A baby Santa has been found together with a sleigh and snow, an elf, turkey and all the trimmings – in a festive search of Scotland’s families.  Researchers at National Records of Scotland (NRS) found ...

The owner of a house built during lockdown despite a warning to stop construction has lost an appeal to Scottish Ministers ...

Council officers came under fire after the cost of transporting pupils to school rose by nearly £1million despite a huge increase in its annual budget. A meeting of Midlothian councillors this week ...

Jye Etheridge is Berwick Bandits’ fifth signing for the 2026 season and he rejoins the Borders club after spending 2025 at ...

The council’s Development Management Sub Committee meets on Wednesday, and one of the matters they will discuss is the New Town Quarter. If that name does not mean anything to you then it refers to ...

The driver of a private hire vehicle has had his licence suspended for a week. The driver admitted picking up a passenger outside Waverley Station without a pre-booking which is necessary for private ...

An Edinburgh man once convicted of growing marijuana in his attic has been granted a private hire driver’s licence. Marcin Krzysztof Rozwadowski was sentenced in 2017 to 250 hours of unpaid work after ...

Councillors reacted with anger as they were asked to approve an ‘eye-watering’ £10.7million in additional funds to refurbish a secondary school. The cost of the work at Penicuik High School increased ...

Detectives are appealing for information after three women were sexually assaulted in the Stockbridge area of Edinburgh on Friday, 12 December. Around 5.20pm on Fettes Row, a woman was approached from ...

East Lothian education chiefs are being urged to “see sense” and pay neighbouring Midlothian Council for providing places in their Catholic secondary school for pupils. Children from Loretto RC ...

Emergency services including several fire engines, police vehicles, and an ambulance were called to Melville Street in Edinburgh’s West End around 11.25am this morning Tuesday, December 16 following a ...

West Lothian Council has agreed to sell its former Livingston offices for £500,000. The sale will see the council take a £300,000 hit when its initial sale of Arrocher House fell through. An earlier ...