West Lothian spent £53k tackling problem of crumbling concrete in schools

A couple who spent the past five months in self-imposed quarantine as they were afraid catching covid would scupper their chances of starting a family after a decade trying for children have received the “devastating” news a last-chance round of IVF through the NHS was unsuccessful.

The number of drink related deaths had dropped in West Lothian, after a spike during the two years of Covid lockdown.

Ellise Shafer When Chappell Roan calls from Los Angeles, the singer-songwriter is picking up matcha on her way back from a morning pilates class. “I like, kind of hate myself because of that sentence,” Roan tells Variety. “I’m literally in Silverlake — that’s even worse.

Three teenage girls have been rushed to hospital following an alleged ‘drugs-related incident’ near a school in West Lothian.

Two West Lothian groups helping communities become more climate and nature friendly were recognised by Beautiful Scotland.

A Bathgate-based butchers toasted success at the Scotland Food and Drink Excellence Awards.

A thug who left a man brain-damaged after a horror attack has been jailed for nine years.

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Schools, hospitals and a theatre in Greater Manchester have been identified as having dangerous crumbling concrete. Councils and social housing providers across the region are checking their estates for signs of the problem.

A West Lothian teenager has been named the most inspiring young person in the country.

This time last week few people had even heard about RAAC, let alone what it stands for. But since the weekend, we've heard of little else as the latest crisis to engulf the government unfolds.

The government has finally released a full list of schools across the country that have dangerous crumbling concrete - and you can use our interactive map tool to search your postcode and see affected sites near you.

An education minister has said that the government's response to the crumbling concrete crisis in schools has been 'world leading', despite ordering the full or partial closure of more than 100 schools in England just before the start of term.

Work has begun on several Greater Manchester schools affected by dangerous crumbly concrete as 'mitigating measures' are put in place.

Hundreds of UK schools could be built with dangerous 'crumbly concrete,' according to a government minister.

An SNP Cabinet Secretary has said there is no “immediate risk to safety” in schools over the collapsing concrete threat.

Two further schools in Bolton are impacted by the crisis over potentially dangerous crumbling concrete, it has emerged.

Dangerous crumbling concrete has been found at an east Manchester school. It is hoped most of All Saints C of E primary in Newton Heath will remain open, with only the assembly hall thought to be affected.

Dangerous crumbling concrete which the government says could require immediate building closures has been confirmed in Greater Manchester schools.

Chris Willman Senior Music Writer and Chief Music Critic Did the Algonquin round table somehow spiritually relocate itself in the early 1970s to Key West, Florida? The idea that the small, remote island city was a hotbed for one of the last great counterculture arts scenes — particularly for prose writers, but also with some music mixed in — is the focus of a new short film about the Key West scene of 50 years ago, “All That Is Sacred.” The 34-minute movie, which stars the famous novelist Tom McGuane and writer-musician Jimmy Buffett, has its premiere at the Telluride Film Festival this weekend. Variety has an exclusive premiere for a trailer for the film, which does not yet have distribution; check it out below.