Environment

A seven-mile pipeline is currently being installed in the Pentland Hills to help to deliver fresh, clean drinking water to more than 165,000 people in Edinburgh and the Lothians area.

Dalkeith residents have criticised Midlothian Council for replacing a conservation area’s street lighting with new lampposts which they say are unsuitable.

A Gorebridge group celebrated success at the Beautiful Scotland Awards last Thursday in Haddington.

Environmental community group Greening Gorebridge has a number of volunteer opportunities for people to get involved in helping their local community.

Pollution has been spilling out into the River South Esk between Dalkeith and Newtongrange, leaving sanitary products and other items in the popular river.

Schools across Midlothian continue to count the cost of the previous PFI legacy – which will see the council spend 11 per cent servicing the decade-old debts.

A teacher from Stobhill Primary School has won a national conservation prize as part of WWF’s Green Ambassador Awards.

Homes across Midlothian and South Lanarkshire are now significantly warmer and cheaper to live in thanks to a £6 million energy efficiency programme delivered by Melville Housing Association.

Scottish Water is asking the public to use water wisely to help maintain supplies during the current period of hot summer weather.

Colin Beattie MSP has backed calls to improve the Edinburgh City Bypass and provide commuters with an easier journey to and from work.

Scottish residents should expect to see a rise in the number of daddy longlegs (also known as crane flies) this year, after millions of larvae were discovered underground.

Keep Scotland Beautiful has praised the 414 people from Midlothian who took part in the first month of its Clean Up Scotland 2018 Spring Clean.

Gorebridge and District Environmental Group will hold its Big Spring Clean next week.

Oakridge has announced plans for the formation of a brand new village community just south of Roslin.

There’s still time to give your views to the council on how Midlothian’s green network can be improved.

As part of the Big Farmland Big Count initiative, a count took place last month at Whitburgh Farms, Pathhead, hosted by owner Alastair Salvesen.

A local McDonald’s restaurant is having a clean-up event at the Straiton Pond Nature Reserve this Sunday.