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Join forces museums online for a virtual VE Day celebration

General Assembly of the Church of Scotland: Youth representatives and their supporters held a silent protest against the rejection of a call for the church Investors Trust to divest from oil and gas companies by the end of 2020

‘Silent protest’ by young members against Kirk’s fossil fuel move

Boosting mental health at heart of new public health priorities

Anne Bulford has been appointed the first BBC deputy director-general in five years in a major restructure by BBC. Picture: Andrew Milligan/PA Wire

BBC appoints new deputy director-general in shake-up

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Call for release of Glasgow Lego set

The money will be used to help cut the numbers of people waiting to be discharged. Picture (posed by models): Tony Marsh

£100m plan to tackle bed blocking in Scotland

Scotland may follow Wales in banning smoking in outdoor play areas. Picture: PA

Support grows for smoking ban to be extended

Doctors interviewed over web amid NHS staff crisis

Real lives: Davie Kerr was a historian, a poet and loved Scotland

Cremation costs to nearly double in West Lothian

Call for schools to dish up free breakfast to all pupils

Council survey is ticked off

No vote on local control for hospital

Public inquiry demanded by wind farm developers

Developer calls for swift inquiry into wind farm

Baby’s injuries spark calls for probe into unit

Kids’ ward threat

Generation low on hope: City facing youth unemployment crisis

SNP offers coalition deal to Labour

Labour and tories join forces

Councillors urge Holyrood probe into St John’s staffing

Jobs and cash pledge over wind farm bid

Plans to bring historic house back into use

Council vows to try again for regeneration funding

The tuxedo: 150 years of a formal icon

Money advice events help 1000 people

Armadale on track for bright future as £200m regeneration work starts

£500k of new equipment to tackle snow

Council offers winter advice

Plan to invest £5m in local communities

West Lothian aims to keep locals posted this winter

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Kirsty makes a splash with raindrop tale

Designer weaves in US tie-up

No safety net for thousands caught in care-homes crisis

Talk of the Town: Zoo experiment to create a real stink

Lothian force sets up dedicated unit to hunt down sex attackers

Care homes earmarked for closure are spared the axe

Pensioners quids in thanks to benefit help

£2.6m sports facility opens

Disabled leisure cost slashed

100 people attend funding black hole talks
AROUND 100 people from West Lothian attended the first consultation on the council's contingency planning strategy.

Police praise vandalism blitz success

Road safety measures put in place near new homes

Abandoned houses reclaimed

Councillor unveils plaque to mark revamp at high school

Lothian towns put on spot as contenders for Plook 'award'

Massone's Livingston D-day with West Lothian council

Bizarre sledgehammer attack causes £10k damage to bridge

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