If New York can do it why not Edinburgh? In every doorway of every major hotel, restaurant and office building you see huddles of smokers. Should we ban them all – even in the parks in New York this summer it is planned to ban smoking.

Jonathan Mills will head the Edinburgh International Festival till 2014 according to the BBC.

The former Livingston MP, Jim Devine, on trial for allegedly fiddling his expenses as an MP at Southwark Crown Court is said to have asked for an invoice for work not actually carried out.

Theresa Riggi, who is alleged to have murdered her three children at a flat in the city last year, was remanded in custody until 7th March when she appeared at the High Court in Edinburgh today.

Looking ahead to Valentine’s Day? Here’s something a bit different – you have to travel to Dumfries however… Stargazing in the Dark Sky Park.

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