PLANNED budget cuts of £45m across West Lothian Council over the next few years will rise to a staggering £60 million. (03/09/2010 11:30:56)

ON A fundraising expedition to the Rockies, one Linlithgow girl gained another impressive rock to add to her collection. (03/09/2010 11:39:13)

KINNEIL AND Grange Primary Schools in Bo'ness have been praised in follow-up reports to their formal inspections carried out two years ago. (03/09/2010 11:47:33)

BIN MEN went on strike last Friday in greater numbers than expected. (03/09/2010 11:34:11)

THESE smiling stunners are the top tots in our Summer Sons and Daughters Competition. (01/09/2010 15:57:45)

A DEVOTED dad was killed in a horror accident on a building site. (01/09/2010 16:47:26)

BO'NESS fire crew rescued a child stuck up a tree in Bo'ness on Wednesday teatime. (02/09/2010 09:31:15)

FOR the first time ever Linlithgow will take part in the Scottish Food and Drink Fortnight starting on Saturday September 4. (27/08/2010 12:27:43)

BO'NESS United will face Selkirk, and Linlithgow Rose have been paired against Beith, in the Scottish Cup first round. (01/09/2010 16:56:37)

LINLITHGOW Business Association have announced a cracking line up for their annual "Question Time Linlithgow". (01/09/2010 11:30:00)

AFTER two months of repair, St Michael's bells are back in the belfry ready to mark another few centuries on the job. (27/08/2010 12:30:58)

CENTRAL Scotland Police officers and staff joined forces with a host of famous faces on the golf course to raise £9000 for CHAS (Children's Hospice Association Scotland). (31/08/2010 16:35:23)

AN APPEAL is being made to members of the public to return their unused health or disability equipment. (31/08/2010 11:02:34)

THE Kirkliston Craft and Horticultural Show will take place this weekend on Saturday, September 4. (31/08/2010 10:12:20)

THE NAVY bomb squad was called out to Bo'ness foreshore after a member of the public alerted police to a small oval-shaped device on a former shipbreaking site. (27/08/2010 12:32:30)

FIREFIGHTERS' swift action in tackling a suspicious blaze at a house in Pennelton Place, Bo'ness, which gutted the living room, has been praised for preventing the property's total ruin. (27/08/2010 12:34:29)

THREE proved to be the magic number for a farmer a fortnight ago after one of his heifer's gave birth to a trio of calves. (27/08/2010 12:36:23)

THE Journal and Gazette can exclusively reveal this week that the £5.2million Burgh Halls redevelop-ment is back on track. (27/08/2010 12:46:08)

A BO'NESS schoolgirl is appealing for help for the thousands of orphans and homeless people hit by the devastating floods in India, having seen their plight first hand. (27/08/2010 12:53:27)

AGILENT Technologies will sever links with Queensferry from next week. (27/08/2010 12:51:08)