West Lothian gala season kicks off with Bathgate Procession plus Mid Calder and Parkhead galas - don't miss this week's Courier for pictures!

A man has been charged following the discovery of over one million bootleg cigarettes in a West Lothian warehouse.

Police are treating a robbery at a West Lothian pub and house as linked after a large sum of cash and Audi car were stolen.

A West Lothian man who lost an incredible 14 stone says he has a new lease of life after seeing his cholesterol and blood pressure drop and his diabetes reversed.

A school bus carrying pupils burst into flames on a Scots road this afternoon.

Lewis Capaldi joked about his sex life and his apparent lack of new songs as he headlined Isle of Wight festival last night.

Kasabian played Isle Of Wight Festival last night (June 18), and were joined on stage by Peter Crouch – see footage below.The ex-England footballer is a huge, longtime fan of the Leicester band, and he joined them to dance on stage during a rendition of their hit single ‘Fire’.The performance came after Blossoms had their set at the festival cut short earlier in the day due to adverse weather issues.The Stockport five-piece were forced to stop their set half way through due to high winds affecting equipment and stage rigging.Watch Crouch join Kasabian on stage below:Absolute scenes at Isle of Wight festival! Peter Crouch on stage with Kasabian

Blossoms have been forced to cut short their set at the Isle of Wight festival this evening (June 18) due to adverse weather issues.The Stockport five-piece were forced to stop their set half way through due to high winds affecting equipment and stage rigging.An announcement was shown to fans that read: “In the interests of public safety, we’ve had to pause the show.

Neringa Kažukauskaite The second season of the German TV series “Sisi,” which follows the life of Empress Elisabeth of Austria (also known as Sisi), is currently shooting in Lithuania, Film New Europe reports.The series is produced by Story House Pictures GmbH for RTL+ and serviced by the Lithuanian company UAB Nordic Productions. The shoot is benefiting from Lithuanian Film Center’s tax incentives.The six-part second season is directed by Sven Bohse (“Dark Woods”) and Miguel Alexandre (“Spy City”), and it is written by Elena Hell, Svenja Rasocha, Robert Krause and Andreas Gutzeit.More than 100 Lithuanians are part of the international team, including production designer Algirdas Garbačiauskas and costume designer Daiva Petrulytė.

The body of a man was discovered at a West Lothian flat after a neighbour said they hadn't seen him for months.

West Lothian’s top two sides are set to meet next month at the Tony Macaroni Arena as Livingston will face Linlithgow Rose in a pre-season friendly.

Funding is still not in place for the long-promised work to upgrade the road at the Avon Gorge - but both West Lothian and Falkirk Councils are working together to make it happen.

Naman Ramachandran The Walt Disney Company’s streamer Disney+ will be available in 42 new countries and 11 new territories this week following the launch on Tuesday in Greece, Turkey and countries in Central Eastern Europe, including Poland, Romania, Hungary, Czech Republic and Croatia. Tuesday’s series of launches follow the arrival of the service in South Africa on May 18 and across West Asia and North Africa on June 8.

By Renee Lou Dallow“God was in his heaven, and there were sausages for breakfast.”Terence Davies’ new film, Benediction, is about the life, loves and the poetry of queer World War 1 British poet Siegfried Sassoon.In the film, he is asked by a military tribunal if he is pro-German, to which Siegfried played by Jack Lowden replies,  “I’m pro-human.” Sassoon, a decorated war hero who became disillusioned with the endless conflict and casualties, was anti-war and spoke out against the powers of the day failing to state conditions for peace.The film then moves to another conflict – his life and struggles with his homosexuality. A long passionate affair with actor Ivor Novello (Jeremy Irvine) and a somewhat more sensitive and empathetic relationship with Stephen Tennant (Calm Lynch) follow before Sassoon marries Hester Gatty (Kate Phillips) and has a son, George (Richard Goulding).

St Margaret’s Academy in Livingston premiered a short film devoted to the school, the town, and their history, winning Best Film at the Livingston 60th documentary screening in the Howden Park Centre.

EXCLUSIVE: AllBlk has greenlit the supernatural drama Wicket City from executive producers Tressa “Azarel” Smallwood and Donte Lee set to debut this winter.

A Livingston man has organised a special concert with all proceeds going to Ukrainian orphans in Scotland.

People in West Lothian marked the Queen’s Platinum Jubilee in style with parties galore!

People across West Lothian are marking the Queen’s Platinum Jubilee as celebrations kick off.

Organisers of this weekend's Bathgate Procession have defended themselves amid renewed accusations of persisting with slave trade links.