Emergencies, safety and crime news

Warning for bird keepers

Published on 6 Feb 2025

Bird keepers are being instructed to follow strict measures to help protect their flocks from the threat of avian flu. This is in response to a recent increase in cases of Avian Influenza.
Do you use dog boarding or day care facilities?

Published on 29 Nov 2023

If you use a dog day care facility or send your dog for overnight boarding even occasionally, you should ask to see a copy of the current licence, advises our Environmental Health Service.
Shopkeeper fined

Published on 19 May 2023

Midlothian Council Trading Standards team issued fixed penalty notices to a shopkeeper and his employer for selling a nicotine-based ‘vape’ product to a young person under 18.

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