Nearly £16k in non-domestic rates from shops forced to close during last week’s fire on Princes Street have not been collected.

Multi-agency efforts to minimise city centre disruption and make the former Debenhams building safe continue, following a major fire on 9 July.

This week's top 10 news stories from Midlothian and all around Edinburgh.

Plans to put double yellow lines along a popular school drop off point have been put forward by East Lothian Council to tackle ‘indiscriminate parking’.

A chimney attached to a 90-year-old Midlothian secondary school at the centre of a £55.3million refurbishment is set to be removed after it was described as a risk to construction workers.

It’s almost time for curtain up at the King’s Theatre as it prepares to reopen in two weeks following its major redevelopment project.

Scottish small businesses are feeling more confident now than at the start of the year, new data from the Federation of Small Businesses (FSB) shows.

As part of the City Art Centre’s free Summer Exhibition programme, the Edinburgh Council tell the story of Edinburgh’s iconic North Bridge.

West Lothian residents pay the second highest charges for garden waste uplift in Scotland, a new commercial survey claims.

The Hillsborough Law was approved by MPs this week, more than three decades since the disaster.

East Lothian Council is chasing more than £860,000 in unpaid council tax from its own employees, with nearly a quarter of it arrears from last year alone.

Forced access is not an option the council can rely to manage poor tenancies, councillors in West Lothian have been told.

Plans for a two-storey home on a smallholding have been knocked back by councillors.

The Scottish Greens have urged the Scottish Government to follow New York State by introducing an immediate moratorium on new hyperscale data centres.

Cloudsoft headed to Winton Castle in East Lothian in June for a team reunion day for 55 of its employees.

Aisling Thomas, a mother of five who has combined academic excellence with an unwavering commitment to advancing inclusive education, has graduated from Queen Margaret University.

Superconducting technologies have the potential to supercharge the decarbonisation of transport, saving gigatonnes of emissions in the future, a landmark new paper suggests.

Continuing to meet the first 100 days commitments, the rollout of an expanded 10-year £50 million Homelessness Prevention Fund is underway.

Scottish Borders Council has been recognised for its commitment to the Armed Forces community after achieving the Gold Award in the UK Government's Defence Employer Recognition Scheme.

A new bus service was launched last week, linking Hawick, Lilliesleaf, Midlem and Selkirk to Borders General Hospital in Melrose.

Edinburgh Council has spent nearly £9m paying temporary staff and recruitment agencies in the first three months of this year.

A growing Edinburgh private hire business has announced the expansion of its driving team

For the second year in succession, members of the public are to be offered guided tours inside the Queensferry Crossing, as part of the Doors Open Days festival in September.

Co-op workers were put in danger by nesting gulls on the roof of their store who attacked them during routine maintenance at a seaside town store.

Award Winning Midlothian Photographer Joe Gilhooley LRPS , a Licentaite of The Royal Photographic Society, has been on his Scottish travels again.

Plans to build a solar farm on the fringe of the Pentland Hills Regional Park will go before West Lothian Council in September.

The former offices of a Scottish charity are to be turned into a five bedroom house after they moved to new headquarters.

A former restaurant and hotel owned by tv chef Tom Kitchin and his wife Michaela is set to expand its bedrooms after it was taken over by a hospitality firm.

University swimmer Archie Goodburn celebrates two major milestones, graduating before preparing to represent Team Scotland at the Commonwealth Games in Glasgow.

Parking wardens have handed out a dozen £100 fines a day on average in the first two weeks of new charges being introduced in a seaside town.

A stunning Roman gold ring in the shape of a serpent is now on display at the John Gray Centre, Haddington.

Gorebridge Library has expanded its Lend & Mend Hub as it aims to drive community-led sustainability by providing locals with the means to mend and recycle household items.

The Scottish Fire and Rescue Service (SFRS) has announced that building works to demolish and rebuild Liberton Community Fire Station has now begun.

The formal Notice of Election for by-elections in the Southside/Newington and Portobello/Craigmillar wards has been issued today.

One of Scotland’s largest walking football clubs has marked a decade of success playing at a leading Edinburgh sports facility.

Opening on 10 July and running until 4 October, the exhibition titled ‘In our Nature: the world through the eyes of young people in kinship care’ showcases the work of five creatives.