Industry leaders say Scotland is underinvesting in the skills on which our economy depends.
Shoplifting is on the increase in West Lothian but local police claimed success in tackling offenders in Livingston’s shopping centre.
Comedian and Celebrity Traitors winner Alan Carr has purchased Ayton Castle for more than £3.25 million.
Fewer than 20 people took part on a consultation over introducing temporary licences to rent out homes during major events in East Lothian.
The Edinburgh Innovation Hub is one major benefit for East Lothian due to investment working as part of the City Region Deal.
Midlothian MP Kirsty McNeil writes her monthly column for Midlothian View
Scottish Conservative leader Russell Findlay visited Edinburgh College’s Midlothian Campus this week to mark Scottish Apprenticeship Week.
A planning application is expected to be submitted to the City Council later in the year.
A project to restore and repair parts of one of Midlothian’s most historic buildings has been shortlisted in Scotland’s national architecture awards.
Chest Heart & Stroke Scotland is marking International Women’s Day by recognising the strength, resilience and leadership of women living with long-term health conditions.
A paratrooper from Penicuik is in France to train alongside French airborne forces.
Pupils at Paradykes Primary School are now enjoying an exciting new trim trail due to more than four years of dedicated partnership.
With a proposed new McDonald’s drive thru outlet awaiting the verdict of Borders’ planners the company’s first fast food outlet in the region is back.
Almost £4.7m in debt deemed uncollectable over the last financial year is set to be written off by Edinburgh Council.
Scotland head coach Gregor Townsend has made five changes to his starting XV for this weekend’s 2026 Men’s Six Nations match.
The sound of music is set to echo again around an historic Berwickshire church as plans to preserve it for future generations were rubber-stamped.
A private hire driver who was convicted of drug offences and cut a queue for a red signal at high speed has been given a one-month suspension.
Plans to build a new residential care home for children in West Lothian have had to be redrawn because of escalating costs.
A bid to build three new country homes on former woodland on the edge of Gorebridge has been rejected by planners who said the site was ‘too small’.
Plans for a footpath and cycleway to connect West Lothian’s “Island Village” have undergone a redraw.
A purr-fect response is awaited to plans for a new six-pod cattery in the garden of a private property in Hawick.
Edinburgh University’s Teviot, the world’s oldest purpose-built student union, has officially reopened its door following a two-and-a-half year refurbishment.
Ahead of International Women’s Day, trade association says steady upturn in female recruits reflects its own experience of women rising through the sector.
A trade union has secured an above-inflation pay rise for more than 150 employees at a Borders-based timber company.
