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ODEON - Europe's largest cinema group - will next week be bringing film back to Edinburgh's Fort Kinnaird retail park after a 10-year absence, by opening an all-new cinema at the site on Friday 20 March 2015. The new seven screen, 1,182 seat cinema will be opening just in time for Easter, and offers a superior cinema experience with a...

One Square is the new(ish) go to bar for the discerning gin drinker. They now have their own gin made a short distance away at Summerhall Distillery. The spirit has 15 botanicals in it especially chosen and now distilled to order by Pickerings Gin. The bottle is screen printed just around the corner from the distillery, and this gin has all the hallmarks of the...

Win “Orchard Afternoon Tea” for two at One Square One Square, in partnership with The Edinburgh Reporter, is giving one lucky reader and their guest an opportunity to win Orchard Afternoon Tea at One Square between the end of the competition on 9 October and 15 November 2015.  Just answer the question below to be in with a chance! As the...

Specsavers have once more kindly given us four tickets for the Edinburgh Rugby match tomorrow, Friday 3 March 2017, at Myreside.You can take three friends with you so look out your thermals and enter now!Edinburgh Rugby take on Ospreys on Friday 3 March 2017 at 19.35pm.All you have to do to enter our Specsavers competition is answer this question....by 3 March 2017 at 12...

The Edinburgh Reporter has teamed up with Specsavers, sponsor of the GUINNESS PRO12 match officials, to offer readers the chance to win tickets to see Edinburgh Rugby’s game against Ospreys this Friday – October 2 – at 6.00pm at Murrayfield.Four tickets can be won by one lucky winner but entries close on Thursday 1 October at 12 noon.Specsavers has stores...

It's back! Here is your chance to win a ticket to the incredible All Night Horror Madness 7 at Edinburgh's Cameo Cinema on Saturday 19 October 2013. Five films. One whole night, starting at 11pm.‘If you thought crazy all night horror events died out in the 1980s then think again! After 6 amazing sell-out shows ALL NIGHT HORROR MADNESS...

 School’s back:  Remember your best driving behaviourIt’s not just our little ones that need to think about their behaviour at the start of the school year THIS COMPETITION ENDS ON THURSDAY 21 AUGUST 2014 at 12 MIDNIGHT.Now that the schools are back, Road Safety Scotland (part of Transport Scotland) and The Scottish Government have partnered with Halfords to offer one...

Harvest Moon Holidays will welcome one lucky winner with up to three of their friends or family to stay for two nights in a safari tent or a treehouse on their site at Lochhouses, East Lothian.This is a great place for families as the site is right next to the sandy beach where you can walk or run to your heart's content....

The lovely people at Specsavers have yet again given us four tickets for our latest fabulous competition. Enter now and take three friends with you to the match!The tickets are for the Edinburgh Rugby v Glasgow Warriors match on 26 December 2016 at 16.05pm at BT Murrayfield Stadium, Edinburgh.All you have to do to enter our Specsavers competition is answer this...

 If you feel like electrifying your ride then we have a fantastic Razor E100 Electric Scooter worth SRP £169.99 for you to win. This funky ride reaches speeds up to 10mph and runs for up to 40 minutes of continuous use on a single charge.These scooters are on sale at Smyths Toys Superstore, Fort Kinnaird Retail Park EH15 3RD. As well as...

Big Screen, Big Stories: Travel the world and experience a selection of inspirational, exhilarating and unforgettable adventures from the comfort of your theatre chair at the Banff Mountain Film Festival World Tour. Now in its sixth edition, the 2015 UK and Ireland Banff Tour will be the largest to date with 83 screenings taking place in 55 locations, including 15...

The Edinburgh Reporter has teamed up with The European Tour to offer readers the chance to enjoy a unique summer’s day out to watch some of the world’s biggest and best sports stars in action at the 2015 Aberdeen Asset Management Scottish Open this July.Being held from 9th – 12th July at the stunning links course at Gullane Golf...

Peter Andre is celebrating a quarter of a century in music and is bringing his 25 day tour to Edinburgh in February next year.#celebrating25yearsHis first breakthrough came in Australia with Gimme Little Sign which got to number 3 in the charts and since then he has enjoyed a quarter of a century of success as an entertainer. He has been...

Mother's Day is right around the corner, and  Edinburgh has many wonderful ways to celebrate.  The Edinburgh Reporter  has some suggestions to help you brighten up your mum's special day of the year!TREAT YOUR MUM TO AFTERNOON TEAMother's Day Chocolate Afternoon Tea at The ScotsmanTimes: 2pm - 4pm | Price: £16.95  | 10 March 2013Served in the elegant Drawing...

It's not really Christmas till you've been on the Christmas Wheel.This year the wheel is in Princes Street Gardens alongside the Scott Monument as usual.Open from 10 a.m. each day in the heart of the city centre, the observational Big Wheel has thirty-six enclosed, weather-proof pods, each seating six people and showing unrivalled views of Edinburgh. As the pod door...

Based on the Oscar winning musical film and hugely successful TV series, FAME – THE MUSICAL is back – and it’s gonna live forever! Brought bang up to date this exciting new production will take you on a hi-octane roller coaster ride through dizzy heights and crashing lows as a group of star-struck wannabes embark on their quest for the...

The Edinburgh Mountain Film Festival takes place this weekend between 6 - 8 February 2015.If you are interested in the outdoors for any reason at all then this festival in the lecture theatre in George Square will have films and talks to tempt you. The full programme is available here.The Edinburgh Reporter is delighted to offer you the opportunity...

It’s been twenty years since production of Braveheart began and The Edinburgh Reporter has five pairs of tickets available for a Q&A and screening of Mel Gibson’s Oscar winning picture at 17.45 on Tuesday 24 June 2014 at the Dominion Cinema in Edinburgh. To celebrate the launch of Braveheart on Blu-ray, DVD and Digital HD on 23 June by Twentieth...

Enter The Edinburgh Reporter competition to win lunch for two at the Chez Mal brasserie. Entries close on 15 August at 12 noon. Malmaison Edinburgh, a former house of ill-repute and the mother of all Mals, has recently undergone a dramatic transformation and now offers even more spectacular accommodation and dining facilities.During the recent multi million pound makeover of the...

This competition has ended on 26 March 2014.The Royal Yacht Britannia is a fabulous attraction for Edinburgh to have in its midst.  Berthed next to Ocean Terminal in Leith, it is open to tourists and locals most of the year, closing only on Christmas Day and New Year's Day.A ticket for Britannia ranges from £7.75 for children to £12.75...

We told you earlier in the week about Idlewild linking up with Barney's Beer to create a new beer to celebrate their eighth album Everything Ever Written.The craft beer brewer, based at Edinburgh Arts Hub Summerhall, was approached by the band who were looking for a symbiotic way to launch their new album.And now we have some to give...

Enter now before 3 pm on Friday 18 March 2016 and you could find yourself bopping along to Midge Ure, Curiosity Killed the Cat, Nick Heyward and Big Country on Sunday evening at The Edinburgh Playhouse.The show will bring together four important parts of the music tapestry from the 1980s in one show called The 80s Invasion Tour. The...

SUMMER SEASIDE SCIENCE AT THE SCOTTISH SEABIRD CENTRE   The multi-award winning visitor attraction, the Scottish Seabird Centre, North Berwick, is hosting a jam-packed programme for all ages during the summer featuring a ‘survival of the fittest’ theme to celebrate the Commonwealth Games, Homecoming and John Muir and now you can win one of  two Family passes which the Centre have offered...

 Prepare to be scared if you are lucky enough to win one of three pairs of tickets for the screening of Friday the 13th on Thursday evening 30 October 2014 which The Edinburgh Reporter has to give away.To celebrate Halloween in ghoulish style, The Scotsman Hotel is putting on a very special film screening in their state-of-the-art Screening Room which they...

 The Inspiring Women in Business conference will be held at The Balmoral on 5 March 2015.Tickets are selling fast but you can win two tickets worth £250 each here for you and a friend or colleague.The conference will include speakers like Kirsty Wark and Erica Moore of Eteaket Tea in Frederick Street and you are invited to go along and meet like-minded...

Win tickets to see Edinburgh Rugby take on Cardiff Blues on 23 November 2014 - two pairs to be won!The Edinburgh Reporter has teamed up with Specsavers, sponsor of the Guinness PRO12 match officials, to offer readers the chance to win a pair of tickets to see Edinburgh’s game against Cardiff Blues on Sunday 23 November 2014 at 4.00pm . Two pairs...

We have four tickets to win for the home match Edinburgh Rugby v Glasgow Warriors on Sunday 27 December 2015 Kick off is at 15:05 The Edinburgh Reporter has teamed up with Specsavers, sponsor of the GUINNESS PRO12 match officials, to offer readers the chance to win tickets to see Edinburgh Rugby’s game against Glasgow Warriors on 27 December at 3.05pm at Murrayfield.We...

This competition ends on 10 April 2014. A graphic novel based upon the life of pioneering conservationist John Muir was launched by Scottish Book Trust today, with free copies going to every secondary school in Scotland, for use by S1, S2 and S3 pupils. Muir, a Scottish born inventor, naturalist, artist, mountaineer, geologist, glaciologist and writer, spent his life exploring wild places...

We have a great competition for you this month!Win tickets to see the smash hit musical comedy Hairspray at The Edinburgh Playhouse After a sell-out run last year the all-singing, all-dancing production returns to Edinburgh this March!It’s Baltimore, 1962 where Tracy Turnblad, a big girl with big hair and an even bigger heart, is on a mission to follow her dreams...

Win an Edinburgh Royal Military Tattoo and Pommery Champagne experience Edinburgh’s most glamorous pop-up, the Pommery Champagne Cafe Bar, is once more running in the historic Signet Library for festival fizz until 25 August 2014.  With superb afternoon teas, sharing platters, lobster, Aberdeen Angus burgers and of course, lots of champagne, the Pommery Bar is a wonderful place to...