Midlothian Council

The Nevis Ensemble has staged hundreds of performances since the company was formed five years ago (Picture: Tommy Ga-Ken Wan)

As Scotland's cultural crisis claims another victim, the future looks bleak

Most younger children in Midlothian would no longer have access to any musical instrument tuition under the proposals put forward by the council.

Musical instrument lessons for most children to be axed in Scottish council area

Britain's housebuilders are looking to ramp up the construction of new homes to plug the gap between demand and supply.

More than 30 family homes set for release this Easter in Midlothian village

Boys playing in a soccer match. Picture: Getty Images

Parents reducing children’s hobbies due to rising energy bills, study suggests

Learning a musical instrument can lead to improved thinking skills in old age, according to new research

Playing music in childhood linked to sharper mind in later life

The swimming pool at the Mariner Centre in Camelon is among a growing number of facilities closed across Scotland. Picture: Scott Louden

Councils warn of more swimming pool closures due to chlorine shortage

James Barnes, director of landowner Melville Nursery and the former chief executive of Dobbies Garden Centres, is leading the application for the Midlothian business park, together with development consultancy Advie Properties.

Plans submitted for major 'green' office park on outskirts of Edinburgh

Midlothian Council has heightened its Brexit risk assessment

Heightened Brexit risk in Midlothian

The paddock at the centre of the planning application

Midlothian landowner wants to build house on a horse's paddock

The Duke of Buccleuch's firm is behind the proposals

£50 million Dalkeith warehouse to create hundreds of jobs

House plan was likened to a home in Malibu - minus the miles of golden sandy beaches.

Pathhead house plan likened to a 'Malibu beach house'

Each pot hole costs an average £40 to fix

Midlothian councillors veto £40k a year business manager job

A computer generated image of Shawfair town.

New towns meet housing need and changing property demands - Nick Waugh

'I could have been born of slaves' -Councillor Joe Wallace

Midlothian councillor discovers his ancestors were victims of forced servitude

Award winning farmer: Peter Eccles

Go Native & Wild with Midlothian family farm's new product range

How the New Pentland project could look

New £22.4 million Straiton retail park plan for hotel, shops and housing

Expansion plans: The Secret Herb Garden

Secret Herb Garden jobs boost with planned visitor centre and tasting room

Hillend Destination resort in Midlothian took another step forward as councillors granted planning permission

Green light for £13.8 million Hillend Destination winter sport centre

Live lessons are now an option for Edinburgh schools but education chiefs say they will not be the norm

First day of home learning disrupted

The yellow warning of snow and ice will affect the east of Scotland.

Further warnings of snow and ice in east of Scotland

The Met Office has said that the weather warning will end this morning.

Yellow weather warning for Scotland

Around 160 pupils at Lasswade High School are currently self-isolating.

Covid: Third of pupils at Lasswade High off

Hart Builders, part of the Cruden Group has secured a major contract to build a new affordable housing development on behalf of Midlothian Council.

Work to get underway on £10m council housing project in Midlothian

Eilidh and her kids at farm signpost

Midlothian farm is set to launch a self-service butcher’s shop

Even pre-coronavirus, pupils were missing school.

Thousands of children on a long-term absence from school

Edinburgh and the Lothians are projected to experience higher than the Scottish average population growth in the decade to mid-2028. Picture: SWNS

Why Edinburgh and Lothians have the fastest growing populations

Achref Bejaoui, 25, performs parkour, a sport that originated in France in the 1990s. Picture: Karin Jaafar/AFP via Getty Images

What is parkour? The extreme sport that has surged in popularity due to Covid-19

Connie Rutherford, 12 and Edward Renwick 10 do Parkour in Holyrood Park.

‘Socially distanced’ parkour sees surge in popularity amid coronavirus pandemic

The Met Office has issued yellow weather warnings for parts of the UK, including Scotland, as Storm Ellen is set to move in from the Atlantic, bringing strong winds with it (Photo: Oskari Porkka/Shutterstock)

Storm Ellen: Met Office issues weather warnings for strong winds

Pupils eating school meals and talking

Scots councils pay price for school lunch online payment system

More Midlothian Council savings agreed to meet budget

Midlothian Council auditors praise efforts to balance the budget

Millerhill recycling centre officially opened

Midlothian Council suspends the use of weed killer

50mph zipline ride among plans to boost Hillend leisure facilities

Planners deal major blow to Straiton film studio bid

State-of-art library opens

Toboggan run row costs Hillend ski centre £100k

Sir Robert Clerk pictured at Penicuik House is at loggerheads with Peter de Vink over the proposal. Picture: Neil Hanna

Landowner’s Penicuik wind farm is blown off course

Borders rail link: £150m plan for Penicuik spur

Recycling site ‘will endanger children’s health’

Traffic diversion misery set to drag on for months

Councils ‘ill prepared’ as snow hampers commuters

Councillor ’slept through debate then voted’

Lothians art funding slashed by councils

Supermarket Morrisons agrees to move to former Dalkeith bus depot

Music tuition battle strikes a chord on exams

Celia Hobbs: The community benefit of wind farms is still up in the air

Floodlights get go-ahead

Child welfare register cases soar by 20% in five years

Moral dilemmas as protests continue over Da Vinci rapist

We won’t just go away, Da Vinci rapist campaigners warn council

Letters: Call a taxi for the buffoons who spoil our great city

Gallery in the frame for pub

Bus firm steps in to offer villages lifeline

Council rules out creating bus group to replace First

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A computer generated image issued by Transport Scotland of the proposed debris flow shelter

£470m road shelter planned to shield A83 Rest and Be Thankful from landslides

Scottish Labour are predicting 20,000 Scots will die in 2023 while waiting for NHS Treatment.

More than 18,000 Scots died while waiting on NHS treatment, amid private surge

Criticism of the Scottish Government’s stewardship of NHS Scotland, or indeed any area of devolution, is often met with whataboutery from ministers who assure the Scottish public things are just as bad south of the border.

Analysis: Scottish Government can no longer indulge in whataboutery on NHS