West Lothian Tory group leader welcomes school toilets decision

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 bid to provide a busy town library with public toilets using community funds is being made by East Lothian Council.

A plan to help the thousands of people who care for others in West Lothian has been welcomed by councillors.

Plans for a new bridge near a Borders village in Tweeddale have been rubber-stamped by Scottish Borders Council.

Traffic calming measures for a tiny rural community have been given the go ahead after the same parked van was hit twice in separate night time accidents.

A number of Edinburgh pupils may be struggling to afford food and clothing due to their immigration status without their schools even knowing it, according to a council document.

West Lothian’s councillors were paid a total in the 25/26 financial year of more than £1m.

Preston Tower in Prestonpans has been announced by the Royal Incorporation of Architects in Scotland (RIAS) as one of 10 outstanding buildings which are winners in the 2026 RIAS Awards.

East Lothian Planning Committee met on Tuesday and heard two applications; the car park in Dunbar and a new house in Prestonpans.

A ballot will be held next week after 16 candidates threw their hats into the ring for just 12 available places on Jedburgh Community Council.

Scottish Borders Council has been asked to approve the use of a house in Jedburgh as a childminding business.

To ‘ease pressure on hospitals and tackle the crisis in care’, the Scottish Greens have called for every social care worker across Scotland to be paid at least £15 an hour.

Two by-elections will be held in the Southside/Newington and Portobello/Craigmillar wards.

The amount of debt required to be written-off by Scottish Borders Council fell in the last financial year, councillors will be informed next week.

Linlithgow’s Lib Dem councillor has plans to call for greater controls on vape shops.

Applications are now open for the Best Start Grant School Age Payment.

Balaclava wearing youths at the centre of antisocial behaviour problems in a Midlothian town centre have been warned “we will find you”.

Shoplifting incidents increased in Midlothian by 45 percent during the last quarter with police saying the cost of living and organised crime gangs are at the centre of the rise.

Bans and restrictions on mobile phone use across Edinburgh schools are up for consideration by city councillors.

Councillors have agreed a programme for this financial year to spend more than £207m on improving and expanding council housing across the city.

A plea has been issued by a Berwickshire councillor after litter louts left bags of rubbish at a tourism hotspot.

Linlithgow should be one of the first towns to introduce parking fines, local councillors have demanded.

Five new firework control zones could come to Edinburgh for Bonfire Night this year under plans going to councillors for approval.