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The Day Today store, Tranent, appealed for help identifying an alleged shoplifter

Shoplifters are ‘not being taught how to behave’ in stores

Visitor parking spaces on new housing estates in Midlothian are set to be reduced

New measures set to reduce private car use at new developments

The Thistle, Glasgow's new drug consumption room is based at the Hunter Street health and care centre

Midlothian Council has no plans to trial safe consumption rooms

Gifford village shop was previously known as Nisa but is now Premier, according to the licence application

Village shop bids to have alcohol license reinstated

Costs challenged as railway celebrates 10th anniversary

A section of the A7 near Melvile Dykes Roundabout in Midlothian is set to be upgraded

£1.5m project to make busy road pedestrian friendly to start in summer

Humbie Primary School will remain closed for the next school year

Local authority to keep two village schools closed for another year

East Lothian Council looks set to raise council tax by ten per cent

East Lothian Council writes off £800,000 in bad debt

Councillors discussed the issue at Midlothian Council headquarters in Dalkeith today, Tuesday, December 19.

Midlothian records 30 per cent rise in hate crime incidents

Taxi rank in Tranent

Taxi fares set to rise as operators face increase in costs

An artist's impression of the new Beeslack High School

Eight Midlothian schools face review after gender court rulings

The old workshop building at Carrington Mains Farm, outside Gorebridge, Midlothian

Controversial cafe plans given go-ahead despite objections

Belhaven Road in East Lothain will remain closed after a water pipe burst

East Lothian coastal road to remain closed for days

Musselburgh plays host to the Edinburgh marathon each year

Marathon brewers given go ahead to serve pints at finish line

Asda Express at Haddington Retail Park

East Lothian Asda wins right to sell booze at petrol station

Thistly Cross Roundabout on the A1 in East Lothian.

Council calls for review of A1 litter pick-ups

Asda Express is based in Haddington Retail Park, Haddington

Supermarket giant applies to be able to sell alcohol at petrol station
Supermarket chain Asda has applied to sell alcohol from a petrol station despite failing to find any customers who said they relied on its shop for groceries.
Marie Sharp, LDR

East Linton Gala is held on the village park

Gala organisers fight for drink tent's return to event after 2024 ban

The old workshop building at Carrington Mains Farm, outside Gorebridge, Midlothian

Plans to convert farm workshop into cafe splits opinions of residents

The glasshouse at Smeaton Nursery and Tearoom is set to be replaced with solar panels to support the garden nursery business.

Garden nursery looks to cut dependence on power grid with solar panels

Spire Shawfair Hospital in Midlothian.

Local hospital gets go-ahead for new eight-bed ward

Tartan Pooch Parlour is set to open in a football club building

Midlothian dog grooming parlour to open in football club building

An artists impression of the proposed houses at Cairnbank Road, Penicuik

New bid for Midlothian homes rejected by planners

Spire Shawfair Hospital

Private Midlothian hospital gets go ahead for new eight-bed ward

Mauricewood Primary School parents are calling for more support

Parents raise safety concerns over Midlothian primary school

Potholes cost East Lothian Council nearly £500,000 to repair last year

East Lothian Council spent nearly £500,000 fixing potholes last year

Sheriffhall Park and Ride has new CCTV cameras installed to protect users

Midlothian car park used by NHS gets new CCTV amid safety concerns

Centre gets green light for solar panels
A Musselburgh community group has been given the green light to rent its roof space to a green energy firm to put solar panels on.
Marie Sharp, LDR

SNP MSP faces election challenge from council leader

Cromwell Court flats in Dunbar overlook the harbour

East Lothian planners reject holiday flat license for a second time

Traffic routes through communities like Lasswade are under pressure in Midlothian

Midlothian councillors call for investigation into new bridge network

Schools across Midlothian, like Loanhead PS pictured, will adopt new expectations over uniform policy from August

Midlothian schools can no longer enforce branded uniforms

Midlothian CCTV upgrades

Midlothian's CCTV catches crime and boosts safety

Newtongrange Primary School playground has no fixed play equipment

Parent council wins first step in fight for playground equipment

Fly tipping on a footpath in Prestonpans, East Lothian

East Lothian Council targets fly tipping

An artist's impression of the main entrance of new Beeslack High School in Midlothian

Council unanimously approves plans for new £120m school

Stone carver Josephine Crosslands, a former participant in East Lothian traditional skills festival, carving a distance stone for the Antonine Wall

Council launches bursary scheme to repair historic buildings

Newtongrange Primary School playground has no fixed play equipment

Midlothian parents urge school to upgrade 'deteriorated' playground

Giancarlo’s restaurant in Tranent High Street

Popular Italian restaurant set to reopen after two years

The cottage in Longniddry is set to be demolished to make way for modern housing

East Lothian homes face objections

Sports centres see 10 per cent drop in customers

Pub gets official approval for beer garden 30 years after opening

Harbour Point office building in Musselburgh could be turned into student housing

Student housing plans unveiled in East Lothian

Owners of the former North Berwick bank hall in Westgate have failed in bid to turn it into a house for a fourth time

Council rejects plans to turn former bank hall into home

East Lothian Council headquarters at John Muir House, Haddington

Council seeks retrospective planning permission for roof works

Edinburgh-based Helen Gillanders was at the helm of Dunbar Primary School for 15 years before stepping down in the summer of 2023.

Tributes paid to popular Edinburgh-based East Lothian headteacher

Newtongrange Leisure Centre could close at the weekends to save money

Council scraps free sports centre access for vulnerable residents