Environment

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.

A local discussion on climate change will take place at McSence Conference Centre, Mayfield, on Monday, 6.30pm-8pm.

Former mining communities including in Midlothian could find a new lease of life – with old mine shafts turned into hi-tech green energy stores.

Hillwalkers and people pursuing outdoor activities in the mountains are ebing warned by Police Scotland of the dangers that inclement weather and the terrain can present.

Plans for nearly 200 new homes in Mayfield were rejected last week by councillors sitting on the Midlothian planning committee.

Construction of the new energy-from-waste plant at Millerhill, which will serve Edinburgh and Midlothian, has reached the halfway point.