Marie Sharp

The former petrol station site at Hillend has been used to sell Christmas trees every festive season for 30 years.

Councillors were keen to stress the representatives would still be on the committee and were not ‘being silenced’ but said they should not be able to vote as they were not elected

A meeting of the council heard families were paying £1,400 a month to rent three-bedroom ex council houses in Midlothian

East Lothian Council’s petitions committee has referred a call for the project to be ‘paused and reviewed’ to a special meeting of elected members planned for next month after thousands backed campaign

The EH32 Summer Festival was ordered to cancel Sunday events last year but are now being allowed to hold them again after promising to restrict performances to acoustic acts with ‘no drums’

Councillors expressed concern over drivers behaviour at Domino’s Tranent and Musselburgh branches saying lessons had to be learned

The overnight parking ban was planned for 10pm to 6am but after requests from photo enthusiasts it will be lifted at 4am

The distillery hopes to become a stopping point for cycle races and runs in the future along with widening out its annual programme of events

First Minister John Swinney this week confirmed plans to give £12.5million in education aid to three African countries in Scottish Government spending plans

Councillors will be asked to declared a housing emergency with the number of affordable homes due to be built over next five years dropping dramatically.