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Linlithgow jobs fears recede

HOPES were rising this week that 12 jobs in Linlithgow could be saved.

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Livingston MP backs diabetes test

Livingston MP Graeme Morrice joined volunteers from the International Diabetes Federation to raise awareness of the increasing prevalence of diabetes in the UK this week.

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Chequeing out after 147 years

THE ROYAL Bank of Scotland is to close its Hope Street branch on April 12, citing dwindling customer usage, but the move was this week criticised by local politicians.

09/12/2011,  TSPL, Scotsman. Evening News,. Forth Bridge,.   Forth Rail Bridge,.  The Forth Rail Bridge after an extensive repainting project. The bridge should not need to be painted again for 20 years. View from North Queeensferry.  Pic Ian Rutherford

Best view in town

NETWORK Rail bosses are looking at the idea of building a viewing platform for visitors to be hoisted more than 300ft to the top of the Forth Rail Bridge.

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Flower of Scotland?

FLOWER power is making history in Linlithgow after it was announced the town is a finalist in the nationwide RHS Britain in Bloom 2012 competition for the first time.

Sport rss

Bo’ness United to learn Junior Cup opponents next Thursday

THE draw for the fifth round of the Emirates Scottish Junior Cup will take place during Real Radio’s Alan Rough/Derek Johnstone phone-in programme next Thursday, February 2 at around 7pm.

PIC: DUNDEE. Sandeman Street. Tannadice Park. Scottish Communities Cup quarter final. Dundee United v Falkirk. Stewart Murdoch celebrates scoring the penalty that saw Falkirk through.

Hoops hold no fears for Linlithgow ‘Bairn’

Linlithgow man Stewart Murdoch will play in the biggest game of his budding career when Falkirk meet Celtic on Sunday in the Scottish Communities League Cup semi-final at Hampden.

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Rose move into second place

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Borderers get better of Linlithgow ladies

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Cup win counts for little at Carnoustie

IT IS back to Super League business for Bo’ness United tomorrow (Saturday) with Paul Ronald’s side travelling to Carnoustie buoyed by their Junior Cup win over Sauchie at the weekend.

Lifestyle rss

Haggis making at Campbell Brothers
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Burns stands test of time

NEW research has revealed that 38 per cent of people in Scotland won’t be celebrating the life and poetry of Robert Burns today (Wednesday).

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Storytime at library

LIBRARY sessions for young readers begin again this week in Linlithgow.

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Folk music fans to gather in Linlithgow’s Black Bitch

The next music session organised by the Linlithgow Folk Festival association will take place on Thursday, February 2, at 8pm in the West Port Hotel, Linlithgow.

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Reader picture of the week

SINKING SUN: Reader Graeme Lyle took this picture at Upper Kinneil, near Bo’ness.

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Live Indie night at Club Earth takes off

CLUB Earth has been the host of many huge parties over the years in Livingston and their new venture into the indie scene is also proving to be a hit at Scotland’s first-ever purpose built nightclub.

Community rss

Boating pond, Zetland Park, Grangemouth.

Take a trip down memory lane

THERE are a couple of current members of the Upper Forth Boating Club, based in Bo’ness, in this picture, taken in Zetland Park Boating Pond, Grangemouth, approximately 60 years ago.

Barony Theatre short story fundraiser

THE spoken word and music are cast together at the Barony Theatre’s first short story evening, a fundraiser for the Bo’ness venue, on Saturday, February 4.

Hunt on for old witch trial book

COPIES of a limited-edition historic book with tales of witch trials and executions at Corbiehall, Bo’ness, are being hunted by The Friends of Kinneil.

240112 city of edinburgh volleyball players, l-r, Becky Arthur, Katie Sampson, Sophie Hunter, Gemma Ramsay and Katie Shaw.

Ferry girls on the ball

FIVE young teenage volleyball stars from Queensferry and Kirkliston made their mark when they recently competed for the national side in a championship in Malta.

Queen Elizabeth II coronation visit 1953 - Queen and Duke of Edinburgh being received by Earl of Stair, Captain-General of the Royal Company of Archers, and Viscount Dalrymple, Adjutant-Brigadier, when they arrived at the Assembly Rooms, Edinburgh, to attend the Archers' Ball.

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Jubilee call for stories

HER Majesty the Queen celebrates her Diamond Jubilee Year this year with special events taking place all over the country to mark the landmark event.

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