Warning parking concerns could escalate to ‘dangerous’ populism

An Edinburgh head teacher is taking over the top post at Scotland’s biggest primary school.

Midlothian residents can now access public planning information easier as City Scope is launched in the county following a successful Edinburgh version.

South of Scotland MSP Duncan Dunlop has today expressed his scepticism towards a proposed data centre in the Borders.

West Lothian Council faced calls from Scotland’s largest teaching union to implement a mobile phone ban across its schools.

West Lothian could see priority traffic signals opening the road ahead for buses on some of its busiest streets.

Members of Scottish Borders Council will this month be asked to rally in support of the Coastguard after the service’s callout fee was scrapped.

Kanav Jain, a student from Broxburn, has been crowned UK Young Engineer of the Year for his project ‘AeroAid: autonomous VTOL quadplane’.

The Leddie's Fraser Short has been named among the UK's hospitality top 30 Under 30 in the prestigious Acorn Awards.

An event to help generate a rural workforce of the future has been staged in the Borders.

A decision on whether to take over the Roseburn Path for the use of trams is set to come in September.

Scottish Opera’s much-loved Pop-up Opera hits the road from 29 May, coming to Newtongrange in July.

East Lothian Council and partners are launching research to better understand how local people and businesses view and use credit unions.

St Kentigern’s Academy from Blackburn has been crowned the winner of this year’s Mitsubishi Electric ‘Pump It Up!’ Challenge.

Campaigners for a fair deal for homeowners affected by crumbling concrete in their homes have vowed to continue their fight for compensation.

Almost £5.5m of funding allocated to the Scottish Borders to provide affordable housing in the region over the last year went unspent, it has been revealed.

Mobile phone use in schools across Edinburgh will be banned from bell to bell from August.

Plans for a new 926 housing development in Midlothian have been delayed after councillors raised concerns over ‘unanswered questions’.

The City of Edinburgh Councillors have voted against the Scottish Greens plans to open up some of the city’s private shared gardens, turning down the party's call to expand the capital’s accessible green space.

The Drone Hill & NnG East Berwickshire Fund has successfully completed its first round of grant funding.

Scottish Borders Council aims to clean up financially by selling advertising space on its waste vehicles, it has emerged.

A shooting and fishing store which has served the Scottish Borders for almost four decades is set to be converted for housing.

Midlothian Labour Councillors Derek Milligan and Russell Imrie have called on Lothian Buses to urgently review future bus provision for the communities of Bonnyrigg, Poltonhall and Rosewell.

VOCAL is calling for greater recognition of, and practical support for unpaid carers, as new evidence shows caring is pushing too many people into poverty.

MP Kirsty McNeill is inviting Midlothian resident to come together and 'celebrate what makes our communities so special'.