West Lothian charity responds to 'damning' food security statistics

A new F45 fitness gym will open on Almondvale Boulevard in Livingston in August.

Disabled people and those living with long-term health conditions in West Lothian will take the forefront in a new project examining potential discrimination people face trying to adopt more sustainable lifestyles.

Ash Dieback could cost Scotland’s local authorities millions of pounds to tackle in the coming years - with West Lothian looking at a long term cost north of £12 million.

Rebekah Vardy and her husband Jamie are reportedly going to leave the UK for the US following the Wagatha Christie libel trial.The wife of the professional footballer, 40, is currently embroiled a court case after Rebekah was accused by Coleen Rooney of leaking fake stories about her in October 2019 in a now-infamous Instagram post dubbed Wagatha Christie. Rebekah has always vehemently denied the allegations and sued 36 year old Coleen for libel.The trial has not been an easy one as details of the lives of both parties have come out, including the bombshell WhatsApp messages shared between Rebekah and her former agent Caroline Watt.

When she was 23, Sonia Friedman was—to use her expression—thrown into a rehearsal room with Harold Pinter at London’s National Theatre. She was his deputy stage manager during production for the premiere of his one-act play Mountain Language starring theatrical royalty Michael Gambon and Eileen Atkins.

LONDON -- The woman known to British tabloid readers as Wagatha Christie testified Monday about the sleuthing techniques that led to her nickname, saying she posted fake news about herself on social media as a ruse to discover who was leaking stories about her family to the press.The testimony from Colleen Rooney, wife of English soccer hero Wayne Rooney, came in the fifth day of a libel trial at the High Court in London that pits her against the wife of another soccer star. With the wives and girlfriends of top players known here as WAGs for short, Rooney became known as Wagatha Christie soon after the story of her detective work became headline news.

John Lydon has said in a new interview that, ahead of the Platinum Jubilee, he is “actually really, really proud of the Queen for surviving and doing so well”.The Sex Pistols frontman was speaking ahead of the Queen’s Platinum Jubilee, which will be celebrated in the UK from June 2-5 to mark Queen Elizabeth II’s 70 years on the throne.To mark the occasion, Lydon’s former band are reissuing their classic anti-monarchy single ‘God Save The Queen’. Speaking to Piers Morgan on TalkTV last week about the monarchy, Lydon explained that ‘God Save The Queen’ was “anti-royalist, but it’s not anti-human”.“I’ve got to tell the world this.

Sex Pistols frontman John Lydon was a “sensation”, but “didn’t have any more ideas” when the band split.Westwood was speaking to NME around the release of Wake Up Punk, a new documentary directed by Nigel Askew and heavily featuring the punk legend.Asked by NME about why she says in Wake Up Punk that Lydon has “lost his mojo in recent years,” Westwood responded: “I think John Lydon was a sensation. I think he was so convinced of himself and his ideals – and I believed in him.

Illegal firearms and ammunition can be handed in to Livingston Police Station as part of a UK-wide firearms surrender campaign.

Scots have been urged to consider plastering on the sun lotion this weekend as forecasters anticipate UV levels to soar.

A West Lothian charity offering free mental health support for young people has been nominated for ‘Charity of the Year’ by the Scottish Charity Awards.

A dedicated team of naturalists from West Lothian are celebrating evolving from a WhatsApp group into a registered Scottish charity.

Shirley Halperin Executive Editor, MusicGloria Estefan, Ricky Martin, Marc Anthony, Bad Bunny, Maluma … all are on a first-name basis with Bruno Del Granado, head of the global Latin music touring group at CAA, and our guest on this week’s edition of Variety‘s Strictly Business podcast. And it’s no wonder, seeing as he’s played no small role in their successes throughout the years, first as an executive at MTV, later as a manager, and for the last nine years, as an agent and executive at CAA — you could also throw onto his resume marketer, historian, PR strategist and even unofficial census monitor.Where music is concerned, the U.S.

The tough Britain's Got Talent judges were brought to their feet by a group of medics from the north west this weekend. Ambulance crews from North West Ambulance Service received a standing ovation during the ITV competition, wowing the judges as the Frontline Singers - a choir made up of key workers and professional performers who worked on the frontline during the Covid-19 pandemic.

Nick Vivarelli International CorrespondentStarzplay has acquired Stephen Dunn’s reimagining of groundbreaking British series “Queer as Folk” for a slew of territories including the U.K., several continental European countries, and Latin America. The Peacock-produced reboot of the Russell T. Davies series from the ’90s about three clubgoing men in Manchester’s gay village, has been acquired by the streaming service for Belgium, Brazil, France, Germany, Italy, Latin America, Luxembourg, Spain, Netherlands, the Nordics and the U.K.The eight-episode show will premiere in the U.K.

characters, Rosemary and Lee Coulter, become parents, and are finally seeing their dream fulfilled. During episode 10 of season 9, Rosemary thinks she has a stomach bug, but is later informed by Dr.

Channel 4’s Help star Jodie Comer has beaten Kate Winslet and It’s a Sin’s Lydia West to the Leading Actress gong at the BAFTA TV Awards.

Pete Davidson has joked about Kanye West pulling a ‘Mrs. Doubtfire’ – watch footage from his Netflix Is A Joke Festival set below.Davidson appeared at the festival last Friday (April 29) to premiere his new show, Pete Davidson And Best Friends, which was filmed for release on Netflix later in the year. To a sold-out crowd at Los Angeles’ Fonda Theatre, he opened the set by poking fun at the claims that West tried to spread rumours about Davidson – who is currently dating West’s ex-wife, Kim Kardashian – having AIDS.“I had an AIDS scare this year,” he said before telling the audience that he got himself tested for the condition since West is a “genius”.

Wake Up Punk, NME can share an exclusive clip from the film – you can check it out above.Directed by Nigel Askew, the documentary charts the decline of punk through interviews with the fashion designer and her two sons Ben Westwood and Joe Corré.As featured at the end of the film, Corré, who is the son of Westwood and the former Sex Pistols manager Malcolm McLaren, publicly burned an estimated £5million worth of punk memorabilia in 2016 to protest the genre’s commodification.The protest, which drew criticism at the time, coincided with the 40th anniversary of the UK release of Sex Pistols track ‘Anarchy In The UK’.A synopsis for Wake Up Punk reads: “With a fusion of documentary and magical realism, the film captures the intimate moments between Vivienne and her two sons Ben and Joe as they candidly discuss their own relationship with Sex Pistols manager Malcolm McLaren and stories from the punk era.”In the exclusive clip, Ben Westwood, the son of Vivienne and Derek Westwood, discusses his relationship with his mother during his school days at the height of punk.“You never came to my school parents meetings at all,” Westwood said. “You didn’t offer and I definitely didn’t want you to come either.”Speaking at a premiere screening of Wake Up Punk last night (May 5) in London, Vivienne Westwood said the film was designed to bring attention to climate change.

Ed Meza @edmezavarInternational mobile advertising and digital media company Adsmovil is launching Nuestra.TV, an ad-supported video on-demand service targeting Hispanic audiences in the U.S.Based in Miami, Nuestra.TV comprises more than 40 channels and over 15,000 hours of content “reflecting the full breadth and diversity of the Hispanic population,” the company said. The downloadable content library includes premiere productions in both English and Spanish from the U.S., Latin America and Spain as well as original content from award-winning creators for bilingual and bicultural consumers.Unveiled by Adsmovil on Thursday at the the IAB NewFronts digital content virtual event, the service also offers educational programming, gaming, podcasts, user-generated content, news and music events.