Harry Cartmill: Last News

An angry councillor has said a plot of land on a former war memorial site should "never have been sold" to developers, after plans to build around 50 houses were rejected.

A church clock that has sat in darkness for almost two years has been returned to the light thanks to a community campaign Bathgate's High Church clock will be lit up once again after an investigation by parishioners and the intervention of local Labour councillor Harry Cartmill. The town clock in the tower of the High Church had been in darkness for around 18 months until the councillor convinced the council to install new lighting at a cost of almost £1,000. The clock was lit up just before Easter, in time for the merger of St John's Church in Mid Street with the High Church in Gideon Street. It will now be known as Bathgate Parish Church. Councillor Cartmill told the Local Democracy Reporting Service it was a good news story for Easter.

The brave animals who served our nation from World War One to the current day have been honoured with their own special ceremony.

A surge in anti-social behaviour which has seen shopkeepers complaining about street drinking and sex acts in a town centre have sparked a call for more community police patrols.

A new flood defence barrier to protect the graves of babies in Bathgate cemetery is being built following a Christmas flooding incident.

School pupils have been congratulated for their excellent poetry skills.

Parents who have campaigned for the last two years for improvements on a “dangerous” road near a school are celebrating as work starts to make it safer.

A petition has been set up to save the greenbelt around Bathgate from the threat of housing development.

Traffic is set to be completely blocked from a pedestrian shopping precinct after years of problems with illegal parking and accidents.

The Bathgate Street Pastors are celebrating their tenth anniversary as they support vulnerable people.

Organisers of this weekend's Bathgate Procession have defended themselves amid renewed accusations of persisting with slave trade links.

NHS chiefs have denied a “creeping closure” of St Michael’s Hospital in Linlithgow as it was revealed the doors will stay closed until June.

Sign up to the weekly West Lothian Courier newsletter for the latest West Lothian news and sport.Families across West Lothian are being encouraged to arrange Power of Attorney (PoA) on behalf of their loved ones.Health and Social Care Partnerships (HSCPs) across Scotland made the appeal to coincide with national PoA day.In the event of an illness or accident, PoA is a legal document allowing a nominated person to act or make decisions on a family member’s behalf.Executive councillor for Health and Care, Harry Cartmill, has voiced support of the nationwide campaign – and urged people to think ahead.He said: “The National Power of Attorney day campaign is about giving people the power to make decisions that will protect them, their family and

And backed by local  Bathgate councillor Harry Cartmill they have petitioned West Lothian Council for work to slow traffic down in an area where there are many elderly and children. A petition with 92 signatures went before the council’s Environment PDSP.

Sign up to the weekly West Lothian Courier newsletter for the latest West Lothian news and sport.A youth football club has shown it’s support for mental health awareness by advertising a mental health charity on their kit.Bathgate Juniors’ under-13s and under-17 sides will carry the logo of the Scottish Association for Mental Health (SAMH) on the front of their kit for new season and will work closely with the organisation to help promote mental health awareness within the club.Bathgate councillor Harry Cartmill was on hand for the unveiling and was presented with a kit by players from both teams.Bathgate Juniors secretary Lisa Steele said: “Lockdown has been incredibly difficult for a lot of young people and their mental health.

When Bathgate councillor Harry Cartmill visited his GP with a pain in his back he did not think much of it.At 53 years old he had never been ill in his life.He had been experiencing problems with his back over the last 10 years and thought it was no more than a slipped disc.But last September Harry was given the devastating news that he had blood cancer, which was attacking his joints and bones.Harry said he went swiftly from regularly cycling to Edinburgh to being admitted to St John’s Hospital for chemotherapy, something that left him feeling “devastated”.He told the Courier: “I thought I had simply strained something or at worst had a partially slipped disc.