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Dedridge Primary School’s drama group have been celebrating their successful performance of Gawen Robinson’s musical ‘The X Factory’ which was funded by the National Lottery Community Fund.

A mentally ill teenager stabbed his grandparents to death because a voice in his head told him to "kill them", a court heard today.

Delays to decisions on Scottish Government funding to replace two run-down primary school buildings in Livingston have been criticised by West Lothian Council’s Conservative group leader.

West Lothian Council's three long-term placement care homes will remain open following an agreement by the West Lothian Integration Joint Board (IJB).

EXCLUSIVE: Academy Award nominee Eric Roberts (Babylon) has been set to star opposite Hutch Dano and Christopher Livingston in Down Below, a psychological horror film from director Spyder Dobrofsky that is currently in production.

A West Lothian biotechnology company which had its contract to make covid vaccines cancelled by the UK Government still received £358 million of taxpayers’ money, it has emerged.

A number of Scottish businesses have been named and shamed for failing to pay minimum wage to their lowest-paid staff, including Scotland's airling, Loganair. Over 200 companies in the UK were exposed by the government after failing to pay workers almost £5million in a clear breach of National Minimum Wage (NMW) law, leaving roughly 63,000 workers short on their wages.

Owen Gleiberman Chief Film Critic Combat veterans, famously, don’t tend to talk much, if at all, about their experiences of war. At least not to civilians, and maybe not even to their closest relatives. Knowing this, those of us who aren’t veterans tend to have ideas about the things they aren’t discussing. Things like violence and fear and the chaos and insanity of battle. That’s surely a part of it, but in a way it’s also the heightened cinematic version, the one we’ve all gotten from war movies. What it leaves out are the torn-up emotions of soldiers, the lifelong imprint left upon them not just by the cataclysm of war but by their relationship with their fellow soldiers — the loyalty and love, the complex code of liberation and guilt at having survived.   

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EXCLUSIVE: Here’s your first look at Samuel L. Jackson (Pulp Fiction) and Vincent Cassel (La Haine) in action-thriller Damaged, which wrapped this spring in Scotland.

Motorist are being warned to be vigilant after a spate of vandalism attacks that saw tyres slashed and cars keyed.

Angry members of a West Lothian Burlesque group have joined local amateur actors to take up the fight against the proposed closure of Howden Park Centre.

A support worker who was employed at a children’s daycare service has been struck off by the Scottish Social Services Council after offences involving children.

Anyone who’s been missing a night out at Livingston’s Club Earth are being invited to get together to remember the old times.

Mum-of-two Lyn Graham celebrated in style after winning The Courier and The Centre, Livingston’s Mother’s Day makeover competition.

This Easter The Centre, Livingston will be giving away 2,000 chocolate eggs!

The Centre, Livingston has announced its April charity partner as Spark, which runs a wide range of activities to help overcome the impact of loneliness and isolation and spark conversations and interactions with people in the local community to allow them to connect with others, make new friends and create new possibilities.

A man has been charged in connection with a three-vehicle crash in Livingston yesterday.

Hollywood legend Samuel L. Jackson is filming a new blockbuster about a serial killer terrorising Scotland.

EXCLUSIVE: Screen greats Samuel L. Jackson and Vincent Cassel have been set to lead cast in action thriller Damaged, about a Chicago detective who goes to Scotland after an emerging serial killer’s crimes match those that he investigated five years earlier, one of which was the crime scene of his murdered girlfriend. 

Plans which unions claim could lead to the privatisation of care homes and large scale privatisation of social care for the elderly in West Lothian have been rubber stamped by councillors.

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The huge contribution of West Lothian’s unpaid carers over the last 30 years has been recognised with a civic reception.

A West Lothian mum is hoping her teenage daughter, who is currently on palliative care, will get to fulfil a dream by getting to meet Ed Sheeran.

A West Lothian gran thought her dog had died after it was buried alive whilst out on a walk. Paula Dahl was out for a stroll with her beloved pet, Ronny, at Murieston Castle Dog Park in Livingston on Friday, March 10, when he scurried down a rabbit hole and got stuck under collapsing soil.

The fab five! Matthew McConaughey and Camila Alves aren’t always public about their family life — but as their kids continue to grow, they’re letting fans in more and more.

A 'narcissistic predator' found guilty of multiple rapes, serious physical and sexual assault over a twenty-year campaign of terror has been caged for 12 years.

A Scots woman has launched a fundraiser after her eight-week-old baby tragically passed away suddenly from cot death. Laura MacGregor, from Livingston in West Lothian, lost her baby girl Charlotte Joyce on February 8.

There are countless picturesque walking and hiking trails all over Scotland, but the Dechmont UFO Trail in West Lothian is one of a kind.

An exhibition featuring art telling the history of Kirknewton in comic book format has been launched.

There’s so much to enjoy at The Centre, Livingston with over 150 of your favourite brands, eateries and fun ways to fill your day!

The Centre, Livingston and the West Lothian Courier have announced the third winner of our Volunteer Award.

The mother of a teenager who took her own life after her father sexually abused her has been left "disgusted" after learning he is up for parole less than a year after her daughter's death.

After the indulgences of the festive period, many people turn to fad diets. Unfortunately though, the vast majority of these are not successful, with 90 per cent of people giving up within weeks.

Concerns are growing for a Scots schoolgirl who has been missing for more than 24 hours. Police have launched an urgent appeal to trace 13-year-old Debbie Payne, from Edinburgh.

Controversial plans for a 60 bed care home in Linlithgow Bridge have been passed after the developers rejigged designs to provide more parking spaces.