West Lothian Council bosses say budget will be squeezed tighter in face of pandemic

“It is important to note that homelessness can occur for a variety of reasons and whilst poverty can be a factor, it is not always the only factor.

West Lothian road.The bird escaped from her home at the HOPE Scotland animal assisted therapy centre in Bathgate on Monday afternoon.The cheeky two-year-old noticed a gate had been left open by a delivery driver and took the opportunity to go on an adventure.Confused motorists took pictures and filmed the bird as she strolled alongside the busy carriageway after darting out in front of at least one vehicle.A hilarious video caught the moment one driver clocked the emu with him proclaiming:

Talking about why he joined, Stuart said: “Being a white, straight man, I’ve never had to deal with physical or mental harm because of my gender or sexual DNA.

He said: “I will never forget the feeling when one of the staff members at the college said to me, ‘Aidan, you are going to go far – I can feel it in my bones.’ No one had ever said anything like that to me before so it just fuelled my need to go further.”After college, Aidan went on to study Criminology and Sociology at university and graduated with an honours degree.

Mark added: “I’m really pleased to be in the final.

Living initiatives such as Good Day Calls.

Councillor Fitzpatrick  asked if there were still rules in place from a time when local government was “only open to rich people to hold local office.” Governance Manager, James Millar, explained that the current rules date from the introduction of multi-member wards, but any member could opt not to take remuneration, for instance on being elected as an MP or MSP.

A West Lothian Council spokesperson said: “Since the start of the pandemic, the council has continued to maintain its household recycling and waste collection services.

West Lothian golf club show just a shell of the building has been left following a devastating blaze this morning.Fire crews rushed to Uphall Golf Club following reports of the blaze at 1.35am on Saturday.Fire chiefs sent 10 appliances to tackle the flames as they ripped through the building and emergency teams were still on the scene this morning with smoke billowing across the golf course.The circumstances of the blaze are not yet known.Club bosses said they were 'saddened' by the serious fire

Lothians Labour MSP, Neil Findlay, has written to management at the distribution centre asking for these plans to be withdrawn immediately.He said: “At a time when Tesco has seen its profits soar by 29 per cent, they reward key workers who have kept the country fed during a global pandemic by cutting their pay and conditions. This is outrageous and, in my view, shameful.

News of its opening came as it was revealed West Lothian has one of the lowest vaccination rates in Scotland, according to Public Health Scotland figures.Some 7422 people have their received their vaccination - 5.03 per cent.

There were also changes of chief officer in 12 IJBs, and this leadership instability makes it harder to manage both finances and the major changes needed in health and social care.Councillor Fitzpatrick said: “This report highlights that local authorities have been unfairly working against an increasing wave of budget reductions for some time now.“In West Lothian, we have delivered £133 million of savings since 2007.

The Trotters will be without defender Ryan Delaney and skipper Antoni Sarcevic for the visit of the O's. Delaney is suspended for tomorrow's game in light of the red card which was shown to him last time out against Tranmere Rovers.

“The doctors were amazing, they looked around my cervix to take biopsies and unfortunately I bled again, but they said that my cervix looked normal and that they would have the results for me in 10 days.

Get the stories that interest you straight to your inbox every day with our personalised newsletterKilmarnock suffered a late blow in West Lothian as Livingston grabbed a quick-fire double.Jaze Kabia and Scott Pittman both scored in the dying minutes to send Alex Dyer's men home empty-handed.Stuart Findlay could have opened the scoring after five minutes, but his header looped into the arms of Max Stryjek.Danny Rogers came to Killie’s rescue in the 10th minute when he saved former Ayr United

Wanderers this season and scored three goals, cementing himself as the club's first choice at right wing-back during the first half of the campaign. Earlier this month, Kioso's parent club Luton recalled the defender from his loan spell at the University of Bolton Stadium owing to injury problems at Kenilworth Road.Since returning to the Hatters, Kioso has not played for Nathan Jones' side.