Speaking at the End Poverty Edinburgh Annual Conference, Council Leader Jane Meagher joined campaigners to call for action to challenge the injustice of poverty in Scotland’s capital.
Annual fees for garden waste collections in East Lothian brought in just under £1million for the council last year.
A conservation plan for Hawick “is a dream” which is unlikely to come true, according to a sceptical councillor.
Scotland’s national children’s charity, Children First, has revealed new figures showing that financial difficulties remain the top reason for families to call its support line, as it urged families who are struggling to get in touch for support.
West Lothian’s opposition SNP group has questioned the council’s decision to stop broadcasting meetings.
A Bathgate snack bar owner says she could lose her livelihood after councillors rejected an appeal against a planning refusal.
Making Tax Digital for Income Tax will extend to sole traders and landlords earning more than £30,000 from 6 April 2027.
Plans for a four-bedroom home in the garden of a Dunbar property have been rejected by planners, with the applicant now appealing the decision.
Scottish Borders councillors have objected to plans for a 13-turbine windfarm near Innerleithen over landscape and wildlife concerns.
Residents looking for cost of living support, free activities or a welcoming place to connect with others can find help at every Midlothian library this autumn and winter.
A females-only Halloween bike bash is to make a splash at a former swimming pool in Hawick this month.
A 36-year-old man has been arrested and charged in connection with a number of high-value housebreakings across Scotland.
Plans to secure the future of Edinburgh’s Summerhall have gone out to public consultation, with residents and businesses invited to have their say.
Movement for Health announces £300,000 Grant Fund to support physical activity opportunities across Scotland.
Disruption is in the pipeline for people in Innerleithen as an essential gas network upgrade begins later this month.
Excerpt: Edinburgh’s St Giles’ Cathedral is to introduce a £12 admission charge for visitors for the first time in its 900-year history.
Lothian Buses has been named the UK’s top bus operator after a rise in passenger numbers.
A new £2.20 duty on every 10ml of vaping liquid has come into force across the UK in a bid to tackle youth vaping.
Half of Scottish building firms with overdue accounts were insolvent, had been struck off or were facing strike-off within a year, according to new analysis by insolvency firm Clarke Bell.
Midlothian families could be eligible for financial help towards funeral costs through the Scottish Government’s Funeral Support Payment.
This week's top 10 news stories from Midlothian and all around Edinburgh.
East Lothian has been named as having the cleanest recycling waste in the UK with six times less contamination than Edinburgh.
Carriageway resurfacing works will be carried out on the B6369 leading into Haddington from the south.
Eyemouth’s offshore wind ambitions are very much alive despite the town’s port losing out on the creation of 100 new jobs, a councillor has pledged.
Two of the world’s leading authorities on climate finance will debate why the world keeps failing to act on climate change at Adam Smith’s former home, Panmure House.
Refurbished leisure facilities at Wester Hailes High School have reopened, giving local residents increased access to sport, fitness and wellbeing activities.
Midlothian View reader Philip Reilly questions whether illegal parking has become normal across the region, calling for safer streets and better enforcement.
Scottish Borders Council is fulfilling a “Promise” it made to vulnerable children in the region six years ago.
People across the Scottish Borders are being urged to be prepared and be aware of the information available to them as the region heads into the autumn and winter seasons.
A booming agricultural retailer in a Berwickshire village is earmarking expansion and job creation.
Touching the Void mountaineer Simon Yates is bringing his new talk to Haddington’s Corn Exchange for the only Scottish date on his autumn tour.
East Lothian Council is seeking views on whether community organisations could take a greater role in running a number of local community centres, halls and town houses.
This article has been written by local coach Kate Flory.
Former kennels at a country estate once linked to a Royal murder plot are to be turned into a new house after years of being used for storage.
UCU members from universities across Scotland gathered outside the Scottish Parliament in Edinburgh for a rally against university cuts and job losses.
A ‘skills gap’ has been identified on the board of the charitable trust which oversees cultural and leisure services in the Scottish Borders.
