A Scottish Government Minister has revealed this week that the SNP Government will not assist East Lothian Council in repairing potholes in the area.

Statistics revealed this week have highlighted there have been a high number of teacher posts which have been re-advertised in Midlothian.

Figures published by Police Scotland highlight that the number of police officers in the Lothians and Scottish Borders police force is at its lowest level in nearly decade.

Figures published by the NHS’s internal accounting unit this week show that NHS Lothian has had a record number of cancelled operations due to capacity reasons.  

Borderers are still in the dark about SNP plans to introduce a 'rural tax' on areas with new wind farms in Scotland.

Education Secretary John Swinney has been urged to scrap testing for five-year olds in their first year of school. This comes after teachers and parents sent in dozens of complaints about the tests.

A written question submitted by the Scottish Conservatives at the beginning of this year showed that NHS Borders has no Changing Place Toilets (CPTs) in its hospitals.

Last week The Tweed Foundation welcomed Michelle Ballantyne MSP to discuss the trust’s conservation efforts to protect wild salmon.

Michelle Ballantyne's column in this week's Border Telegraph.

Michelle Ballantyne MSP writes in The Peebleshire News every second week.