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Now is a good time to connect! The Newtongrange Community Council is an active one but certainly this past pandemic year has tested our capacity. We currently have a number of live priorities around the...
by Jeremy Adderley · Published May 9, 2021 · Last modified May 10, 2021
Now is a good time to connect! The Newtongrange Community Council is an active one but certainly this past pandemic year has tested our capacity. We currently have a number of live priorities around the...
Community Action / Current Objectives
by Jeremy Adderley · Published March 29, 2020 · Last modified April 2, 2020
Any situation where we are told that if we can keep UK deaths under 20,000 we will have done well, is clearly not a good one. This is a tough time. Something about the scale of that number means that many families will be touched directly by loss, and if deaths can prevented we should be doing everything we can.
What’s apparent is that we have a village culture of “grafting ‘grangers” or “Nitteners who knuckle down” – they came out in force today,
Note of A7 AND HARDENGREEN ROUNDABOUT closure between the hours of 1930 and 0600, from 16th November 2026.
THE MIDLOTHIAN COUNCIL (A7 AND HARDENGREEN ROUNDABOUT)
(TEMPORARY ROAD CLOSURE) ORDER 2026
TTRO/R 5.4.370
Notice is hereby given that Midlothian Council has made an Order under Section 14(1) of the Road Traffic Regulation Act 1984, as amended, the effect of which is that for a temporary period to facilitate carriageway resurfacing works, A7, including the whole of Hardengreen Roundabout, will be closed from Eskbank Road Roundabout to the junction with C37 Carrington Road.
The closure will be between the hours of 1930 and 0600. The Order has effect on 16 November 2026 and shall remain in force up to and including 29 November 2026.
Pedestrian access will be maintained.
Alternative routes will be as follows:
• North bound general vehicle traffic – B704 Cockpen Road, B704 Dundas Road, A6094 Lothian Street, A6094 Eskbank Road, Bonnyrigg until it meets the A7 at Eskbank Road Roundabout and vice versa
North bound HGV – A7 Murderdean Road, B703 Main Street, Newtongrange, B6482 Bryans Road, B6482 Suttieslea Road, B6482 Easthouses Road, B6455 Easthouses Road to Lauder Road, A6106 Lauder Road, A6106 Newmills Road, A6106 South Street, A6094 High Street, Dalkeith, A6094 Eskbank Road to Eskbank Toll Roundabout, A6094 Bonnyrigg Road to the A7 at Eskbank Road Roundabout and vice versa
Buses – B704 Cockpen Road, B704 Dundas Road, A6094 Lothian Street, A6094 Eskbank Road, Bonnyrigg until it meets the A7 at Eskbank Road Roundabout and vice versa
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A Scottish government consultation running from 29 October 2026 to 21 January 2027.
consult.gov.scot/environment-forestry/a-new-household-recycling-code-of-practice/
The Scottish Government is seeking views on a proposed new Household Recycling Code of Practice for Scotland. The Code will provide a national framework for household recycling services, setting out the standards expected of local authorities in delivering household waste and recycling collections.
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A new Household Recycling Code of Practice - Scottish Government consultations - Citizen Space
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