A new strategy to help reduce the growing homeless list in West Lothian is to go before councillors. It follows a year in which more than 1,000 households had no permanent roof over their head in in ...

Construction leaders in Scotland have called for urgent industry-wide collaboration to find solutions to Scotland’s ‘green skills’ gap.  Gathering at Sustainabuild Assembly, a networking event focused ...

Plans to invest £20 million in a Midlothian community will not go ahead under the new Labour Government, Midlothian’s MP has confirmed. Former Prime Minister Rishi Sunak promised the funding for ...

Recent statistics show that just under half of households in the UK are three-bedroom properties. These are popular because they strike the right balance in terms of space for growth, but without too ...

A 37-year-old man from Edinburgh has been sentenced to 44 months in prison for explosives offences and possession of incident images of children. Ryan O’Donnell was sentenced yesterday, Wednesday, 12 ...

Parking charges in Edinburgh are set to rise by up to 13% – putting the cost of leaving a car in some city centre streets at £9 an hour – under budget proposals to go before councillors next week.

Police in Livingston have blitzed dangerous parking around the town centre’s Asda petrol station. The ticketing swoop targeted drivers who parked on the access road to the shopping centre’s old car ...

A veteran former SNP councillor is hoping for a return to the council chambers after being announced as the Alba party candidate for the upcoming Broxburn by-election. Frank Anderson, who served ...

New technology is saving one distillery £20,000 per year in energy bills. Installation of new state-of-the-art technology has now been completed at Kingsbarns Distillery, operated by Wemyss Family ...

Rugby legend, Scott Hastings presented a cheque for £8,250 to St Columba’s following a successful sponsored walk organised by Watsonians Football Club and Kelso Rugby Football Club. Another cheque for ...

Allanwater Homes is now taking off-plan reservations at its newest development at Caskieberran in Glenrothes. With starting prices from £184,995, a price which is below Glenrothes’ average property ...

The Portobello Older People’s Project (POPP) has been going “for years”. Two sessions are held each week, bringing older people together in the church hall behind the High Street. For some it is a ...