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Snack bar benefits cheat goes behind bars

A BENEFITS cheat who told social security staff he couldn’t work as he was too scared to leave his house was caught running his own snack bar.Read

Teenage paedophile chased from home

A TEENAGE rapist has fled his Livingston home after angry parents became worried about him living opposite a primary school.Read

Chip shop worker racially abused after refusing to dish out free portion

A MAN racially abused a shop worker because he wouldn’t give him free chips.Read

Sheriff insists a plea of guilty misled court

A SHERIFF threatened to report a Polish drink driver he accused of duping a court into giving him a lighter sentence.Read

Ashley lands top modelling campaign

BRITAIN’S Next Top Model contestant Ashley Brown is to front a national campaign for Faith shoe stores.Read

Livingston Art Association holds new exhibition

LIVINGSTON Art Association held their 39th annual art exhibition at Howden Park Centre, Livingston for the first time in three years.Read

Enterprise earns Inveralmond Community High pupils a gold star

CHILDREN from the Inveralmond Community High school cluster took part in a special enterprise event.Read

Livingston Players' production was not to be forgotten

THE Livingston Players’ first production in the new Brian Duguid Auditorium at the Howden Park Centre was not one to be forgotten.Read

Top stylist praises Livingston shoppers’ fashion sense

WEAR IT’S AT: Mark Heyes, ITV’s fashion expert, visited Livingston last weekend to share fashion tips for this summer.Read

Reunion celebrates Bellsquarry Primary School’s century

BELLSQUARRY Prim-ary School held a series of successful events to celebrate its centenary this week.Read

Under-fire MP faces pressure to resign

A WEST Lothian MP is under pressure to resign after it emerged he faces an internal party investigation into his parliamentary expenses.Read

Dancers to be kept on their toes

YOUNG dancers aged 14 to 18 from across West Lothian are being invited to strut their stuff for the choreographers of Foundations Dance Collective tomorrow (Friday).Read

Livingston mum fraudulently claimed £15,000 benefits

A MOTHER-of-four has admitted fraudulently claiming over £15,000 in child tax credits.Read

Step forward for evening health walks around West Lothian

EVENING health walks are back. Join in the spring walk in Broxburn on Monday at 7pm, Livingston, Tuesday, 7pm, Linlithgow, Wednesday, 6.30pm, Bathgate, Thursday, 7pm.Read

Three schools awarded a gold star after top of the form card

THREE county schools have been given gold stars.Read

Is Boo Britain's most mischievous kitten

THE owner of a kitten from West Lothian believes her pet would make a purr-fect winner in an animal competition.Read

Sneak thieves steal cash after house door left open

SNEAKY thieves helped themselves to cash when they stole from a house in Livingston.Read

Elements Square shopping centre wins top award

LIVINGSTON’S new shopping centre has won an accolade at a property award ceremony.Read

Ashley finds that life as model can leave bitter taste in mouth

THE life of a model is not all glamour and glitz and camera tricks — just ask Livingston’s Ashley Brown who was forced to eat sheep’s brain in the pursuit to become Britain’s Next Top Model.Read

MP claimed expenses for work done by bogus firm

A WEST Lothian MP’s expenses are under the spotlight again after it emerged he submitted an invoice from a company that doesn’t appear to have ever existed.Read

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