Councillors today refused plans for a £5m luxury Scottish Borders holiday park.

Scottish Borders Council has welcomed the decision to approve plans for a new McDonald’s restaurant and drive-thru in Hawick.

Teachers and school staff in East Lothian are being given support and additional training as they prepare for every secondary pupil to return with their own laptops next week.

All East Lothian secondary pupils will start the new school year with their own laptop following successful roll-out of the council’s 1:1 devices project.

Mavisbank House will welcome visitors as part of this year's Midlothian Doors Open Days programme.

The Scottish Government has announced a fund of up to £5m to support the city’s ongoing response and recovery to the Princes Street fire.

Kirsty McNeill MP, the Member of Parliament for Midlothian, has welcomed a landmark review of fireworks legislation by the Labour Government.

Calum Kerr MSP has hosted a meeting of tourism businesses, accommodation providers, cycling stakeholders and Police Scotland to discuss how bike security can be strengthened across the Tweed Valley.

Levels of attainment for learners across the city have improved from last year across almost 'all key measures', Edinburgh Council announced today following the release of the countries National 5 and Higher exam results.

A new junction layout in Edinburgh has struck up a debate from road users online, with the council saying the changes make it “safer and easier.”

Allegations of sexual misconduct and domestic abuse are fuelling a shocking increase in the number of suspensions of police officers in Edinburgh, the Lothians and the Borders.

The measures form part of a fresh road safety strategy drawn up by the Labour Government.

The catering team at East Lothian Council have been honoured for their amazing work with the Food for Life Served Here (FFLSH) silver award.

More students aged 16-18 to benefit from half price rail fares from this September, helping them on their commutes to school, college or training.

The candidates standing in the upcoming Southside/Newington (Ward 15) and Portobello/Craigmillar (Ward 17) by-elections were announced on Friday.

North Bridge will fully reopen by 7pm today, with final completion of the project expected later this year.

An official naming and opening ceremony took place on Thursday 30 July at the Willie Innes Way, a new road through part of the former Cockenzie Power Station site.

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

A tenants’ union has slammed figures which show more than 9,000 council housing applicants have been waiting for a home for over five years.

Edinburgh’s Lord Provost today officially unveiled Edinburgh’s world-famous Floral Clock, revealing a new design celebrating the 20th anniversary of therapeutic gardening charity Trellis.

A Borders MP paid a fact-finding visit to Hawick Fire Station this week after services there were downgraded.

This View has been written by the Scottish Beacon, a collaborative of 24 independent, community-based publications.

A ban on people having barbecues or campfires across East Lothian’s coastal and countryside sites has been lifted, but visitors and locals are being asked to keep fires to beaches only.

Katherine Sangster, MSP for Edinburgh and Lothians East, Scottish Labour Party writes her monthly column for Midlothian View.

A Scottish Borders councillor has called for a clear national strategy to enable local authorities to make the right choices over proposed Artificial Intelligence (AI) data centres.

Midlothian MP Kirsty McNeill has been appointed Minister of State for International Development following her previous role as Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Scotland.

Tom Arthur MSP will open FutureVets Camp 2026 and meet 60+ teenagers whose dreams of caring for animals could decide whether rural communities keep their farms and families.

Reducing long waits for NHS treatment in Scotland is the focus of the government’s new £90 million investment in planned care.

Some Edinburgh residents reported lock-ins at nearby pubs during June – only for them to be showing World Cup matches within the law.

A former bank which has been at the centre of a battle to convert it into a home for eight years has gone back on the market for offers over £575,000.

First Minister John Swinney has described the reopening of Kelso Abbey as a “moment to savour”.

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

Miles Briggs, MSP for Edinburgh and Lothians East, Scottish Conservative & Unionist Party writes his first monthly column of the new parliament for Midlothian View.

Assuring that tourist levy income ‘will not go to waste’, Edinburgh’s Council Leader today marked the formal introduction of Edinburgh visitor levy.

Carol Mochan MSP, South Scotland, writes her monthly column for the Midlothian View.

Councillors have welcomed plans to return part of the Beecraigs Country Park to farmland.