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Pettycur Bay Holiday Park’s recent Charity Beetle Drive, held in aid of Macmillan Cancer Care, has raised £2,200 for the charity. “We’re delighted with his...

Thanks to a new partnership between Hibernian Community Foundation and Down’s Syndrome Scotland, children with Down’s syndrome across Edinburgh will have the opportunity to enjoy weekly...

Sailors from the 65,000 tonne aircraft carrier, HMS Queen Elizabeth paraded up the Royal Mile on Friday in front of hundreds of onlookers. The sailors...

“I borrowed an axe and went down to the woods by Walden Pond and began to cut some straight arrowy white pine for timber.” ...

Police are appealing for information to help trace Michal Oraczewski, 33, who is missing from Wester Hailes. He was reporting missing to police on Thursday,...

Council workers could be issued with extra powers to help tackle crime in Midlothian by handing out fines and reporting offences for prosecution.  A call...

Detectives have confirmed that a further two men aged 29 and 44 have been arrested in connection with the death of Billy Watson in...

Some 250 members of the crew of the aircraft carrier HMS Queen Elizabeth will parade up the Royal Mile on Friday morning, invited by...

AN EDINBURGH tech whizz has taken his AI-powered planning tool, built to assess developments locally, nationwide. HARRY Williams, 26, has spent more than a year building City Scope, a tool...

After several weeks of to-ing and fro-ing, the council has finally agreed to increase funding to festivals, including Edinburgh International Festival, The Edinburgh International...

Despite concerns about the impact on the surrounding countryside, a farming family have won their fight to create East Lothian’s first indoor padel courts on a field.  Farming...

Two men who were involved in significant disorder during Halloween and Bonfire Night 2024 have been sentenced. On the 31 October, Jamie Hogg was part...

THERE were more bicycles than cars on a popular Edinburgh commuter route for the first time ever. The milestone, which was achieved on Leith Walk from 8–9am on May...

The City of Edinburgh Council agreed on Thursday to relax procurement rules when trying to fulfil its supportive role of some pupils in Edinburgh...

After a 19 year long campaign, The City of Edinburgh Council has approved the capital expenditure to permanently transform a space in the city...

An East Lothian car cleaning firm lost its fight to use power jets to wash vehicles after councillors turned up at the site to...

West Lothian’s Anti-Poverty service is strengthening ties across and outside local government to improve lives of those living on the fringes of the county.   Villages around Fauldhouse...

Students and staff at Whitburn Academy are working together to forge a way ahead on the future of mobile phones in schools.  A presentation by...

Midlothian planners have refused a homeowner permission to build a porch – ruling it was 30 centimetres too wide.  Alex Crawford, who lives on Dundas...

During her visit to the capital on Wednesday, the President of Ireland received an Honorary Fellowship of the Royal Society of Edinburgh (RSE). Catherine Connolly,...

The Edinburgh based independent agency, Union Direct - part of The Union Group has been named as one of only two Scottish agencies on...

A WOMAN has appeared in court on petition following an incident when two council workers were taken to hospital. Eve Shaw, 31, faced an single...

Permission to open a new house for homeless people in a street plagued by antisocial problems has been refused.  Experienced council landlord Bert Logan has...

Councillors in West Lothian have heard that more than 100 new businesses were helped to launch in the last year.   The council’s Business Gateway team awarded more than...

New social housing flats will be built in Winchburgh providing much needed affordable homes in an established part of the village.  West Lothian’s Development Management Committee (DMC) backed plans...

Detectives have arrested a 57-year-old man in connection with the death of a man in Armadale.  Around 11.50am on Saturday, 12 September, 2026, officers received a report of...

A campaign to “save” a former parish church in Leith after the building was put up for sale is entering the final stages. Leith St Andrew’s Church was...

Owain James was just 35 years-old when he died of brain cancer, and his widow says that his treatment was curtailed due to a...

SCOTTISH transport chiefs have launched a new artificial intelligence pilot scheme to catch slovenly drivers throwing litter out of their cars. The six-month trial will see LitterCam technology...

A FUNDRAISER has been set up for a couple who lost their home to a devastating fire last Thursday. The blaze, which began around 10am,...