A convicted sex offender who travelled from England to Scotland to rape a young girl has been given a life sentence. Wayne Phillipson, 48, contacted the 12 year-old on Snapchat and later met her in a ...

Community centre management teams will have another month to explore potential future funding plans including increasing charges as part of wider budget cutbacks aiming to save £1m. In an update to ...

A yellow weather warning is in place from 6am until 6pm on Sunday, with accompanying rain expecting to make for "very poor" conditions. East Lothian is covered in its entirety by the warning, which ...

Millions of pounds of investment in school buildings, roads and sports facilities in West Lothian are set to be approved by ...

Wayne Phillipson has been jailed for seven years and given an Order for Lifelong Restriction after raping the victim, who was ...

WEST Lothian residents have been warned after a case of avian flu was found in a dead swan at Linlithgow Loch.

A sex offender who travelled to Scotland to rape a child after messaging her on Snapchat has been handed an order for ...

A ‘predatory’ man who raped a child in West Lothian woodland after travelling from Durham has been jailed for seven years.

Wayne Philip Phillipson travelled from his home in England to Scotland to rape the victim, who is under the age of 13.

Council rents will rise to an average of £89 a week in West Lothian following agreement by a special meeting of the full ...

Locals have expressed their sadness after a popular chippy in West Lothian announced it will close for good this weekend.

Warriston Cemetery near Inverleith was closed at the end of January following damage caused by Storm Eowyn. Three weeks later, the gates remain locked leaving locals 'furious'.