West Lothian Council supporting 16 Days of Action campaign tackling gender-based violence

A number of solar compactor bins have been installed at locations across West Lothian as part of a trial looking at ways to reduce the potential for litter in public spaces.

Lithuanian documentary director Giedrė Žickytė was in Los Angeles a few years ago when a friend said to her, "Have you heard about the guy who jumped from a Soviet ship to an American ship?"The friend was referring to a Lithuanian sailor named Simas Kudirka who defected from the Soviet Union by jumping off a Soviet vessel and on board a U.S. Coast Guard cutter ship in November of 1970.

A24 presents Red Rocket in six theaters this weekend ahead of a limited expansion in New York and LA, adding Chicago, Austin and San Francisco next weekend with a wider rollout over the holidays to several hundred screens.

trailer for “The Jump” shows President Nixon likewise being asked about the Lithuanian defector. “Simas Kudirka is the kind of risk-taker our viewers will immediately be fascinated by,” Ryan Chanatry, general manager, Topic, said in a statement. “His story, told beautifully be Giedre, is a compelling reflection on the sacrifices we make to better our lives and the hold that our historic roots have on us.”Giedrė Žickytė directed “The Jump,” which was produced by Uldis Cekulis.

Council staff will be given an extra day’s holiday next summer so they can celebrate the Queen’s Platinum Jubilee.

A Dumfries community council is going national in a bid to clip the wings of marauding seagulls.

A body has been found in the search for missing West Lothian man Joel McDiarmid.

Isle Of Wight Festival has announced a new wave of acts for 2022, including The Charlatans, Wet Leg and The Kooks.The event will return to Seaclose Park in Newport between June 16-19 with headline performances from Muse, Kasabian and Lewis Capaldi.

The Pyramids business park in Bathgate has been sold and will become the new home of a £2 million film studio.

Health bosses are reminding to do their bit to stop the spread of covid in the face of the new Omicron variant being discovered in Scotland.

A West Lothian dad told of the heartbreaking moment he asked doctors if his baby was going to survive after being born with two rare conditions.

The first day of school is a big moment for any child, but for Archie Gunn it was all the more special as he was only given a 10 per cent chance of survival when he was born.

Livingston world record cyclist Josh Quigley is set to complete his round the world trip – two years after a life-threatening crash brought it to a halt.

A West Lothian woman has shared her experience of struggling with her mental health in the hope it will help others.

Guy Lodge Film CriticHowever much you think you know about modern Lithuanian history, you’re almost certain to leave wiser after digesting all 248 minutes of “Mr. Landsbergis,” an exhaustively detailed but engrossing documentary study of the Baltic republic’s hard-won battle for independence from 1988 to 1991.

Marta Balaga Detailing Lithuania’s attempts to break away from the Soviet Union, from protests in 1989 to Vilnius’ Bloody Sunday in 1991, when Soviet troops attempted to stage a coup, Sergei Loznitsa became interested in the man in the midst of it all: Vytautas Landsbergis, the first Head of Parliament of Lithuania after its independence declaration.“I started this project with a simple question: ‘Why nobody in Lithuania filmed him before?’ He is such a great man, great storyteller,” says the

A monster who carried out multiple rapes, sexual assaults and acts of violence over a period of almost 20 years has been found guilty of several offences at the High Court in Edinburgh.

Police are probing the “unexplained” sudden death of a 37-year-old man in Armadale Officers were called to Gracie’s Wynd shortly before 9pm on Thursday night. The circumstances surrounding the death are being investigated by police, reported the Daily Record.

his upcoming musical biopic on Monday.The Australian filmmaker, 59, shared a quick teaser of actor Austin Butler (“The Carrie Diaries,” “Once Upon a Time . .