 d. ago Welsh council refuses to collect man's bin 'because lid was slightly open'

The homeowner said the council's decision to not empty his bin was "petty and pathetic"

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4 d. ago Espresso machine drops below £100 as Morphy Richards Black Friday sale cuts 42% off price

The espresso machine is reduced in Morphy Richards' Black Friday sale

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5 d. ago Reeves says she should have checked rental licence had been obtained as letting agent apologises – UK politics live

No 10 releases redacted emails between Reeves’ husband and letting agentRachel Reeves’ rental error: standards adviser looking at new informationRobert Peston, ITV’s political editor, says he thinks it is a mistake for the Conservatives to be saying Rachel Reeves should have to resign over the rental licence error. He explains why in a post on social media. Here is an extract.Kemi Badenoch’s call for Starmer to sack Reeves, for failing to register her family home when she rented it on moving to Downing Street, lowers the bar quite significantly for sackable offences by ministers. I am not certain all her shadow cabinet colleagues will thank her.The point is that there is a clear distinction between Rayner’s failure to take stamp duty advice and Reeves’s failure to register her home with the council for rent. Continue reading...

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5 d. ago Rachel Reeves' letting agent apologises to chancellor over her London rental rules breach as Tories demand she is sacked

‘New information’ about the Chancellor’s breach has been passed to the Government’s ethics adviser Laurie Magnus, Downing Street confirmed

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5 d. ago Rachel Reeves faces email probe after apologising for London rental rules breach as Tories demand she is sacked

‘New information’ about the Chancellor’s breach has been passed to the Government’s ethics adviser Laurie Magnus, Downing Street confirmed

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5 d. ago West Lothian chiefs quizzed over 'redundant and ugly' equipment on high street

Tom Conn, the local Labour councillor, asked environmental health staff why the apparatus was still in place a year after a monitoring order had been revoked.

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