The Latest Breaking News from West Lothian

Housing officers were asked to investigate options including homes created out of storage containers and modern prefab housing

Temporary housing no cheaper than permanent homes and subject to the same building controls, Holyrood forbids council using the money allocated to tackle the homeless crisis to finances housebuilding

A total of 10 nurses will make up the Practice Mental Health Nurse Service team – an increase from two just three years ago

Dean Haddow was already serving a sentence for strangling two former girlfriends when he hurt Mark Murphy during a melee at HMP Addiewell, West Lothian.

SNP MSP claims that an additional £5m has only seen 29 teachers hired instead of 100, but senior council officials and the Labour administration insisted the money had been used properly and defended their record in education

Public saved £106,000 as a result of drop in calls to emergency services

Jacob Varey was given six penalty points and a £600 fine after leaving Gordon Alexander unable to walk again

Aonghas Morrison, from Livingston, West Lothian, suffered a cardiac arrest last March after thinking he had food poisoning.

An apparent assurance from Scotland's education minister that teacher numbers would not be cut was described as 'press reports', leading to confusion and uncertainty over already unpalatable plans for schools