West Lothian community centre could stay closed for a year as repairs branded 'a shambles'

Matthew Perry’s death has been provided.The Friends star died on October 28, 2023 at the age of 54. An autopsy report ruled his manner of death to be accidental, and showed that he died from the acute effects of ketamine, with contributing factors including drowning.The Los Angeles County Medical Examiner-Coroner closed its investigation into his death in December, however in May the LAPD launched a criminal investigation to better understand the circumstances surrounding his death.Now, according to People magazine, the investigation is now “nearing its conclusion” and the LAPD believe “multiple people” should be charged in connection with the actor’s death.At the time of his death, Perry was receiving ketamine infusion therapy, which is said to help with depression, anxiety, PTSD and addiction problems.

A new planning application has been submitted which proposes partially demolishing one of Manchester's oldest buildings to secure its future. Hidden away behind a primary school in Moston, Hough Hall is thought to be more than 500 years old.

Council officers are recommending that the former Kirkhill Nursery School, Broxburn and the former Craigmair Care Home, Craigshill, Livingston are declared surplus to requirements.

Pirates Of The Caribbean: On Stranger Tides and Lost, was pronounced dead after being brought to the shore with several wounds resembling shark bites. Perry had been surfing at Malaekahana Beach off the northern coast of Oahu, Hawaii when he was attacked.It has since emerged that the surf-instructor was reportedly aware of the presence of sharks in the water, and of the danger they posed.Back in 2015, Perry shared his thoughts on Facebook about the shark attack on surfer Mick Fanning.“The incident with Mick at J-Bay is a great indication that Jesus mercy is more then sufficient [sic],” wrote Perry.A post shared by Tamayo Perry (@oahusurfingexperience)“Regardless, sharks freak me out and I’m glad the Good Lord had Mick’s back today.

Marc Malkin Senior Editor, Culture and Events Kamala Harris will be in Los Angeles on June 29 for a Pride month Biden-Harris fundraiser that is already attracting some of Hollywood’s most powerful players and creatives. I can exclusively report that invites are expected to go out today for what’s officially being billed as a “Pride Garden Party With Vice President Kamala Harris.” Tony winner Idina Menzel will perform during the afternoon program.

Hundreds of people a day rely on the West Lothian Food Network for meals, operators have said. In the first three months of the last financial year almost 4,000 used the support service. That quarterly figure is more than more than the numbers relying on help pre-pandemic, which prompted the launch of the Network. Now, as it prepares to establish itself as an independent charity, it is facing ever growing demands from local people struggling with the cost of living crisis. In the last year it helped more than 73,000 people in the county with food support - more than 6000 a month and around 200 every day on average. The Network was set up only a month before the lockdown in 2020 to address a huge problem of food poverty in the county.

Paloma Faith has said that she expects the bookings of Glastonbury headliners to “go back to white men again” after this year’s line-up.The festival has been criticised in the past for male-heavy line-ups and a lack of diversity in headliners, but this year Dua Lipa and SZA are headlining alongside Coldplay with Shania Twain in the legends slot.Also on the line-up are the likes of Little Simz, PJ Harvey, Cyndi Lauper, Jessie Ware and Gossip. Faith herself will be performing on the Pyramid Stage on the Sunday afternoon before Twain.“What tends to happen is they’ll diversify and include non-white races and women again, and everyone says, ‘Isn’t it great? We’re progressing’ – and then it goes back to white men again for years,” Faith told Radio Times.

EXCLUSIVE: Netflix is looking to stay in business with two familiar faces as Purple Hearts star Sofia Carson and Queen Charlotte‘s Corey Mylchreest are set to star in the adaptation of the popular novel My Oxford Year by Julia Whelan. The Inbetweeners director Iain Morris will direct, with Temple Hill Entertainment producing. Laura Quicksilver and George Berman are overseeing the production.

Bathgate golfing star Stephen Gallacher joins three other deserving locals who received medals in the King’s Birthday Honours.

Singer Peter Andre has posted a sweet reel of his Father’s Day antics - having lunch with his family. Peter spent Sunday 16 June at the Galu restaurant in Banstead. Panning the camera around, Peter snapped a clip of his young children, Amelia and Theo.

Following his split from wife Ruth Langsford, Eamonn Holmes was snapped with a mystery female companion who is rumoured to have been 'consoling' him during the split. And now, the female has been identified as family friend Lisa Harris.

The largest car park in Prestwich is to close for a month for ‘ground investigations’ ahead of building a travel hub and multi-storey parking. From July 17, the Fairfax Road car park in the heart of Prestwich village will be shut for four weeks, meaning the loss of 168 parking spaces until the middle of August.

Cinnabon, the makers of the world’s most famous icing covered cinnamon rolls, which started out it in Seattle in 1985 and is now in over 48 countries, is set to open its first site in Scotland in The Centre, Livingston this summer.

Kanye West and Bianca Censori decided to take a break from flying private. The celebrity couple was spotted flying on a commercial flight seemingly heading to Japan, surprising online fans after a TikTok user shared a photo of the rapper and the Australian architect sitting in a small plane.Bianca Censori meets Kanye West in Florence after her Australian getaway without himBianca Censori turns up the heat in another eye-catching look during Italy vacation with Kanye West“I was not expecting to see Kanye when i walked out of the bathroom to say the least,“ the user wrote on TikTok, showing Kanye and Bianca wearing matching white ensembles.

Spoiler Alert for “Ratfish (Part 1)”: Coming out in 2019 after the success of unscripted content for Dropout, Game Changer was an instant hit on the platform. Now, six seasons later, host Sam Reich is still working to bring “consistently original” ideas to the show with no signs of stopping. “Every season, I feel like I fly a little closer to the sun,” says Reich. “And every season, the response I get from the audience is like, ‘This was the best yet,’ which is a very dangerous thing to tell me as I push it more and more, further and further.”

Kate Winslet went to the London home of director Stephen Frears to discuss HBO’s political satire “The Regime.” She’d been cast in the role of Elena Vernham, a narcissistic European autocrat, and Frears had been pinpointed by the production as a potential director. “I was offered a cup of tea, which I then ended up making myself because he clearly had no intention of making the tea for me at all,” Winslet says. “In fact, he didn’t even seem to know where the cups were.” (The British use the phrase “Shall I be mother?” when offering to be in charge of the kettle at teatime, and Winslet, a mother of three, has some experience there.) Over the tea and some chocolate biscuits, she asked the director how he believed Elena should be played.

Kristin Cavallari is opening up about her weight — and why she was so skinny while starring on Very Cavallari!

A man has been arrested on suspicion of malicious communications follow a bomb hoax in Manchester. Police were called to reports of a bomb threat at the Abraham Moss Centre on Crescent Road on Saturday (June 8).

Marcus Rashford has been told what he needs to do in order to rediscover his form at Manchester United.

Revenge certainly was sweet for one West Lothian cyclist