News
Mayfield development among top 50 in UK
An 133-home scheme in Mayfield has been named one of the UK’s top 50 affordable housing developments while at the same time being shortlisted for a prestigious Scottish award.
Dalkeith pupils are spudding gardeners
The chips will soon be down at a Dalkeith primary school, where spudding gardeners are hoping to mash the competition in a national contest.
Ask the experts
BBC Radio 4’s Gardeners’ Question Time will be recording a programme in Midlothian next month.
Father furious at nursery mix-up
An Eskbank nursery has apologised after failing to collect a seven-year-old girl from school, blaming a “breakdown in communication”.
Under starter’s orders
A Midlothian science and technology park is to host an all-day celebration of entrepreneurship in Scotland.
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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
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.
Win an overnight stay and meal for two!
To celebrate our new look Advertiser, we’ve teamed up with The Elphinstone Hotel to offer readers the chance to win a fantastic meal for two and a room for the night with breakfast.
The journey to the final frontier
In the captain’s log from the 1960s TV series, James Tiberius Kirk brazenly split an infinitive as the crew of the Enterprise embarked on a five-year mission “to boldly go where no man has gone before”.
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Weather for Dalkeith
Sunday 19 May 2013
Today
Fog
Temperature: 10 C to 16 C
Wind Speed: 8 mph
Wind direction: North
Tomorrow
Thunderstorm
Temperature: 9 C to 20 C
Wind Speed: 7 mph
Wind direction: West
