West Lothian teen named most inspiring young person in country

A teenager has told how the “jury did its duty” as appeal judges decide whether to overturn the conviction against a man found guilty of raping her.

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

A mum whose daughter’s alleged teenage rapist was not prosecuted in court is to meet Crown officials.

A young mum tragically died from a blood clot just months after giving birth.

A coked-up motorist caught behind the wheel of his car at sixteen times the legal drug limit has been banned from driving.

Health and Safety chiefs say they will NOT be launching a probe into the horror fairground incident that left a teenage girl without a toe.

A teenage boy has been charged in connection with a fire that caused thousands of pounds worth of damage at a Scots farmland.

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

A young woman lost her job and was forced to drop out of university after suffering from long Covid.

A 17-year-old has been charged with a drug offence after the death of a girl at a property in Fife.

A nine-year-old girl who died after she was struck by a tractor while riding her bike has been named locally as Naomi Ferrans.

A pedestrian who died after being struck by a car on Monday afternoon is understood to have been a young school pupil.

A Scots teenager was given the surprise of a lifetime after he was called up by Shania Twain to perform on stage during her gig in Glasgow.

Westminster would need to approve a Holyrood bill on legalising assisted dying over the lethal drugs needed to end a person’s life.

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.

Police have appealed for help in tracing a missing 14-year-old girl after she vanished from an Ayrshire village last night.

Rules that saw young sex offenders spared a prison sentence will remain in place because scrapping them would breach their human rights.

A young Scots woman who died just months after a shock cancer diagnosed has been described as "beautiful person" by her devastated loved ones.

A Scots mum has spoken of her pride in her teenage son, who spent the first three years of his life in hospital, after being diagnosed with a rare heart condition in the womb. William Kilpatrick was diagnosed with Tetralogy of Fallot before his birth.