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Jozi and resident Mairi

Scotland’s care home residents share their top tips for those preparing for an u...

Jozi and resident Mairi

Edinburgh's care home residents share their top tips for those preparing for an ...

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East Lothian residents could face 10 per cent council tax hike

Sewage tankers empty a local tank at the bottom of Graham Drummond's garden several times a week.

Council leader calls for sewage solution for residents

Margaret (Re-engage Guest) Lyndsey Rafferty (EICC) and Anne Grindley (Group Coordinator, Re-engage) at the EICC

It’s a wonderful life celebrating the festive season

Scotland's 15 'happiest places to live' in 2024 named

The scene on Baberton Mains Avenue, Edinburgh, after the explosion a year ago. Picture: Lesley Martin/PA Wire

Residents evacuated after gas blast one step nearer returning

Christine Klien is one of the Prestonpans residents who appealed over bin sheds.

East Lothian residents lose fight to keep bin sheds

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Residents at local care home enjoy firefighters visit

Nigel Cooper and his Koi pond in Ulverston, Cumbria.

Fish-eating otters killed my koi-carp. Now my dog scares them away

Pupils evacuated from school due to emergency gas repairs

Residents at Care UK’s Cairdean House were joined by pupils from Colinton Primary School for a poetry session

Edinburgh care home residents host intergenerational poetry session that’s plot ...

Residents in Elphinstone are angry developers are pushing ahead with plans to remove woodlands and create a footpath over their amenity land

Angry residents demand action over unbearable sewage smells

Parts of Pontypridd, South Wales, have been left submerged in water as the River Taff bursts its banks.

Watch: Residents bail out their flooded homes after heavy rainfall

Emergency surveys of West Lothian Council properties were carried out in the wake of the discovery of RAAC.

West Lothian council urged to support petition for RAAC compensation
National RAAC campaigners have called on West Lothian Council to back their petition to the Scottish Government.
Stuart Sommerville

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Scotland named as home to some of the best gift-givers in the UK

Melville Castle operators appealed after planners rejected an extension for their marque

Historic Midlothian castle wins fight to keep wedding marquee

A late night snowman in Weston Park. Photo: David Kessen, National World

Daredevils filmed sledging down alleys and hurling snowballs

Weeds line the gutter of Broughton Place around communal bins. 78 local residents supported a petition by Shane Carter calling for improved street cleaning in the city.

City's streets “disgusting and disgraceful” councillors told

Horrified residents are demanding action after their neighbours turned their home into a makeshift TIP with tonnes of rubbish dumped on the driveway.

Nightmare tenant with rubbish dump in front garden gets EVICTED

City Plan 2030 is setting aside enough land to accommodate 53,000 much needed homes. Picture: Andrew Matthews/PA Wire

Planning ahead for housing - James Dalgleish

Gregor Poynton says recent incidents involving fireworks have caused distress in communities.

MP urges Firework Control Zones after spike in anti-social behaviour

Call for local councils to have speed camera powers

Police have issued a warning following an increase in keyless car thefts across the Milton Keynes area

Residents warned to be vigilant after spate of keyless car thefts

According to Councillor Mitchell concerns have been expressed by residents and businesses regarding the number of urban seagulls nesting in the city

'Menacing' seagull population spared following concerns from RSPB

Resurfacing works on Parkgrove Crescent in Edinburgh were carried out around parked cars, leaving patches of untreated road.

New approach on road resurfacing makes them last 10 years longer
Around 60 roads in Edinburgh and another 60 pavements have been resurfaced this year using fast-acting, cost-effective materials - up to 10 times as many as could be achieved with a traditional approach.
Ian Swanson

Owen Turner (inset) has been jailed for 9 break-ins to businesses across Blackpool

Burglar responsible for 9 raids including theft at Costa Coffee jailed

The Ritz Cinema first opened in September 1929 before closing in the 1980s and later demolished to make way for flats. Val Rendall said ‘The Ritzy on Rodney Street had a Saturday matinée for us kids was fab in the early 70s.’ Lorraine Murie added: "The Saturday matinée was my favourite time of the week.”

Locals share sentimental locations that bring back childhood memories

MP calls for option of firework control zones to be kept under review

The Ripple Project charity tackles poverty and inequality in Restalrig, Lochend and Craigentinny in Edinburgh

Here's what cuts to support of vulnerable will mean

Horrified residents are demanding action after their neighbours turned their home into a makeshift TIP with tonnes of rubbish dumped on the driveway.

Next door has a rubbish dump in the garden...it's making our kids sick

The joys of Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt, with Liam Kennedy and Tui. (pic by Dominic Scurr).

I visited Egypt's desert jewel and left with smile wider than Sinai

Antichi Sapori, on Great Junction Street in Edinburgh, has gone up for sale, just a few months after it opened.

Sandwich bar offering 'amazing Italian food' goes up for sale

The Manse Road bus gate is one of the most controversial features of the Corstorphine low traffic neighbourhood.

Bus gate removed as low traffic neighbourhood made permanent

All the 5s for Manor Grange Care Home Care Inspectorate inspection grades.

Local care home celebrates increase in grades

Resident and their family at Cramond's charity event

Aloha fun had at care home’s charity event

Village fights quarry expansion over ‘earthquake’ blasts

Retired bank worker, Nick Wisniewski, 66, is the last person living on 'Britain's loneliest street' which is all due to be knocked down - but he's refusing to move.

'I'm not moving!' Council move to evict man on derelict estate

Local residents held a protest at the gate which they say is often locked at Dalkeith Country Park.

Protests over ‘closed’ gate at Dalkeith country park

Police have patrolled with fire crews in Midlothian in the past. (Police Scotland)

Midlothian residents given bonfire waste amnesty

MSP 'horrified' at safety failures in hundreds of council homes

JD Wetherspoon has revealed when the Foot of the Walk bar in Edinburgh will close.

JD Wetherspoon shares the exact date historic pub will close its doors

Iconic city hotel set to open new cocktail bar and restaurant

The 10 most takeaway-obsessed cities named - with the capital taking the top spot (Photo: Adobe Stock)

Which UK cities are the most take-away obsessed

Communal bin roll-out to estate halted after residents object

Retired engineer Derek Mills, who lives at West Pilton Grove, is another council resident waiting on ventilation improvements.

Tenants in ‘potential death trap’ council homes left reeling

Loanhead Library will host one of the four hubs. (Google Maps)

Council relaunches warm and well hubs during Challenge Poverty Week

How much money do you need to earn to be comfortable in the capital?

How much money do you need to earn to be comfortable in the capital?

New East Lothian housing estate left with 'path to nowhere'

Parking permits and charges to be introduced on three more streets

Briar Cottage is set to be replaced with home 'more suited' to its street in Gullane

Bid to turn cottage into new home sparks anger

The Sunday Times has published its Care Home League Table 2024 for Scotland. Photo: Pixabay

Scotland’s Top 10 care homes named - including three in Edinburgh

Museum proposed to close in council search for savings

Resident Isla McGill helped create the winning artwork

Edinburgh care home residents celebrate creative success on National Day of Arts...