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1. Violent Scots rapist who terrorised women for 11 years caged

   Jonathan Moroney, 39, from Aberdeenshire, was jailed for ten years.

2. Mum who killed her two young sons in crash after driving with flat tyre avoids jail

   Amy Sheppard, 29, crashed after her car “fishtailed" on a bend due to having a flat tyre.

3. West Lothian Royal Mail workers 'pulling out all the stops' in run-up to Christmas

   Angela Constance MSP visited the Livingston Delivery Office and met with the dedicated management, postmen and postwomen who are working tirelessly to sort and deliver the huge volume of Christmas mail.

4. Dobbies’ Livingston store announces Christmas tree donation winners

   St Nicholas Nursery, Whitdale Primary School, Seafield Nursery Class and Polkemmet Primary School headed along to the Livingston store to pick up their free Christmas tree, bringing festive magic to their local community this December.

5. Nigel Farage hails Reform’s ‘fantastic’ first ever election win in Scotland

   Reform emerged victorious in a West Lothian by-election in a breakthrough moment for the party.

6. West Lothian pioneers hi-tech help to access public transport

   A pilot project between West Lothian Council, Lothian Country and Sight Scotland Veterans will help service users of the Linburn Centre with sight loss to access real-time public transport information to help them get to Livingston Shopping Centre and further afield.

7. Son told dad 'I want her to die' as he stabbed his mum to death believing she was a witch

   Three psychologists agreed Daniel Cook was schizophrenic when he attacked his mum at a family dinner

8. West Lothian first in Scotland to have councillor elected on Reform ticket

   David McLennan won the Whitburn and Blackburn ward by-election with 1,177 votes, beating the SNP by 149 votes.

9. Scots restaurant begs for £500 fine after child engulfed by flames in fire pit horror

   The boy and his sister had been toasting marshmallows when a 16-year-old waitress poured liquid fuel over the campfire-style structure to relight it.

10. Hit and run carer who mowed down eight teenagers in Glasgow avoids jail

    Steven Gilmour, 37, was sentenced to 200 hours unpaid work and disqualified from driving after injuring a group of eight teenagers.