- Festival celebrates crime writing
- Brooks contact with PMs attacked
- Woman dies after club head injury
- Salmond unveils bridge monument
- Britain 'should have own spaceport'
- Admissions rules 'will be fairer'
- Lennon: I thought of giving it up
- Skippers on £1m confiscation orders
- Suspicions of affair 'festered'
- '3,200 jobs lost' with single force
- Language could be taught from P1
News
Bridge closure warning
MOTORISTS planning to cross the Forth Road Bridge tonight (Friday) are being warned that the facility will be closed in both directions for 30 minutes from 10pm for blasting on the north side as part of the new crossing works.
Candlelight concert at Dalmeny Kirk
DALMENY Kirk is the intimate setting for a concert on Sunday by the string quartet Mr McFall’s Chamber.
Bathgate abductor jailed at High Court
A man who abducted his victim before violently assaulting him has been jailed at Glasgow High Court.
Europe’s top Highland dancer is from Linlithgow
A YOUNG Highland dancer from Linlithgow is making her mark on the international stage with wins at the European championships last month.
First Minister to visit South Queensferry
FIRST Minister Alex Salmond will attend a ceremony in Queensferry today (Friday) when a memorial to bridge workers who died while constructing the Forth Bridge will be unveiled.
Sport
Mrs Motivator drops in at Bo’ness Academy
SCOTLAND’S most-capped hockey player, and the nation’s top goalscorer, was at Bo’ness Academy last Friday to share insights into her route to sporting stardom.
Ladies get in the swing at Bo’ness
THE West Lothian Golf Club women’s season officially opened on Saturday, April 28, with the first balls of the season being hit by club captain Maureen Shanks and lady captain Joyce Clelland.
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Action parked month ahead for Deer Park
Back in 1990, a young, aspiring professional, by the name of Paul Lawrie, came to Deer Park to compete in the Scottish Under 25 Professional Championship.
National challenge for Linlithgow fencer
LINLITHGOW fencer Michael McCourt is set to represent Scotland at the Sainsbury’s 2012 School Games finals.
Lifestyle
From the editor’s office, weekly column, by Jackie Mitchell
I’VE been dithering a bit this week, humming and hawing over whether to give up something I love.
Queensfery’s tickled pink
HUNDREDS of participants turned South Queensferry pink on Sunday at Scotland’s opening Race for Life event of 2012.
Royal exhibition for Linlithgow
A NEW exhibition celebrating the 500th anniversary of the birth of James V in Linlithgow Palace opens at Annet House this week.
Green light for Red Light District
A BAND from Broxburn and Uphall has been nominated by Graeme Morrice MP as his entry for this year’s ‘‘Rock the House’’ parliamentary live music competition.
Community
A trip down memory lane in Bo’ness, Queensferry and Linlithgow
From our files, published on May 18, 2012
Peep at the past from Bo’ness
THIS week’s Peep at the Past comes to us courtesy of exiled Bo’nessian Frank Watson.
Litter pick cleans up Bo’ness
VOLUNTEERS made a clean sweep at Kinneil Foreshore on Saturday (May 12) - as part of a community litter pick.
Peep at the past Bo’ness
THE fashions may change but the excitement of being crowned fair queen or gala queen stays the same - not that you’d believe it looking at this rather stern shot of the principals in the Bo’ness Fair retinue of 1908 (left).
Bathgate orchestra’s noteable concert
MUSIC lovers have been urged to attend a celebration concert in the Burgh Halls, Linlithgow.
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Weather for Bathgate
Friday 18 May 2012
Today
Light rain
Temperature: 6 C to 7 C
Wind Speed: 18 mph
Wind direction: North east
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Temperature: 5 C to 9 C
Wind Speed: 17 mph
Wind direction: North east
