Features on Lothianlife.co.uk include informative articles of particular interest to discerning, 'thinking people' of Edinburgh, West Lothian, Midlothian and East Lothian.

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Primary Schools Learn How to Generate Electricity

Generation science is a sister project to the International Science Festival and its main educational programme. Generation science are working with a brand new touring workshop called Power From the People who are touring schools to teach kids about how electricity is generated. The tour will be running from January till May next year and will culminate in an event at Arthur’s Seat in Edinburgh next year as a part of Edinburgh International Festival.

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Councils agree to share education and children’s services

Midlothian and East Lothian Councils have agreed to develop a phased approach to sharing education and children’s services by bringing together the central management and operational support service for education into one, integrated structure.

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Indulge Yourself at The Indulgence Show

This winter sees the launch of the season’s most decadent consumer exhibition – the inaugural, and aptly named, Indulgence Christmas Show.

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The West Lothian Oil Rush

If you look down the somnolent mainstreet of post-industrial Pumpherston, it’s difficult to believe that West Lothian was the centre of the world’s first oil boom, but it was. James “Paraffin” Young didn’t discover paraffin in 1851, but he was the first to exploit it under the protection of patents. James Young became very rich, and transformed the way houses throughout Britain and further afield were lit after dark. He also changed the economy of West Lothian.

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