Plans to build four new classrooms to meet demand for spaces in a primary school opened just five years ago have been lodged by East Lothian Council.

Nazareth House Bonnyrigg has been named Scotland’s Residential Care Home of the Year after a major turnaround at the Midlothian care home.

TG Jones is to close its Galashiels store in January, leaving the future of the town’s Post Office uncertain.

A plan which documents historic buildings in the Scottish Borders most populated town is to be used to shape its future.

NHS Borders new head of nursing has pledged to deliver the highest standard of care as she prepares to take up her role next week.

BEAR Scotland has launched a new training programme aimed at tackling skills shortages in the road maintenance sector.

A decision on plans for a third solar farm in West Lothian has been delayed for a second time.

Street blackouts in East Lothian have damaged public confidence in the council despite claims by officers they are being caused by old ScottishPower cables.

Community groups, charities and social enterprises are invited to apply for funding through Midlothian Council's 2027-30 Large Grants Programme.

Senior finance officers will meet with colleagues from across Scotland to discuss proposed changes to local government, West Lothian councillors were told this week.

West Lothian’s Lib Dem councillor has called for the roll out of safe consumption rooms to the county in the wake of growing drug deaths.

A proposed wind farm with blade heights twice the height of London’s Big Ben poses a risk to the Scottish Borders Golden Eagle population, councillors will be told next week.

The 27-foot Knife Angel sculpture has provided a powerful focal point for conversations about the devastating impact of violence and knife crime.

Beavers on Tweed has urged councillors to keep the option of licensed translocations open.

Police Scotland has launched a new campaign urging men to challenge harmful attitudes and help prevent violence against women and girls.

October starts with a packed music programme at Corn Exchange, Haddington, in response to feedback from audiences.

Music lovers were treated to two contrasting experiences from Music in Peebles last week, with an evening exploring how Border ballads have inspired Scottish classical composers.

Borders MP John Lamont said it with flowers when a cafe which has served Galashiels for more than a century closed its doors at the weekend.

An East Lothian farm shop caught selling booze without a licence has been given the go ahead to put it back on the shelves.

A pioneering Scottish Borders student who is empowering women to take up engineering as a career has landed a prestigious award.

West Lothian Council leader Lawrence Fitzpatrick has published letters amid a row over £15m funding for St Kentigern’s Academy.

A Scottish Borders Council-run nursery has transformed its service from ‘adequate’ to ‘very good’, inspectors have found.

Properties in a Berwickshire market town’s first new housing development in a decade will be up for grabs early next month.

West Lothian’s Pride in Place Board wants to hear from residents who believe they can shape a brighter future in three communities.

Tzana Webster, Head of Estate Agency at Edinburgh legal firm Ralph Sayer, has won national recognition for her leadership abilities.

A conservation project working to save Scotland’s critically endangered wildcats has reached a major milestone, with 50 animals now released into the Scottish Highlands since 2023.

ScotRail has outlined plans to make Scotland’s railways greener, including new trains, lower energy use and investment in biodiversity.

The Scottish Greens are calling for unstaffed lending libraries in the 1 in 4 primary schools that do not currently have any library provision.

New figures show North Berwick’s parking scheme has generated around £137,000 in its first three months, well below the annual income forecast presented to councillors.

Green MSP Laura Moodie has criticised a Scottish Borders Council decision to remove support for community-led work exploring the potential return of beavers to the Tweed.

Edinburgh West MP Christine Jardine has announced that she will not be standing for the Scottish Liberal Democrats at the next General Election.

Members of the University and College Union (UCU) at the University of Edinburgh today start five-weeks of strikes in a dispute over £140million cuts and compulsory redundancies.

Plans have been rubber-stamped to convert Jedburgh’s original fire station into a home away from home.

A new door to learning has been opened for students at Borders College after a three-year education ‘at home’ partnership was announced.

Spending a penny will be par for the course after go-ahead was granted for a composting toilet at a coastal golf club in the Scottish Borders.

A motion put before Scottish Borders Council this week supporting the return of beaver wetlands to the Tweed was rejected.