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The use of toxic weedkiller has been also a hot topic in Dalkeith ward with volunteers in Danderhall creating their own gardening group to take over public space and reclaiming their mining heritage at the same time

Dr Amy Small, a locum GP in Midlothian, has warned that the pressure and demand for doctors in the area could have a life-threatening impact on the local community.

The business owner wants to retire and build a new home for the next generation of his family to live in as they take over after revealing the site had been a victim of break-ins in the past.

The remains of a white Seat were then seen in a Penicuik, Midlothian, in the early hours of Tuesday, April 12.

Hour-long queues of people waiting to collect prescriptions have been reported while a bid for a new pharmacy which could ease the pressure was rejected under contract rules

The National Pub & Bar Awards have named the best local for each region in the UK, with Edinburgh, Midlothian, East Lothian and West Lothian's best boozer named in the list of nearly 100 businesses

The frozen food chain has pointed to its community work with other local authorities during the pandemic as a reason it should be given green light for store on site where other retail plans have been rejected in the last year

Regular visitors to Gladhouse Reservoir have urged the council to lift the ban saying it will stop people who need direct access from using it.

The health board blamed an 'admin' error after parents in Midlothian and West Lothian were told their children had an underlying health condition and invited them to receive their Covid vaccine early