Teacher caught lying about role on application for job at West Lothian school

A charity has warned that council tax arrears could soar this year after new data showed its clients need help clearing debts almost three times higher than the average bill amid the cost-of-living crisis. Citizens Advice Scotland (CAS) revealed that its clients owed a cumulative £12.7million to local authorities for unpaid tax bills between September 2021 and September 2022.

The UK Government recently announced a series of new cost of living payments to help millions of households across the country mitigate soaring inflation and ever-increasing energy bills. The new cost of living support package is worth £26 billion in 2023/24, in addition to benefits uprating, which is worth £11 billion to working age households and people with disabilities.

Fans are set to get a sneak peek at what they can expect when Love Island returns in January.

A well-kent face was spotted at Glasgow's Irn-Bru Carnival on Friday afternoon with many youngsters left star-struck when 'Peter Pan' turned up.

A former Royal Marine was killed in a horror accident after being struck on the head while cutting down a 120ft tree, a sheriff has ruled. Christopher Moses, 37, was working as a tree surgeon in the village of Rhu near Helensburgh, West Dunbartonshire.

West Lothian’s Alan Crookston Ceilidh Band have been doing a jig in celebration of triumphing in the MG ALBA Scots Trad Music Awards 2022.

Back in 1995, one of Scotland's most notorious imposters hit the headlines as a 30-year-old man managed to enrol as a 16-year-old pupil at his old high school in Bearsden.

Fans of Two Doors Down have been give a first look at the comedy's Christmas special which airs this week.

Primary and secondary schools will close again next month as teachers launch further strike action in a bid for better pay.

Four cars have been set ablaze in a spate of fire raising incidents this week.

Tributes have been paid to a beloved headmaster and celebrated local historian.

School meals in Dumfries and Galloway are being disrupted by the cost of living crisis and food supply difficulties.

A physics teacher whose Only Fans porn page forced her to resign from work has allegedly been banned from her office Christmas party.

Cuts to school budgets in West Dunbartonshire will result in increased disruption and a drop in attainment, it has been warned.

Reports of burst pipes have jumped as high as 150 per cent in areas including West Lothian.

A man has been jailed for five years after intimidating youths at a children's skatepark.

A Scots teacher has been reprimanded for lying on an application for a new job, claiming she held senior roles at schools when she had not.

Jeremy Clarkson has come under fire over a rant about Meghan Markle in his column in which he said he hates her more than serial killer Rose West.

John Swinney has said "difficult decisions" will be required to combat the cost-of-living crisis as he prepares to lay out the Scottish Government's Budget later today.

Plans for a massive new oil field off the Scottish coast have been thrown into doubt after a watchdog demanded answers on emissions targets.