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News published December 2024

  • Council's Ageing Well Co-ordinator on New Year Honours List

    Published 31 Dec 2024

    We are so proud the council’s Ageing Well Co-ordinator Vivian Wallace has been awarded an MBE in the New Year Honours List for services to older people.

  • Transition tours of Easthouses Primary

    Published 24 Dec 2024

    Families of Mayfield Primary pupils who will be attending Easthouses Primary when they return from the festive break can now book onto a tour of the school.

  • Who won our gritter naming competition?

    Published 23 Dec 2024

    From ‘Frank, Grit the Floor!’ to ‘No Ice, Ice Baby’, the 300 entries to our gritter naming competition have kept Midlothian Council Leader Councillor Kelly Parry laughing all the way to Christmas.

  • Councillors endorse updated low carbon energy business plan

    Published 20 Dec 2024

    Councillors have endorsed an updated five-year business plan for Midlothian Energy Limited (MEL), a joint venture between the council and Vattenfall Heat UK (part of Swedish energy company Vattenfall

  • Morrisons opens after signing lease with council

    Published 20 Dec 2024

    Just in time for the pre-Christmas shopping rush, Morrisons Daily has officially opened in a modern, energy efficient retail space after signing a 15-year lease with Midlothian Council.

  • Mayfield Primary classes to relocate

    Published 19 Dec 2024

    Mainstream classes at Mayfield Primary School are to relocate to Easthouses Primary School after a spate of vandalism, as well as water damage and electrical faults in the building. 

  • Making it easier to walk, wheel and cycle

    Published 19 Dec 2024

    Councillors have approved a new strategy to enable more people to walk, wheel and cycle.  

  • Giving local people skills for life

    Published 18 Dec 2024

    Midlothian councillors have praised the progress made in helping local people build skills for learning, life, and work. 

  • Update on resurfacing of pathway

    Published 17 Dec 2024

    Plans to resurface the pathway NCN 196 from Auchendinny to Rosewell are to be suspended temporarily due to weather conditions.

  • Midlothian to pursue more twinning relationships

    Published 17 Dec 2024

    Midlothian Council is to seek out more twinning arrangements with other countries.