Government to review access to banking services

Scottish Green MSP for Edinburgh Central Lorna Slater has today urged the Scottish Government to commit to developing a national Wool Strategy.

As part of their Community Fund, the NWH Group supported Bowls Midlothian’s Youth Academy with a donation of £450.

Members of the MTF steering committee met with the VOCAL team at Dalkeith Country Park to launch the collaboration.

A respite service is providing “flexible friends” for older people in Tweedbank, an inspection has found.

More than £11 million in funding available for organisations to help customers with their tax affairs.

An evangelical church hopes to boost usage of a village community centre after taking the keys two months ago.

Melville Golf Centre have begun offering events for veterans aiming to target the social isolation many face.

The Mayfield and Easthouses Gala Day returned on Saturday, providing a day of fun and activities for the local community.

The Mary Queen of Scots’ Visitor Centre in Jedburgh is the Scottish Borders most popular museum attraction, a new report reveals.

On Sunday, the Poltonhall and Bonnyrigg Gala Day returned at Poltonhall recreation Ground.

A Berwickshire nursery is giving children a “sense of belonging” but improvements to recruitment procedures are needed, a new report concludes.

A Selkirk councillor has issued an appeal to parents after another vandal attack at a mothballed town school over the weekend.

Former Scotland player Stephen O’Donnell has backed a Scottish charity appeal to feed hungry children in Haiti ahead of the nations’ World Cup clash.

As Scotland prepares for its first men’s World Cup appearance since 1998, ScottishPower and SSE are gearing up to help power what is expected to be one of the biggest electricity surge events in Scotland for the early hours of a  Sunday morning.

Saving Wildcats has announced a third consecutive year of wild births, with several released females confirmed to have given birth to new litters in the Cairngorms National Park this June.

University of Glasgow and Scottish Football Museum team up to bring virtual reality ‘Wonder’ to Barclays Hampden for World Cup.

This View has been written by Midlothian View reader, Philip Reilly

He welcomed a judge’s decision over single sex toilets in a newly-built village school.

A report into the death of a man in a toilet cubicle at Edinburgh City Chambers will be heard by councillors in private.

A petition calling for plans to introduce parking charges across East Lothian to be put on hold will be considered by councillors next week after receiving nearly 4,400 signatures.

A petition has been filed in a bid to save an Edinburgh nursery that is being eyed for demolition.

Penicuik Athletics Youth Football Club travelled to Midlothian’s twinned region in Germany to take part in an international tournament.

Around 25,000 children from across the UK are set to take part in the 2026 Rotary Children’s Fun Day, organised by Rotary clubs nationwide on and around the 10th of June.

Sunlaws Development Company Limited want to build the Southside Data Centre on land at Clawbare Cottage in Longformacus.