Calls for an Edinburgh tourist tax to be raised to up to 8% to tackle the city’s housing crisis have been rejected.

A future for Gorgie City Farm has been secured with the agreement of a 25 year lease by the city council.

A full environmental assessment will be needed before plans for a £350m holiday park near Hawick can move forward.

Scottish Ministers have backed plans to build an extra 150 homes on land earmarked for a public park.

The Planning and Environmental Appeals Decision this week granted permission for the Wull Muir development near Heriot.

A senior councillor accused of making an ‘inappropriate’ comment to a young council worker has been cleared of breaching any standards.

A Bathgate community group has rejected plans which would have seen it paying £90,000 a year.

Scottish Borders Council planning officers rejected the application for the windows installed at eight flats in Duns.

St Columba’s Hospice Care set to receive a donation of up to £162K from The Royal Edinburgh Military Tattoo.

Objectors say guests would be put at risk by 100mph flying golf balls

Four overnight road closures of the A702 are planned.

A series of in person engagement events has been announced as part of the consultation on proposed changes to speed limits in Scotland.

All Scottish councils must learn from the weaknesses says the Accounts Commission.

A wizard-themed holiday let above the café where JK Rowling famously wrote Harry Potter has been rejected.

Councillors are days away from grasping a ‘once in a lifetime’ opportunity to introduce a levy.

One of Melville Housing Association’s longest serving staff members retires.

The council’s revenues team is holding drop-in sessions throughout January to help people who may be eligible help.

Thousands of taxpayers have already done so by completing their tax returns before the fizz was barely flat on New Year’s Day.

Midlothian MP Kirsty McNeill writes her monthly column for Midlothian View.

Christine Grahame MSP writes her monthly column for Midlothian View.

The plan to develop low carbon energy projects valued at £145 million includes a new flagship energy centre.

Councillors have approved a new strategy to enable more people to walk, wheel and cycle. 

Newtongrange train station has undergone a transformation this year.

The new store will be the family-run retailer’s 57th store in the UK and its first ever in Scotland.