Independence Day
On American Independence Day, External Affairs Minister Fiona Hyslop has published the Scottish Government's Plan for Engagement in the USA. The Plan ...
Five things you need to know today
Virgin East Coast reexamined
Get rid of your unwanted stuff for free
Scottish Business Awards
Café of the month Award
Signs of Spring down Leith
The Competition and Markets...
Social Enterprise Awards Scotland 2018
Winners of Social Enterprise Awards Scotland 2018 announced
The winners of Scotland’s annual awards for innovation and success in social enterprise were announced at an...
Elsie Inglis – sculpture to become part of permanent collection at...
One of the artists who had hoped to enter the competition to create a sculpture for the Royal Mile has been invited to have...
Five things you need to know today
New trains for Edinburgh to Glasgow route
Racing at Musselburgh
Swim teacher training sessions
Film event at Summerhall
World Community Arts Day
If you are at Edinburgh Waverley anytime...
Support fund for families and children this winter
The Scottish Government have announced funding to help Scots pay for food, heating, warm clothing and shelter during the winter, all part of a...
Man jailed after a handgun recovered in his house
A man has been sentenced to 12-months in prison after an
illegal firearm was seized by police at his home in Midlothian.
Acting on intelligence, officers...
Update from Lothian on August bus strike
Following the announcement by Unite the union that Lothian's drivers and engineers have voted to strike from next Friday morning, the management of the...
Man jailed for Edinburgh sex attack
A man who assaulted a woman and attempted to sexually assault her has been jailed.
At Edinburgh Sheriff Court yesterday Juan Martin Comba Valdez was...
Eek, I’ve won the Diana award
Emma Sutherland, the teenage Scottish author whose inspirational book has helped children deal with their parents' cancer diagnoses today was presented with an award...
Dunbar pub appeals police calls for plastic glasses to be used...
Pub operators have appealed to licensing chiefs not to enforce police calls for plastic glasses to be used outside because it was not ‘upmarket’...
Government backed advert designed to encourage reading
The Scottish Government’s PlayTalkRead campaign encourages parents to play, talk and read with their little ones this summer.
The summer activity builds on the campaign's...
Local MSP encourages support for Constitution Street businesses on #SmallBusinessSaturday
BEN MACPHERSON MSP CALLS ON SHOPPERS TO SUPPORT BUSINESSES AFFECTED BY TRAM WORK DISRUPTION
SMALL BUSINESS SATURDAY, 7 DECEMBER
Ben Macpherson MSP for Edinburgh Northern and...
Council budget agreed for the next financial year
The City of Edinburgh Council has agreed to retain council tax at the same rate in the capital for the next year, ensuring that...
Easter racing at Musselburgh will have the royal touch
Musselburgh Racecourse is set to add an exciting new fixture to the coming season with the inaugural Easter Saturday raceday on 15 April 2017.
Racing...
Hibs winning start to the season ends with narrow defeat to...
Hibs winning start to the season ended with a narrow 1-0 defeat to Rangers after a hard-fought and fiercely contested 90-minutes at a rain-soaked...
Corstorphine/Murrayfield by election – Chris Young – Scottish Greens candidate
Chris Young is a landscape gardener who lives locally with his family and became a homemaker to his and his wife's "two lovely children"...
Community Council seeking new members in Leith Central
One of the city's community councils is now looking for new members to represent the interest of people in the area.
Nominations are now open for...
Friday 6th August 2010
The Rosyth to Zeebrugge ferry the Viking Sea King collided with a fishing boat in the Forth just off Eyemouth last night. A fisherman...
Fishing – mackerel arrival in Forth sparks social media frenzy
Great excitement among anglers on social media which has been buzzing with news that mackerel appear to be in the Forth Estuary.
That was confirmed...
Greens lay out their priorities for spring session of parliament
The Scottish Greens say that when The Scottish Parliament reconvenes on Tuesday the party will focus on people, planet and independence.
The party’s co-leader, Lorna...
Fire in Portobello this morning
A man has been taken to hospital with severe smoke inhalation after a fire broke out in his Edinburgh home.
Fire crews were called to...
Coronavirus – Mortgage advice on offer here
Mortgage Advice Bureau in Edinburgh has launched a dedicated Mortgage Information Support Service to help any homeowners who are worried about their finances as a result...
NHS Louisa Jordan to close
The hospital set up to support the response to the pandemic will close on 31 March and the mass vaccination centre will relocate to...
Cramond Primary Pupils Deliver early Christmas to Local Care Home
Pupils deliver Christmas gifts to Cramond Residence
Pupils at Cramond Primary School delivered Christmas presents to people living with dementia and their carers as part...
Hutchison Community Centre under threat of closure
Hutchison Chesser Community Council say that the Hutchison Chesser Community Centre, in the grounds of St Cuthbert’s School, is now needing extensive repairs if...
Witness appeal following suspicious fire in Dumbiedykes
Police in Edinburgh are appealing for witnesses following a suspicious fire at a block of flats in Dumbiedykes Road which broke out around 4am...
Create your own soft toy – Edinburgh company launch children’s competition
Picture to Puppet is a small Edinburgh based company, working from Constitution Street.
They specialise in creating custom toys and puppets.
They can make...
Edinburgh’s postal voters urged to vote now
The council tell us that more than 76% of Edinburgh’s postal voters have already had their say in the Scottish Independence Referendum.
Of the 81,648...
Man dies after road collision on Monday
A man has died following a serious road collision that happened in Edinburgh earlier this week.
Twenty-one-year-old Luke Coles, from Princes Street, Scarborough died in...
