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A community hub has revealed a £130,000 funding shortfall in its major renovation project following soaring construction costs and the discovery of underground vaults. Action...

A special emergency services review later this year will hear claims the introduction of walls as part of a £54 million flood prevention scheme...

A bid to create a dedicated Muslim cemetery on land in Midlothian to give families the chance to be buried together for the next...

A gang of masked youths threatened a security guard with hammers and smashed up several cars at a student halls in Edinburgh. The gang of three conducted...

Portobello Swim Centre remains closed on Monday after shutting its doors to swimmers last week. A sign outside the front door says it has closed...

An Edinburgh girls' school has announced its current head will step down next year to be replaced by the leader of a southern English...

The son of one of Musselburgh's most famous sporting heroes, John White, has rekindled his father's complex legacy through a stage play at the...

Police have arrested a 27-year-old man following a fatal crash in West Lothian. The incident happened around 12.20am on Sunday, 30 August, 2026, on Main Street...

An Edinburgh business leader has joined forces with her Glasgow counterpart to warn the Prime Minister that Scotland faces a £7bn annual shortfall without...

Police in Edinburgh are appealing for the public’s help to trace 28-year-old Kamil Lebek, who has been reported missing in the city. He was last...

Police are appealing for information following a fatal crash in Linlithgow. The incident happened around 12.20am on Sunday, 30 August, 2026, on Main Street and...

EDINBURGH'S transport convener admitted to a moment of "Trumpian weakness" after suggesting the fire-affected building be knocked down and its owners pay for the...

Boy racers are racing down a historic town’s high street causing major disturbance to residents, councillors have heard.  Revving engines and booming exhausts echo off the...

Linlithgow’s Community Development Trust CDT has secured funding to ensure the future of a project designed to help sustain and develop the community.  The money will fund a part-time...

West Lothian’s Leisure Trust has pulled back from a plan which would have excluded private instructors from running classes in its six pools.  Dozens of families have...

Seniors at Linlithgow Academy have been congratulated by councillors for receiving Gold status by UNICEF UK’s Rights Respecting Schools Award (RRSA).  Three seniors who worked on the project spoke...

An East Lothian Asda have been refused a licence to sell alcohol from a petrol station ‘100 metres’ from its main store for community...

A Musselburgh Chinese restaurant has had its licence to serve alcohol revoked after its owner was declared ‘not fit’ to hold it. The Auld Hoose...

Police are appealing for information following a serious crash in Penicuik.  The crash happened around 2.10pm on Thursday, 27 August, 2026, and involved the driver of a...

Bon Jovi fans are flocking to Murrayfield on Friday afternoon to see their band playing the Forever Tour with support from James Bay. Bars...

Edinburgh Self Storage is bidding to put 272 separate containers on a piece of land behind a motor home site at Straiton. The company which...

A group of Edinburgh businesses are banding together in an effort to combat the council's "7-7-7" bus lane plans. The City of Edinburgh Council is...

A five year-old Pekingese dog had to be put to sleep days after an attack by a larger dog on the path at Warriston...

West Lothian’s Leisure Trust has made a u-turn over a plan to exclude private instructors from holding classes in its six pools. Dozens of families have...

A community café and art gallery has had to promise neighbours that they have no plans to turn it back into a pub after...

Funding has been secured to appoint a part time community worker at Linlithgow’s Community Development Trust (CDT). The person appointed will work at the community...

In the cramped entrance area of St Columba’s by the Castle, with the queue for the next session already forming, Richard Demarco, CBE, is...

The wonderful thing about this year’s Edinburgh Festival, the 79th, is that the weather joined in the fun.  It was dry, sunny a lot...

The Council Leader, Jane Meagher, announced on Thursday that the street will reopen fully on Saturday 29 August. After a period of weeks since the...

The Scottish Tourism Alliance (STA) has said that their member businesses are reporting difficulties in calculating the five per cent tourist levy. This is the...