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Police have launched an investigation into the circumstances surrounding the death of an 11-year-old schoolgirl whose body was found in the water at a Midlothian beauty spot.  The...

Every secondary pupil in East Lothian will return with their own laptops next week, and teachers and school staff are being given support and additional training in...

After planners were told it posed a risk to visitors if it remained in a public park, a stone lion which sits on top of a Midlothian war...

Police in Edinburgh have launched their annual policing campaign to keep members of the public safe throughout the International Festival and Fringe. Operation Summer City...

The new baby pygmy hippo at Edinburgh Zoo now has a name. She is to be called Piper. Keepers picked the name after the new arrival was...

A large fire broke out just after 7.30am in Dalmeny near South Queensferry which The Scottish Fire and Rescue Service said has now been...

Scottish comedian, Rosco McClelland, will bring together some of the country’s comedy talent for a special Edinburgh Festival Fringe show supporting the city’s food...

Tesco Bank is proposing to leave its Edinburgh HQ next year, and Edinburgh Napier University is reportedly looking at the site as a possible replacement for...

Edinburgh's Transport Convener is taking a grip of an active travel project in Edinburgh which has been dormant for at least a decade. Ten years...

Edinburgh has been ranked as the fourth best city in the world and the best in the UK for young people to live and...

Aly Bain is the latest name to receive Edinburgh's highest civic honour, after decades in the traditional music scene. The Shetland-born fiddler, who celebrated his...

It’s August, so Edinburgh is packed with six noisy festivals and twice as many people as in peace time.   There’s the official International Festival...

Following a meeting between the Deputy First Minister and the Edinburgh Council Leader at the site of the Princes Street blaze, there has been...

Dr Scott Arthur, MP for Edinburgh South West, has said there is still "much more to be done" in Scotland, following Commonwealth swimmer Archie...

A new heating system for sheltered housing connected to the Brunton Theatre is to be installed by East Lothian Council after agreeing to demolish the...

A split has emerged between the City of Edinburgh Council and The Scottish Government over funding to support the council and businesses in the capital following...

Staff at the National Galleries of Scotland will strike on Friday, according to members of the Public and Commercial Services Union (PCSU). Staff say that there...

A three-year project to restore Tranent’s tree population damaged by a 40-year-old strike and new housing developments has been launched.  The former mining town has...

The go-ahead has been given to a new dog park business on former Scottish Rural College land in Midlothian.  Gavin Mathison, who is based in Peebles,...

The former Dunbar police station is set to be turned into housing by a rental company who want to base their offices next to...

Following complaints by neighbours about noise from its classes, a pilates studio has been refused planning permission.  The studio on Dalkeith High Street applied for retrospective permission...

An East Lothian couple are challenging an enforcement order demanding they cut down their high hedge by claiming it is not a hedge at all.  East...

The new Summerhall junction layout in Edinburgh has struck up a debate from road users online, with the council saying the changes make it “safer and easier.”  The...

Police Scotland has provided an update on the activities of the new City Centre Policing Unit during their first month of operations.  From 1 to 31...

A 26-year-old man has been sentenced to seven and a half years in prison for the attempted murder of a woman in Leith. Osarenkhoe Atutie,...

Detectives have arrested and charged a 39-year-old man after a significant drugs seizure in Edinburgh. Around 8.20pm on Tuesday, 4 August, 2026, road policing officers...

Detectives are appealing for information following a housebreaking in West Lothian. The incident happened around 12.30pm on Monday, 3 August, in the Adam Drive area...

The City of Edinburgh Council leader met with Deputy First Minister, Jenny Gilruth on Wednesday 5 August as a package of £5 million funding...

Lothian Business have today altered the routes of services 15, 33, 34, Lothian Country service 43 and East Coast services 106 and X6. From...

On Wednesday the Deputy First Minister, Jenny Gilruth, met with Edinburgh Council leader, Jane Meagher at 109 Princes Street, the site of the fire...