News
Penicuik gets crafty
Passionate crafters have thanked Penicuik for supporting a week-long public exhibition of their work.
Event will reward Midlothian volunteers
Volunteer Centre Midlothian will be hosting its annual Volunteers’ Week Award Ceremony at Newbattle Abbey College on Thursday, June 6.
MSP hails ‘best outcome all round’
The SNP Holyrood politician who promised to “have a word” with her party colleagues on the council, is delighted at their pledge to vote against closures.
Wind farm plans ‘to be re-submitted’
PLANS for a wind farm near Penicuik are to be re-submitted to Midlothian Council.
Have your say on the future shape of Midlothian
A new Midlothian Local Development Plan is being prepared to provide an updated development strategy and planning policy framework to guide growth and investment across Midlothian to 2024.
Sport
Football: Midlothian teams chase silverware
Many congratulations to Alan Miller’s Newtongrange Star who have won the Premier League title following Ballingry’s defeat on Saturday.
Star win cup tie as they take title
Newtongrange Star discovered they had won the Premier League last Saturday, just as they began a cup-tie penalty shoot out.
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City of Edinburgh Trampoline Club, in partnership with Midlothian Council, hosted the Midlothian Schools Trampoline Competition at Lasswade High School recently.
Junior football round-up
This Saturday sees Newtongrange Star at home to Super League’s Lochee United in the third round of the East of Scotland Cup.
Katie’s funding is ring fenced
ESKBANK fencer Katie Smith has been earmarked as a future British Olympian after being chosen to be part of the Bank of Scotland Local Heroes initiative.
Midlothian Junior Football round-up
On Saturday Newtongrange Star contest the League Cup final against newly-crowned Super League champions Linlithgow Rose.
Lifestyle
The Great War by Peter Hart
Peter Hart, oral historian at the Imperial War Museum, examines the First World War, charting major battles and small skirmishes to build an in-depth overview of the first truly global conflict. The sheer level of detail Hart presents is astonishing, providing combat formations and movements, weapons and military hardware used on both sides, and a wealth of knowledge encompassing all involved.
Various - The Great Gatsby Soundtrack
The Roaring Twenties sound gets revamped to accompany Baz Luhrmann’s adaptation of F Scott Fitzgerald’s classic American novel, which stars Leonardo DiCaprio, Carey Mulligan and Tobey Maguire and hit cinemas on May 16.
Country Corner
This week I reproduce a poster widely used by East Lothian Ranger Service over recent years.
Property - do-it-yourself
If you’ve watched one episode of Grand Designs too many and have been bitten by the self-build bug, be prepared for a bumpy ride.
BMW Z4: On the roadster again
WELCOME to Monaco. Park your yacht over there and join me for a couple of laps of the world’s most celebrated F1 venue. With race weekend just a few days away, the barriers, grandstands and banners are in place and the circuit is ready for action.
Done roman? get the villa look
An airy, elegant home with decorative tiles and nature-inspired murals, where the outdoors blends seamlessly with the indoors, would be an enviable property by today’s standards.
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Weather for Dalkeith
Tuesday 21 May 2013
Today
Sunny spells
Temperature: 6 C to 17 C
Wind Speed: 12 mph
Wind direction: North east
Tomorrow
Sunny spells
Temperature: 3 C to 13 C
Wind Speed: 23 mph
Wind direction: North west
