Month: June 2024

A gypsy travellers camp which was closed in 2021 after extensive vandalism will need more than £220,000 to make it safe to live on, a report has revealed.

School bosses have vowed to review evacuation procedures after pupils were left out on a playing field for up to two hours in baking heat earlier this week.

Hundreds of blue badges in Midlothian were registered with dead people costing the council an estimated £202,000 in lost revenue.

Candidates fighting to represent Midlothian at Westminster will face each other at a public hustings this week.

Plans to build two new homes have been approved on appeal after developers revealed they would be planting nearly 2,000 new trees on the land.

Residents of Newtongrange’s Lothian Terrace marked 100 years since their homes were built with a good old-fashioned street party.

Drivers are being reminded to be alert for roe deer on the roads at this time of year.

The Scottish Government has today confirmed grant funding of £125,000 for the Midlothian Climate Action Hub in 2024-25.