West Lothian care homes will remain open as health board backs council plan

Manori Ravindran Executive Editor of International A new documentary about Richard Williams, the father of tennis greats Serena and Venus Williams, has sold into major markets. “On the Line: The Richard Williams Story,” which had its U.K. premiere at Sheffield Doc/Fest in June, has been sold into Sky (U.K. and Italy), Canal+ (France), MNET (South Africa), Paramount+ (Australia) and TVNZ (New Zealand). The film paints a complex portrait of the life, career and impact of Williams — the family patriarch and tennis coach to Venus and Serena Williams, who was also portrayed by Will Smith in the 2022 movie “King Richard.”

Call Of Duty games will be available to play on PlayStation, as announced by head of Xbox brand Phil Spencer in a tweet.“We are pleased to announce that Microsoft and PlayStation have signed a binding agreement to keep Call Of Duty on PlayStation following the acquisition of Activision Blizzard,” said Spencer yesterday (July 16). “We look forward to a future where players globally have more choice to play their favourite games.”We are pleased to announce that Microsoft and @PlayStation have signed a binding agreement to keep Call of Duty on PlayStation following the acquisition of Activision Blizzard.

The Famous Gyros Greek cuisine has come to the Livingston Designer Outlet.

A newborn alpaca at Almond Valley Heritage Centre can be seen walking about just an hour after being born in adorable photographs.

Bob Iger is staying with Disney.

A surge in deliberate fires and attacks on firefighters in West Lothian saw crews facing more than three incidents a day last year, it has emerged.

A Scottish health board has been fined fined £235,000 after a patient took his own life while in their care.

Lewis Capaldi was spotted in the crowd at TRNSMT festival as he supported his friends LF System on Saturday night.

NHS boards in Scotland have spent more than £31million on agency junior doctors in the past four years, new figures show. Statistics showed £31,052,819 had been spent on junior doctors through agencies to plug gaps between 2019-20 and 2022-23.

Among hundreds of South Ayrshire projects considered for investment were a handful of schemes that had formed the core of the Conservative’s manifesto in 2022.

The West Lothian Courier is delighted to be teaming up with our friends at Bathgate Cinema to offer one lucky reader the chance to win a pair of tickets to the biggest movies.

A woman with dementia told her son she had been raped at a care home, a trial jury has heard.

You'd be forgiven for thinking that with five kids, two dogs, a husband, a busy career as the nation’s sweetheart and a sprawling country mansion to maintain, Stacey Solomon may want to take a bit of a rest now and then. But you’d be wrong.Just last week, she dropped some heavy hints she was working on yet another project – her own homeware range – and while she’s excited about it, she’s confessed to friends that her life is about to get even more chaotic.“Stacey still has to pinch herself that she’s even being offered these deals – having her own homeware range is a dream come true,” our insider explains.“She also feels she can never really turn anything down as she’s well aware of how quickly you can fall out of favour in this industry, and she has to capitalise on her success while she can.

Naman Ramachandran The U.K. will maintain its position as the leading entertainment and media market in Europe over the next four years, ahead of Germany and France, according to PwC’s Global Entertainment & Media (E&M) Outlook 2023-2027 report. U.K. E&M revenue is expected to reach £85 billion ($108 billion) this year with growth forecast at a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 4% over the next four years to generate revenue of £100 billion overall by 2027. The report predicts that the next biggest European E&M markets – Germany, which is expected to reach £83.1 billion in 2023 and France, set to touch £54.6 billion in 2023 – will grow to £90.8 billion and £61.1 billion by 2027 respectively.

A West Lothian-based dementia nurse has been honoured at a glittering awards ceremony.

A dog owner has been left with a £5000 bill after her cherished pet was attacked in a West Lothian park.

Emily Eavis has said she’s confident the Arctic Monkeys will play Glastonbury, but that they “have a couple of back-up plans” just in case.The band cancelled their Dublin show slated for June 20 due to frontman Alex Turner dealing with an acute case of laryngitis. The announcement came just days ahead of their scheduled headline performance at this year’s Glastonbury on Friday (June 23).Eavis, the festival’s co-organiser alongside her father, told reporters at the gates of the festival’s opening day (June 21) that she believes the band will still headline on Friday despite Turner’s illness.“I think we are going to be all right.

Warner Bros DC’s The Flash, despite tumbling down with a $55M start, will remain atop the box office with a $16.5M-$24.7M second weekend take as the marketplace largely takes a breath sans tentpoles before Disney/Lucasfilm’s Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny arrives for the Independent Day stretch. That weekend 2 slide for The Flash reps a 55% to 70% decline.

Police have welcomed the six year prison term for a rapist who “preyed on a vulnerable young woman”.

A local wind farm operator has submitted a planning application for a three turbine extension at Drumduff Wind Farm.