West Calder

Grey and brown court building in a pedestrianised area. There are people, flagpoles, seats, planters and bushes outside

Three men in court following £1m cocaine seizure

The men were arrested following searches of properties in Fauldhouse, West Calder, Polbeth and Livingston last Thursday.

Two bright white horses with blue and yellow feathers pull a white carriage, carrying the small blue coffin of Hope Gordon. Behind the carriage is a person dressed in a Paw Patrol costume

Community mourns murdered schoolgirl at funeral

Hope Gordon's body was taken by horse-drawn carriage to her final resting place in Livingston.

7 Feb 2025

Close-up of fluorescent yellow police jacket with a black walkie-talkie attached. There is a police car in the background

Three men charged after cocaine worth £1m seized

The drugs, along with £80,000, were found after warrants were executed across West Lothian on Thursday.

7 Feb 2025

Hope looking directly at the camera. She is wearing a luminous green t shirt. She has blonde hair and blue eyes.

Schoolgirl's death being treated as murder

The bodies of 36-year-old Mark Gordon and his daughter Hope were discovered after officers forced entry to the property in Harburn Drive on Monday afternoon.

Close up of Aimee Cannon. She is looking at the camera and has long, blonde hair, blue eyes and is wearing full make-up.

Man who stabbed woman 45 times may never be freed

Michael Porchetta, 28, killed Aimee Cannon at her home in West Calder in West Lothian on 7 May 2022.

22 Jan 2025

A man in a blue Rangers home top has his arm around a little girl with blonde hair. They are both smiling for the picture and appear to be standing outside a property.

Man and girl found dead were father and daughter

The bodies of 36-year-old Mark Gordon and six-year-old Hope were discovered by police on Monday.

22 Jan 2025

21 Jan 2025

A view of Harburn Drive in West Calder. The house has a blue police forensic tent outside with a white roof. A police van is parked in the foreground in front of blue and white police tape.

Bodies of man and six-year-old girl found in house

Police are treating the deaths of the 36-year-old man and six-year-old girl as unexplained.

21 Jan 2025

21 Nov 2024

Luna and Plusza, the lionesses, sitting on a rock in their enclosure. The lion on the left is lying down and the one on the right is sitting upright. Both lionesses are looking into the camera.

Zoo says Ukraine lionesses getting 'second chance'

The two sisters were rescued from a war zone in Ukraine and are now at Five Sisters Zoo in West Lothian.

21 Nov 2024