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West Lothian’s Health and Social Care Partnership will monitor the success of a healthcare app to ensure its success.  The new app, MyCare.scot, has been launched following a...

A 34-year-old man has been sentenced for the attempted rape of a woman in Edinburgh.  The incident took place in the Thistle Street North East Lane area...

Fourteen years after leaving Glasgow in the aftermath of a traumatic sexual assault, Bargeddie-born performer Jon Gerrard McFaulds (JG) is returning home with his...

Hibs went down to a narrow 1-0 defeat to Irish champions Shamrock Rovers last night in the first pre-season fixture of the 2026/27 campaign.   Hibs were...

Each month The Old Edinburgh Club takes a look back at notable dates and highlights them for Edinburgh Reporter readers. 1 July - In 1505,...

Almost 120 prisoners died behind bars in two years as Scotland's jails grapple with a twin crisis fuelled by drugs and despair, new figures...

EDINBURGH’S Council Leader has backed Andy Burnham’s plans to introduce greater devolution to the entire UK, taking power away from Westminster and the devolved...

The yearly Ceremony of the Keys took place on Tuesday afternoon when His Majesty The King symbolically received the keys to the City of...

Golfers tee off in fundraising boost. More than 65 golfers gathered at Dalmahoy West Golf Course where they raised £21,500 for a transformational project to...

The homelessness charity, Social Bite, has officially opened its flagship village, using modular housing on an empty site, showing one way of introducing a scalable...

Alderston House, once earmarked to become an East Lothian crematorium after years of public service is set to be turned into housing in a bid to...

An Edinburgh bespoke whisky firm has been named Scotland's top new startup after recording a turnover of £2.35m. Tailored Spirits Co, based in Leith, claimed the...

Under new plans, a piece of land which lay empty for more than a century could be turned into a family home.  The vacant site at...

Scotland finished in 12th position out of 15 competing nations in the 30th European Coarse Angling for Nations at Cavan Lakes, Killeshandra, Co. Cavan...

Cormac Daly is the latest signing by ambitious Hearts and the attacking midfielder joins the Jambos on a two-year deal after leaving English Premier...

A £2m summer of play and sports for West Lothian youngsters has kicked off in time for the school holidays.  The West Lothian Summer Programme Grant Award...

Hundreds of people living in blocks of flats at Granton Waterfront were advised late on Friday afternoon not to drink the water from their...

The two candidates for the council by-elections being held in September have been announced. The party has selected a self-employed gardener and a homelessness campaigner...

A person was found dead on Mountjoy Terrace in Musselburgh around 7.05am this morning Monday, June 29.  Emergency services were called to the scene following a report of concern...

West Lothian’s SNP opposition group has lost one of its longest-serving councillors.  Robert De Bold, one of two SNP councillors in the Livingston North ward...

East Lothian youngsters are being given the chance to experience their own ‘Piano’ moment after two libraries were given their own instrument thanks to...

An effort to study the impacts falling success rates of Adult Disability Payment (ADP) applications have had on Edinburgh residents in recent years has been...

Residents are invited to help shape their local neighbourhoods as part of a major public consultation on the future of the capital. The Call for...

Edinburgh children's charity ECHC will benefit from a major fundraising drive at Musselburgh Racecourse’s annual Superhero Family Raceday on Tuesday 21 July. Musselburgh Racecourse is partnering...

On Monday there were nine new electric vehicles driven out of the Lothian garage on the number 36 route between the Gyle Centre and...

East Lothian Council has it wiped over £1million off its books over the last year partly due to hundreds of unpaid council tax bills.   A...

A West Lothian constable who has been named Police Officer of the Year has been congratulated by councillors.  Constable Scott McCulloch has developed and delivered a powerful...

After two bleed kit options found by officers failed to meet expectations., Edinburgh Council will explore procuring the ‘most appropriate’ bleed kits it can  In a vote at last Thursday’s...

The Good Life has never been more attractive to the green-fingered in West Lothian and demand for allotment space is growing.   While the TV show is more than...

Edinburgh and Lothians residents could benefit from a new £7.7m digital weight management programme designed to ease pressure on local GP practices. NHS Lothian secured the...