More social housing to built in West Lothian

Kemar Roofe says he has "accept the punishment" after receiving a two-match ban for a tackle in the match against St Johnstone despite an appeal.The English striker was pulled up by the three-person disciplinary panel after a challenge on Murray Davidson last week.Referee David Munro handed out a yellow card to the attacker at the time, but that prompted further action from the governing body.After Roofe was offered the ban, Rangers opted to fight the charge but their arguments were dismissed at

Kemar Roofe has received a two-match ban for a tackle in the match against St Johnstone last Wednesday despite an appeal.The English striker was pulled up by a three-person disciplinary panel after a challenge on midfielder Murray Davidson on the stretch.The tackle was deemed worthy of a yellow card at the time by referee David Munro but that prompted further action from the governing body.Ibrox manager Steven Gerrard believed there was little intent behind Roofe's actions and confirmed the club

Councillor Fitzpatrick  asked if there were still rules in place from a time when local government was “only open to rich people to hold local office.” Governance Manager, James Millar, explained that the current rules date from the introduction of multi-member wards, but any member could opt not to take remuneration, for instance on being elected as an MP or MSP.

West Lothian golf club show just a shell of the building has been left following a devastating blaze this morning.Fire crews rushed to Uphall Golf Club following reports of the blaze at 1.35am on Saturday.Fire chiefs sent 10 appliances to tackle the flames as they ripped through the building and emergency teams were still on the scene this morning with smoke billowing across the golf course.The circumstances of the blaze are not yet known.Club bosses said they were 'saddened' by the serious fire

Lothians Labour MSP, Neil Findlay, has written to management at the distribution centre asking for these plans to be withdrawn immediately.He said: “At a time when Tesco has seen its profits soar by 29 per cent, they reward key workers who have kept the country fed during a global pandemic by cutting their pay and conditions. This is outrageous and, in my view, shameful.

“Increasingly, funding given to us by the Scottish Government, is earmarked for specific national programmes, so reducing any flexibility for innovation, and forcing the council to cut back on essential service areas.“There’s no increase to the capital budgets that councils have to spend on improvement works and projects, and following a massive shortfall in capital grant last year, the council faces another significant shortfall in grant funding for 2021/22.“There is a 0.7 per cent increase in

News of its opening came as it was revealed West Lothian has one of the lowest vaccination rates in Scotland, according to Public Health Scotland figures.Some 7422 people have their received their vaccination - 5.03 per cent.

There were also changes of chief officer in 12 IJBs, and this leadership instability makes it harder to manage both finances and the major changes needed in health and social care.Councillor Fitzpatrick said: “This report highlights that local authorities have been unfairly working against an increasing wave of budget reductions for some time now.“In West Lothian, we have delivered £133 million of savings since 2007.

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“The doctors were amazing, they looked around my cervix to take biopsies and unfortunately I bled again, but they said that my cervix looked normal and that they would have the results for me in 10 days.

Get the stories that interest you straight to your inbox every day with our personalised newsletterKilmarnock suffered a late blow in West Lothian as Livingston grabbed a quick-fire double.Jaze Kabia and Scott Pittman both scored in the dying minutes to send Alex Dyer's men home empty-handed.Stuart Findlay could have opened the scoring after five minutes, but his header looped into the arms of Max Stryjek.Danny Rogers came to Killie’s rescue in the 10th minute when he saved former Ayr United

Wanderers this season and scored three goals, cementing himself as the club's first choice at right wing-back during the first half of the campaign. Earlier this month, Kioso's parent club Luton recalled the defender from his loan spell at the University of Bolton Stadium owing to injury problems at Kenilworth Road.Since returning to the Hatters, Kioso has not played for Nathan Jones' side.

Another change on the size of properties that the council is able to make offers on.

Wanderers for the entirety of the campaign.But the Championship side exercised an option in the deal which took Kioso to the League Two side to recall him to Kenilworth Road earlier this month. Kioso returned to the Hatters in light of injury problems in the right-back position for Jones' side.

RSLs will play a role in helping to address the shortfall and have identified new projects for 359 homes through the current SHIP that could complete in 2022/23, subject to funding and sites being available. Other sites included in the SHIP could accommodate up to 291 homes.These sites may be developed by RSLs or in some cases, West Lothian Council.

Nominations should be sent to [email protected] along with a short description of why they are being nominated.Ashley Bisland, deputy centre director at The Centre, said: “We’re incredibly proud of how everyone has supported each other during what has been a very challenging time.“Now, more than ever before, it’s important to celebrate the community spirit of the people of West Lothian and reward their acts of kindness.”