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Alex Salmond gives guarantee on new Sick Kids hospital
POLITICIANS regularly have to register interests in everything from chairmanships to shareholdings.
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Health chiefs spend £22,500 on iPads for senior managers
HEALTH chiefs have spent £22,500 on 35 iPads for board members and senior managers.
Health chiefs threaten to scrap new Sick Kids hospital
HEALTH chiefs are to consider scrapping plans to build a new Sick Kids Hospital at Little France after revealing the project has been delayed again.
25 commentsAction-packed games day for all the family
THE third annual Midlothian Games comes to Bonnyrigg’s King George V Park this summer.
Widow reaches out to ‘like’-minded Facebook users
A YOUNG widow who is writing a book to help children cope with grief as she fights breast cancer has set up a page on social networking website Facebook in anticipation of a major fundraising drive.
Pipers bag contest win
PIPERS from Prestonpans are celebrating after success at a major championships.
Barn plan is approved
DEVELOPERS are set to turn farm buildings into houses after their plans were approved by council chiefs.
£7000 boost for charities
Three charities in the Lothians have been handed more than £7000 between them to help cover their salary costs and buy equipment.
Damaged door repairs cost police £364k in five years
POLICE have shelled out £364,000 to pay for securing damaged doors in the Lothians during the last five years, including payouts for raiding the wrong address six times since the start of last year.
Police launch public survey
POLICE are urging members of the public to take part in a new survey to gauge their views on policing and crime in the Lothians.
Rise in over-60s who self-harm
THERE has been a sharp rise in the number of over-60s hospitalised for self-harm in the Lothians.
1 commentCar emissions tests offered across Midlothian
Drivers across Midlothian are being offered free vehicle emissions testing.
Holidays blamed as measures to cut NHS waiting times stall
ATTEMPTS to cut the number of patients waiting too long for treatment in the Lothians stalled during April, NHS Lothian has said.
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Dodgy driver with 14 road convictions loses gun licence appeal
A DRIVER stripped of his gun licence after being deemed too irresponsible has lost a court battle to win it back.
7 commentsMembers for NHS youth forum sought
new members are being sought for NHS Lothian’s Young People’s Advisory Group (YPAG).
2 commentsDalkeith bar plans get green light
A NEW pub and restaurant is set to be built after the plans were given a green light by council chiefs.
1 commentMidlothian Community Health Partnership to look at homeopathy services
A REVIEW of homeopathy services is to be carried out in the Lothians.
Mark peaks to raise cash
AN animal care assistant will this weekend take part in a mountain climbing challenge in Wales.
Calls to create NHS whistleblowing hotline
THERE were calls in the Scottish Parliament yesterday for a national NHS whistleblowing phone line to be set up in the wake of the NHS Lothian waiting lists scandal.
5 commentsGallery in the frame for pub
A PUB is set to be converted into an art gallery and workshop under plans submitted to council chiefs.
Children’s grief guide author in cancer fight
A YOUNG widow who is writing a book on bereavement for children after her husband died in front of their son has been diagnosed with breast cancer.
Drive sees hospital outbreaks plummet across NHS Lothian
The number of superbug infections in Lothian hospitals has plummeted, new figures show.
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Schoolgirl discovers stowaway scorpion after family holiday
It certainly makes a change from the usual holiday souvenir.
A-listed landmark moves closer to salvation with £500k grant
A CRUMBLING historic mansion has moved a step closer to being saved after the announcement of a £500,000 Scottish Government grant and the signing of a renovation agreement.
Homes plan permission
A DEVELOPER is set to build 41 new homes in the Lothians after the plans were given the green light by council chiefs.
Tenants get advice day
COUNCIL tenants are being encouraged to find out more about the issues affecting them.
Lift your spirits by visiting bluebells
Three Lothians woods have been named in Scotland’s top 20 for bluebells. Woodland Trust Scotland said Ravelston Woods in Edinburgh, Beeslack Wood in Penicuik, Midlothian, and Brock Wood in Dunbar, East Lothian were among the country’s best.
Study on the spread of MRSA between hospitals published
researchers at Edinburgh University have published a study of how the superbug MRSA spreads between hospitals.
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‘Wheel fell off’ another bus run by school ban company
A COACH firm suspended from two school runs after a wheel fell off one of its buses had a similar mishap involving a city bowling club, it was claimed today.
Driver skids off wet road
A DRIVER has been treated in hospital after his car skidded off a road in heavy rain.
James Barbour profile: From hospital porter to chief executive
JAMES Barbour was educated at Madras College, St Andrews and the University of Strathclyde, Glasgow where he gained a BA Joint Honours degree in politics, sociology and economics. He first worked in the NHS as a hospital porter and entered the Graduate Management Training Scheme in 1977. He subsequently worked in posts in Glasgow, at the Great Ormond Street Group of Hospitals in London, Manchester and Aberdeen.
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NHS Lothian bullying report: Calls for review of retired chief’s payout
A DAMNING report into bullying at NHS Lothian has described an “undermining, intimidating, demeaning, threatening and hostile working environment” at the health board.
Pair saved neighbour from blaze but she ran back in
A WOMAN who was pulled from a blazing flat by three policemen had already been rescued from the same fire by a neighbour just minutes earlier.
Notorious Asbo yob cleared of battering man in street fight
A YOB once branded “Scotland’s worst teenager” has walked free from court after being cleared of charges he battered a man unconscious.
Rescuers pull together in bid to save stricken horse
FIFTEEN firefighters and vets spent four hours in a race against time to rescue a pony stuck up to its neck in mud.
Owner David Robinson, 64, who says his ponies have kept him alive after he was diagnosed with cancer, looked on anxiously as rescuers brought Dartmoor pony Lightning to safety.
Calls for quick publication of NHS bullying findings
Calls have been made for the swift publication of a report into the alleged bullying culture at NHS Lothian after Health Minister Nicola Sturgeon revealed she had already received its preliminary findings.
Heroic police officers pull woman from blaze
HERO police officers saved a woman’s life after they burst into a house fire and pulled her from the blaze.
Car crime in Capital more than halved in five years
CAR thefts have more than halved in the last five years, new figures revealed today, with security advances cited as the main reason behind the massive drop.
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Sellers facing tough time as property market stalls
PROPERTY experts have warned of a long stagnation ahead in the Capital’s housing market after the latest figures were revealed.
11 comments307 under-18s treated for drug or alcohol abuse
MORE than 300 youngsters were admitted to emergency wards in the Lothians to be treated after taking drugs or alcohol in 12 months, it was reported today.
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Doctor set to become first female leader in Midlothian
A DOCTOR is set to become the first female leader of Midlothian Council after ousting the Labour Party from power after 84 years.
2 commentsTake stock at gardening day
Vogrie Country Park is to open the doors of its walled garden nursery for a bumper sale of surplus stock.
Former councillor to become private eye
A COUNCILLOR who stood down from his seat ahead of the local government elections is to become a private eye.
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Missing man found safe
Police are appealing for information to help trace a man who has gone missing in Midlothian.
Green councillor gives Midlothian first non-Labour administration
Midlothian’s new Green councillor has put the SNP into power in the county’s first ever non-Labour administration.
13 commentsMurder bid man charged
A MAN has been arrested in connection with an alleged attempted murder of another man who was found in a garden with serious head injuries.
Killer Luke Mitchell breaks silence with letter ‘in own words’
Luke Mitchell has admitted he still thinks about victim Jodi Jones “every day” as he broke his silence for the first time since his murder conviction.
Nine pose as police officers
NINE people have been charged with impersonating a police officer in the force area over the past year, new figures have revealed.
- Family mourn death of Glasgow ‘fight’ schoolboy
- Rangers takeover: Duff & Phelps threaten legal action against BBC
- Today’s youth not fit to be employed, says car firm Arnold Clark
- Rangers administration: Fans fear Duff & Phelps claims could scare off Green
- Rangers takeover: triple penalty punishment enough, says Johnston
- Alistair Darling leads ‘No to independence’ fight over tea and biscuits
- Scottish independence: SNP flip-flops over Nato
- Scottish Independence: SNP ‘won’t be Yes campaign’s only voice’
- Today’s youth not fit to be employed, says car firm Arnold Clark
- Scottish independence: ‘People here are best qualified to run Scotland’
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