The Scottish Government has now delivered more than 350,000 Baby Boxes packed with essential items for newborns in Scotland in the last eight years. The box and its contents worth an estimated £400 ...

A British Legion club could be turned into a pub amid claims it would help foster a feeling of community in its town. An application to change the use of the Penicuik social club to a public house has ...

A 39-year-old man has been jailed for nine years for serious sexual offences in the Falkirk and West Lothian areas. Kevin Malloy was sentenced at the High Court in Glasgow on Wednesday, 13 August, ...

Fresh plans for housing on a grassland originally set aside for a public park for residents in Wallyford have been lodged with East Lothian Council. Taylor Wimpey’s plans to create more than 90 new ...

Pensioners have lost their battle to save a West Lothian community café in their retirement home from closure. An 11th-hour rescue plan, which would have kept just one paid member of staff at the ...

Plans for a Battery Energy Storage System (BESS) on land near Dunbar are set to be opposed by East Lothian Council over a lack of information about road safety, impact on the countryside and flood ...

Police are appealing for information after a 39-year-old man was seriously assaulted in Edinburgh city centre. Around 11.40pm on Tuesday, 12 August, 2025, the man was seriously assaulted on ...

Plans to convert a horse field into a new site for glamping will go before councillors next week after nearly 100 objections were lodged. Concerns over the impact of the new venture on public health ...

Hearts have called Adam Forrester back from his loan at St Johnstone to cover the absence of newcomer, Christian Borchgrevink, who is likely to be sidelined for six to eight weeks. The 20-year-old, ...

Scotland’s fire service has been ordered to review working from home amid complaints from frontline firefighters over “invisible” top brass. HM Fire Service Inspectorate (HMFSI) have told Scottish ...

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The cause of the fire on Arthur’s Seat remains unknown but the Scottish Fire and Rescue Service say that the majority of fires of this nature are started by human behaviour Firefighters remain at the ...