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A new tram wrap just applied on one of the 27 city tram fleet shows the Scotland national team who are off to the...

Balerno residents are invited to a key public meeting which will help shape the future of the village. It is in the St Joseph Hall...

Police in West Lothian have arrested and charged a 59-year-old man following a raid at a shop in Whitburn.  The search took place under warrant on...

The Water of Leith starts at the Colzium Springs in the Pentland Hills just above Balerno and trundles down on a 20-mile journey through...

A report from the University of Edinburgh has called on the UK government to create a "citizens assembly" to discuss issues of AI and...

A judge’s decision over single sex toilets in a newly-built village school has been welcomed by the Conservative group leader on West Lothian Council.  Sitting in the Court of...

According to a council document, a new IT tool for council social workers has had its launch delayed from this summer to late autumn.  The Mosaic...

Edinburgh councillors will hear a report into the death of a man in a toilet cubicle at Edinburgh City Chambers in private.  Sean Stephen, 38,...

A petition calling for plans to introduce parking charges across East Lothian to be put on hold will be considered by councillors next week.  The...

The council's travel team has issued its latest list of streets in the capital where roadworks and closures are planned. Every area of the city...

A petition has been filed in a bid to save Calderglen Early Years Centre which is being eyed for demolition.  Councillors at Tuesday’s education committee meeting will consider...

West Lothian councillors have welcomed a plan to help the thousands of people who care for others.  But the potential costs and growing need for complex...

East Lothian Council is bidding to provide a busy town library with public toilets using community funds   Councillors will be asked to approve a grant...

Scotland’s largest school-based cheer team, based in Midlothian, is appealing for sponsors to help break down cost barriers and make dance accessible to all. The...

The UK's biggest building society is rolling out life-saving defibrillators and bleed control kits in all 605 branches, including its offices in Scotland. This is...

The end of term comes quickly in Scotland. Schools, universities, sports clubs, music societies are holding their final events before the long summer holidays....

Police are appealing for information following a series of break-ins and attempted break-ins to vehicles in the Roslin and Bilston areas. Between Saturday, 31 May,...

A second bid to build holiday let homes in the East Lothian countryside has been lodged.  This is despite the first being thrown out by councillors...

According to a report going before Edinburgh councillors, a nursery which shut suddenly earlier this year may be demolished,   The document comes after a request by...

Pupils from six Scottish primary and secondary schools have come up with new and effective ways for schools and families to save waste and...

Two Edinburgh-based authors are set to become living, breathing, working parts of the collection at the Writers’ Museum in the heart of Edinburgh’s Old...

Rugby fans are invited to gather in the heart of the capital this July as Brewhemia transforms into the ultimate matchday destination for Scotland’s...

Edinburgh West MP Christine Jardine has "secured assurances" from the UK Government that animal welfare protections will be guaranteed in any trade agreement with the...

A 22-year-old man has been sentenced in connection with an assault in Edinburgh in December, 2023 which left a man permanently disfigured.  Alijo Danso was sentenced to...

CHRIS Murray, Edinburgh Labour MP, has slammed the SNP Government for what he described as a "disgusting failure" on sewage and pollution. Fisherrow Sands, in Murray's Musselburgh patch, was downgraded by...

According to a council document, a number of Edinburgh pupils may be struggling to afford food and clothing due to their immigration status without their...

Traffic calming measures have been given the go ahead after the same parked van was hit twice in separate night time accidents in a tiny rural community.  Midlothian...

East Lothian councillors have approved plans for a new house next to a historic boundary marking out the site of an East Lothian battle...

Residents will return to the polls in early September as two Edinburgh councillors have tendered their resignations following their election to Holyrood. Residents will vote...

Planning applications lodged with the council's planning department up to this week are detailed in the list embedded below. Applications which are of interest this...