West Dunbartonshire Council step up recycling efforts after rates slump during lockdown

An alleged American fugitive who was arrested in Glasgow while receiving treatment for Covid-19 was caught after hospital staff were shown pictures of him.

A total of 38 extra teachers will be recruited in West Dunbartonshire after the council received a cash boost from the Scottish Government.

First Bus has warned of reduced bus services across West Lothian as timetables are cut due to staff shortages.

One of Dumfries and Galloway’s Tory parliamentarians has urged Boris Johnson to resign.

Calls are being made to delay new regulations requiring every home to have interlinked fire alarms – amid concerns many residents are unaware of the rules.

Boris Johnson's future hangs in the balance today after he admitted attending a party in the Downing Street garden during the first covid lockdown in 2020.

Eco-friendly council homes should be the focus of the future as the local authority plays its role in tackling the climate emergency, says a councillor.

A Scots pensioner with vascular dementia died after she choked on a piece of doughnut given to her by care home staff.

Planning permission is being sought for a new fuelling station for bio-fuel vehicles in Livingston to help local businesses embrace a “low carbon future.”

The family of a missing Scot have made an emotional plea for help with their ongoing search ten days after his disappearance.

A rising star of the SNP is quitting politics – just weeks after it was revealed she was being chased for missing council tax.

A yellow weather warning is in place for ice in West Dunbartonshire from this afternoon.

A controversial survey which quizzes children as young as 14 on their sexual experiences will now NOT be issued to pupils in West Dunbartonshire.

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A family visiting Perthshire got their pet back safe after a frantic 30-hour wilderness search in dark and freezing conditions.

The leader of Perth and Kinross Council has revealed taxes will likely be increased and local services axed if the Scottish Government does not renege on its “unacceptable” £371 million real terms cut to funding.

West Lothian tenants have been helped to claw back a fortune in unclaimed benefits in the past year.

The owner of a popular West Lothian nightclub says the decision to close venues by the Scottish Government just before New Year is a blow to the industry.

Remaining residents of a 'ghost town' Scots estate are preparing to leave - nearly 18 years after council bosses branded their homes unsafe.