2+ day, 16+ hour ago   (882+ words) Open land on the banks of the River Almond is home to otters, deer and many other wildlife. Now a teenage villager in Mid Calder has raised a petition of more than 1,000 signatures against an appeal by Robertson Homes whose…...

3+ day, 7+ hour ago   (523+ words) Plans have been agreed to transform Princes Street and Waverley Valley.(Image: Edinburgh Council) Edinburgh councillors voted in favour of transforming Princes Street and Waverley Valley under ambitious plans. The Planning Committee came to the agreement to implement a number…...

4+ day, 13+ hour ago   (513+ words) Lack of legal smoke alarn systems blamed for rise in sub standard homes in East Lothian Private tenants and home owners are being offered council support to improve living conditions with nearly a half of housing falling below ‘tolerable standards…...

5+ day, 12+ hour ago   (360+ words) Thousands of people face mounting debts Staff in West Lothian’s Anti-Poverty Service helped people across the county deal with more than £8m of debt in the last year. It is one of a list of eye-watering figures revealed to councillors, the…...

6+ day, 12+ hour ago   (668+ words) A game of tag went very wrong for Ollie Davey(Image: Daily Star) A schoolboy was impaled on a door handle after a simple game of tag went "horribly wrong". Mum Natalie Davey was finishing up at work when she…...

1+ week, 17+ min ago   (964+ words) Ken overlooking the field where the BESS would be located.(Image: Edinburgh Live ) Edinburgh residents have said that it would be a "travesty" if a proposed Battery Energy Storage System (BESS) is approved and built on an agricultural field near…...

1+ week, 1+ day ago   (292+ words) An Edinburgh man subjected his partner to a campaign of targeted abuse, telling her that he shared a video of her having sex. Tom Ellingham also posted screenshots of her private messages to her neighbours and stuck them onto the…...

1+ week, 9+ hour ago   (274+ words) The group were caught on camera (Image: Supplied) A group of masked West Lothian thieves were caught on camera allegedly nicking items from a local residents car. Video footage was captured shortly before 3am on Friday, September 4. The trio were in…...

1+ week, 16+ hour ago   (183+ words) Police are investigating the blaze West Lothian police have launched an investigation following a suspicious car blaze. Around 9.45pm on August 25, police were made aware a white Jeep Avenger had been deliberately set alight in Bathgate. The fire took place on…...

1+ week, 2+ day ago   (551+ words) An Edinburgh boy who was diagnosed with aggressive brain cancer when he was just 11 days old has "beaten the odds" to start school. Joey Sharp had only been home for a week when he was taken back into hospital in…...