The Latest Breaking News from East Calder

Demand is outstripping supply throughout the county

Hopes for better primary care in East Calder follow a study, but demand outstrips supply across the county. While support services are improving more needs to be spent on basic infrastructure

The controversial pedestrian friendly changes brought in under Holyrood direction during the lockdown are mostly reviled, but wider pavements in busy parts of West Lothian villages have been welcomed by residents.

The houses will be built on farmland outside East Calder

West Lothian Council's Planning Committee threw out the proposal by Hallam Land Management - but the Scottish Government has backed it

The collision, which took place on the A71 in West Lothian at around 2pm today, has sparked a multi-agency emergency response.

Police and ambulance crews rushed to a well used road on the outskirts of Edinburgh at around 2:00pm on Wednesday August 3 following reports of a multi-vehicle collision.

Hallam Land Management is fighting the Council's rejection of plans to build 20 acres of farmland in East Calder

Proposals to build in East Calder will go to the Scottish Government for decision . It is the latest bid by developers to overturn the local decision making process in an area where infrastructure struggles to cope with what new building there is