Night buses diverted away from West Lothian town following attacks

Police in West Lothian are investigating after the body of a man was discovered this morning in Armadale.

Schools across West Lothian will close next week as teachers strike.

An Armadale gym is up for a prestigious prize at the National Fitness Awards.

A date has been set for ambulance workers in West Lothian to go on strike.

Going after the record held by Essam El-Hadary might be too much to ask.

A pensions expert is warning 12.5 million older people across the UK to prepare for a financial blow next week when Chancellor Jeremy Hunt delivers the Autumn Statement. Ray Black, managing director of chartered financial planning firm, Money Minder, suggests there may be “continued restrictions on State Pension uprating”, higher taxes and more controversially, an increase to National Insurance contributions from April announced on November 17.

West Lothian schools are set to close after teachers voted for strike action following a bitter pay dispute.

The Scottish Government is working towards delivering a new benefit that will replace Carer’s Allowance by the end of next year, with a full national rollout planned for spring 2024, according to a new progress report on the Social Security (Scotland) Act 2018.

We may never discover just how close Giovanni van Bronckhorst came to a messy end last night.

The Scottish Government recently announced that from November 14, all children currently in receipt of Scottish Child Payment will have it automatically increased from £20 to £25 per week. Applications for the devolved benefit will also be open to all eligible under-16s from that date - with payments backdated to the point of application.

Tributes have been paid to a young Scottish woman who died suddenly after a night out. Molly Brogan McBeath, from Falkirk, passed away on Sunday aged just 22.

A hard working and dedicated midwife has been honoured at a national health awards ceremony.

The latest figures shared by the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) show that in February there were 22 million people across the UK claiming at least one benefit. That number includes nearly 12.5 million older people now in receipt of State Pension payments, a contributory benefit only available to those of retirement age with at least 10 years’ worth of National Insurance Contributions.

Demolition crew have finally moved in to start tearing down the Deans South ‘ghost estate’ – 18 years after private and rented homes were condemned.

Police investigating the Halloween riots in Dundee have made two more arrests.

An inspirational West Lothian man who survived sexual abuse and drug addiction is to tackle the issue of trauma in a hard-hitting TV show.

Firefighters have worked overnight to contain riots in Dundee after youths launched fireworks into flames.

Halloween is here and it's time to get spooky, but did you know that West Lothian is home to one of Scotland’s most haunted estates? The grounds at the House of the Binns are said to be haunted by Sir Thomas Dalyell - otherwise known as the notorious Bluidy Tam or The Muscovite Devil. Sir Thomas - an ancestor of the late Tam Dalyell, occupied the house in the 17th century and was the General and Commander-in-Chief of the king’s forces in Scotland.

Susan Boyle danced all night to Robbie Williams after the star invited her to his gig at the Ovo Hydro in Glasgow.