Midlothian, Scotland News

A Justice Centre in the central Borders is being considered when Duns and Peebles courts are closed in January 2015.

Mourners will pay their respects to Corporal William Savage at a military ceremony at Glencorse Kirk in Penicuik.

Rarely-seen documents linked to the banking, engineering, brewing and textiles industries have gone on display at the nation's main archives store in the capital.

THREE of the members of Broomieknowe's title-winning side in the Edinburgh Ladies Inter-Club last weekend are through to the match-play phase of the Midlothian Championship.

The number of young people claiming unemployment benefit in Midlothian has fallen compared to last year, according to new figures published by ONS.

Parts of Midlothian have bucked a national trend of falling house prices, with homes selling for nine per cent more than they did in 2012.

L. H. Defew A , L. May A C and K. V. Heal B A Centre for Ecology and Hydrology, Bush Estate, Penicuik, Midlothian EH26 0QB, Scotland, UK.

CORPORAL William Savage, Fusilier Sam Flint and Private Bobby Hetherington were killed while on a routine patrol in the Nahr-e-Saraj district of Helmand.

House prices in Scotland have dipped slightly over the past year despite more homes changing hands, according to official statistics.

Police are warning the public to remain vigilant following a series of bogus workmen and cold caller incidents across the Lothians this month.

The 24-year-old was fatally injured in the crash on Lasswade Road, between the City of Edinburgh bypass and the village of Lasswade in Midlothian, just after 7pm.