Midlothian flooding concerns have been highlighted at Holyrood as MSPs backed calls for greater community involvement in flood management.
A local authority has pledged to support the rights of children from armed forces families after hearing one councillor’s personal experience.
Councillors have backed Peebles Rovers after the club was forced to close over the cost of upgrading its ground.
West Lothian mirrored the national trends with a substantial rise in drug related deaths in 2025.
The Dutchman joins the Club following two highly successful seasons with SK Beveren.
Midlothian grassroots sports clubs are being urged to apply for a share of £500,000 in funding, after Easthouses Lily Miners Welfare FC benefited from the scheme earlier this year.
Staff and tenants at Melville Housing Association are celebrating another strong year for the organisation’s housing service.
Proposed council reforms could see West Lothian return to a system similar to the one that existed before 1996.
Scottish Borders Council has published a full apology on its website after accepting major “shortcomings” over a nursery school closure consultation.
Plans for a radical overhaul of local authorities in Scotland have been slated in West Lothian’s council chambers.
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Signs are now up in Dalkeith town centre warning that fines can be issued for littering, fly-tipping and feeding birds.
Two Heriot-Watt University professors have received one of engineering’s highest professional honours.
Westminster MP John Lamont has been unanimously readopted as the Scottish Conservative and Unionist candidate for Berwickshire, Roxburgh and Selkirk at the next General Election.
A public consultation event over the proposed permanent closure of a rural Scottish Borders school with only one pupil is to be held next month.
The Electric Heating Company (EHC) has gone back to basics with the launch of its latest boiler.
Plans have emerged for 27 new homes in a Scottish Borders village.
An iconic Scottish Borders backstreet bar is to reopen its doors later this year, it has been confirmed.
The nationally coordinated operation took place yesterday including at one Midlothian address.
Edinburgh Rugby have named Magnus Bradbury and Matt Currie as co-captains for the 2026/27 season.
Friends have completed Kenny’s Final Fitness Challenge, in memory of the much-loved 85-year-old Roslin man after he passed away before achieving his goal.
School transport cuts have saved Midlothian Council almost £1m, but the local authority is still facing a £4.8m overspend.
Asian restaurants and takeaways from across Scotland have been recognised at a major awards ceremony celebrating the country's diverse food scene.
A Swedish delegation to the Scottish Borders learned lessons on how to implement a Hospital at Home scheme.
A family-orientated programme of activities helped tackle food poverty in the Scottish Borders this summer, councillors will learn tomorrow.
A much-loved pilgrimage walking route through the Scottish Borders has received global recognition after it was included in a ‘travel Bible’ for the first time.
Barriers have been broken to allow fish migration through a flood plain in the Scottish Borders.
A Kelso-born writer and historian takes a literary walk along Hadrian’s Wall in his latest book.
C&P Recruitment calls for return to human conversation as graduate opportunities shrink and competition for roles reaches historic highs.
Roslin’s Great British Sewing Bee finalist Emma Morwood has been hailed an “absolute star” by Midlothian councillors following her success on the BBC One show.
Almost 3 million matured Child Trust Fund accounts have been claimed or transferred into an Individual Savings Account since September 2020.
East Lothian Council Trading Standards officers, accompanied by Police Scotland and specialist tobacco detection dogs, seized more than 20,000 illicit cigarettes during a recent operation.
Scottish Greens have branded Edinburgh Airport’s £500m expansion plans “climate vandalism” as the first phase of a major investment programme gets underway.
The Dalkeith-based Energy Training Academy (ETA) is hoping to land its first national honour after being shortlisted for a prestigious award at the 2026 H&V News Awards.
Visitors to Edinburgh’s Dynamic Earth can now see how quickly glaciers around the world are disappearing through a new exhibit using real-time scientific data.
Edinburgh’s Soundhouse Winter Festival will return to the Traverse Theatre this November with five days of jazz, folk and indie music from artists across Scotland and beyond.
