Scotland Office holding Burns Night in London
Scotland Office Ministerial team, Ian Murray and Kirsty McNeill, are to host a reception to toast Scottish achievements at home and abroad on Monday...
Detectives probe break in to premises in Uphall
Detectives are appealing for information following a break-in and theft at a premises in Uphall which took place around 8.40pm on Friday, 17 January,...
Council meeting again to agree final details of Transient Visitor Levy
Following agreement on the outline plans for the new tourist tax for Edinburgh the council will meet again next week to agree the final...
Dogs Trust dog of the week – here comes Watson!
Watson is a 14-year-old Staffordshire Bull Terrier Cross with an infectious zest for life.
This sweet and loving dog is looking for a forever home...
Latest list of roadworks and road closures
This is the most up to date list of roadworks, road closure and events leading to road closures or diversions for traffic in Edinburgh...
Edinburgh councillors back 5% visitor levy in principle
Calls for an Edinburgh tourist tax to be raised to up to 8% to tackle the city’s housing crisis have been rejected as councillors...
Service charges introduced for temporary tenancies in West Lothian
West Lothian is to increase rents and service charges for those in temporary tenancies in a bid to cut spiralling costs caused by the...
Nine new probationary police constables welcomed to Edinburgh Division
This week Chief Superintendent David Robertson welcomed nine new Probationary Police Constables to Edinburgh Division.
The Divisional Commander discussed some of the incidents they have...
Former housing site in Winchburgh to be sold by West Lothian...
A former housing site in Winchburgh is to be sold to a developer by West Lothian Council for £1.2m
Cruden Homes plans to build new flats...
Tourist tax – the options
Councillors are debating the final plan for introduction of the tourist tax in Edinburgh this morning amid calls to raise the tax either higher...
No decision on whether Westminster will meet N.I. costs likely for...
Edinburgh City Council will not know whether National Insurance costs increases will be met by the Scottish or UK Government before it makes its...
Letter from Scotland
The Scottish Government is currently seeking “economic growth” but at the same time it is cutting funding for universities and colleges.
The strategy has...
Five things you need to know today
Tourist tax - first meeting today
The first of two meetings to agree the way in which the tourist tax will be ingathered and...
The Junction celebrating its birthday today
Charity The Junction helps to support young people aged 12 to 21 with their wellbeing and health. Since it was set up on 17...
Look to the skies on Burns Night
The alignment of the planets this month has been discussed at length, but nowhere more lyrically than by the Scottish Poetry Library where poets...
Visitor Levy under the spotlight
On Friday the Tourist Tax or Transient Visitor Levy comes under the spotlight when the first of two meetings will be held to finalise...
Police concerned for welfare of missing family
UPDATE The family has now been traced safe and well. Police say that “A 32-year-old man and a 28-year-old woman have been arrested and...
Man 30 jailed following incidents involving imitation firearm
A man has been jailed in connection with an attempted robbery in Edinburgh and a robbery in Glasgow that happened in February 2024.
Issa Mohamed,...
Ski posters from the last century on sale
Glamorous posters dating back to the boom in ski holidays in the early-mid twentieth century are to be sold by fine art auctioneers live online on...
Council agrees 25-year lease for Gorgie City Farm
A future for Gorgie City Farm has been secured with the agreement of a 25-year lease by the city council.
The decision will see the...
East Lothian Council planning meeting hit by web failure
A public planning meeting was thrown into disarray after the webcast system crashed halfway through an item this week.
East Lothian councillors were nearly an...
East Lothian villagers win fight against footpath
Residents in an East Lothian village have won their battle to stop developers putting a path through their quiet cul de sac.
Home owners in...
Princess Royal becomes patron of Veterans Housing Scotland
Veterans’ Housing Scotland has announced today that Her Royal Highness The Princess Royal has accepted an invitation to become the charity’s Patron.
Her Royal Highness...
Five things you need to know today
Pop in event today on the future of Princes Street has been cancelled but there are two more this month.
The first of three...
Police arrest 14-year-old boy following spate of thefts
Police have arrested and charged a 14-year-old boy in connection with thefts from garages and sheds in the Craiglockhart and Colinton areas.
The incidents...
Midlothian councillor cleared of breach over coffee machine ‘small talk’
A senior councillor accused of making an ‘inappropriate’ comment to a young council worker has been cleared of breaching any standards after his words...
Lanthorn community centre reopens after year’s delay
Livingston’s Lanthorn community centre re-opened its doors this week- more than a year later than originally planned after initial refurbishment works left the building...
Two thirds of West Lothian community centres reject future options
More than two thirds of West Lothian community centres have rejected plans to change the way they operate as part of a bid by West...
Man and woman arrested after cannabis cultivation discovered at Edinburgh flat
Police officers have seized drugs with an estimated value of £300,000 at an address in South-East Edinburgh.
Around 9am on Monday, 13 January, 2025, officers...
Innovating the future of independent living
Ministerial visit celebrates groundbreaking project.
A new project is revolutionising the way technology and data are integrated into independent living solutions, offering transformative benefits for...
