£1.9million cash gift from lottery will help West Lothian building rise again

Two men have admitted running a massive cannabis farm in West Lothian following a police operation which recovered drugs with a street value of up to £850,000.

Prince William has celebrated his wife's work with young children as he joined a conference to help end homelessness - just hours after a video emerged of the Princess of Wales out in Windsor amid her recovery from abdominal surgery.The Prince of Wales has visited Sheffield on Tuesday, 19 March as part of his ambitious project to help end homelessness, which has been given a boost worth £1million from a DIY retailer.The outing comes just hours after footage emerged showing him and Kate visiting a farm shop near their home, Adelaide Cottage, that shows the princess appearing to be well on the road to recovery following her surgery in January. In the video, Kate can be seen with her hair down, wearing a black jacket and leggings, chatting with William and carrying a large white bag.

Police are hunting a gang who stormed a property and made off with an electric motorbike. The four person strong gang attacked a man and woman within the house in question before fleeing the scene.

Prince William and Prince Harry, once inseparable brothers, are now barely in touch, with no signs of making up anytime soon. However, there was a moment when they put their differences aside for a deeply touching reason.

A team of top film, television and stage songwriters have joined forces to create a musical satire inspired by the recent, ill-fated Willy Wonka knockoff fiasco in Glasgow, Scotland that became a social media phenomenon.

Three inmates have died at Addiewell prison since the start of this year.

Members of West Lothian’s Prostate Cancer Support Group have been highlighting the importance of getting tested early.

A mural paying tribute to the scandal-hit Willy Wonka experience has appeared in Glasgow.

A pensioner used her brother's death to con the benefits agency out of nearly £2,000.

Aberdeen captain Graeme Shinnie was left fuming by John Beaton after being shown a yellow card that will rule him out of the Scottish Cup Final.

Jeremy Hunt announced his Spring Budget to the House of Commons on Wednesday afternoon.

taking the internet by a storm over the last week, was advertised as an immersive interaction, based on the movie Wonka.Willy’s Chocolate Experience was advertised as “a celebration of sweetness and imagination”, but members of the public were left sorely disappointed at the low-budget production and AI-generated script, causing the event to be shut down on the day it opened.Kirsty Paterson was an actor involved in the performance, playing one of Willy Wonka’s trusted servants, the Oompa-Loompas. She was hired for the event in Glasgow by the organisers, House of Illuminati, and was reportedly offered £500 for working two days of the event.As per a video posted on the official Cameo Instagram page, and a post on Paterson’s TikTok page, she is now taking requests for personalised video and audio messages for fans.That’s me on cameo! Ready to take on requests from your Scottish Oompa Loompa.

By now, you’ve likely seen the “Willy Wonka Experience” going viral throughout the Internet.

Comic Jerry Sadowitz whose Edinburgh Fringe show was cancelled for being too controversial said if he didn’t need the money he would have given up on comedy a long time ago.

Ja Rule did in the wake of the Fyre Festival, he also felt “hustled, scammed, bamboozled, hood winked, lead astray.”An actor hired to work at the recent, disastrous Willy Wonka-themed event in Scotland feels his golden ticket was a scam.Paul Connell, who played the part of Wonka at “Willy’s Chocolate Experience” at the Box Hub Warehouse in Glasgow, said the viral event was an “absolute mess” and one of the “most embarrassing things” he’s ever seen, South West News Service reported.The calamity, which cost $45 a person, promised guests a “journey filled with wondrous creations and enchanting surprises” — but instead ended with kids in tears and furious parents.Guests arrived on Saturday, Feb. 24, to a “dirty,” near-empty warehouse — which Connell further described as a “health and safety nightmare” — with a printed AI background, a sad bouncy castle and lackluster props.There was also virtually no candy at the “Chocolate Experience,” and Connell said he was told to give kids one single jelly bean each and a quarter of a glass of lemonade upon arrival.Red-headed Connell admitted that an immediate “red flag” came when he was asked to portray Willy Wonka, rather than an Oompa Loompa — which he felt he better resembled.“The first red flag for me was when I was cast as Willy Wonka.

'Willy Wonka Gate' has taken over the internet this week following the disastrous immersive experience held in Glasgow.

How did you like the chocolate factory, Charlie? Instead of the most wonderful place in the whole world, angry customers and event participants from a botched “Wonka World” immersive experience held this weekend in Glasgow, Scotland, are angry and seeking a refund.

Customers at a West Lothian shop can add free sanitary products to their basket with ‘no questions asked’ now and March 6.

Barclays bank will shut its only West Lothian branch in May.

A team of volunteer divers who found Scots fisherman Greig Stoddart have been gifted an expert search device.