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An application to list Westfield Court has been denied by Historic Environment Scotland (HES), paving the way for the building's demolition. In a decision published...

Dozens of dead people on East Lothian Council’s housing waiting list and registered for blue badges have been identified by a fraud investigator.  And this has helped save...

FED-UP homeowners have been handed a major boost under new rules making it easier to kick out rogue property factors.The right to sack rip-off...

HUNDREDS of inmates have been freed in just two months under Scotland’s latest "get out of jail early" scheme to tackle prison overcrowding. Official figures...

Detectives are appealing for information following an armed robbery in West Lothian. Around 3.15am on Monday, 27 July, 2026, a 50-year-old man was walking on...

A tennis trophy won by Edinburgh-born Harold Mahony, the first Scottish-born Wimbledon winner 117 years before Sir Andy Murray, has fetched nearly £5,000 at...

Some 200 runners will take part in a running event challenging themselves to run up and down Corstorphine Hill as many times as they...

The council say it remains impossible to move trams past the site of the Princes Street fire which took place in the early hours...

Two male youths aged 17 and 14 have been arrested and charged in connection with a disturbance at Pavilion Court, Penicuik on Monday, 27 July, 2026.  Officers...

Visitors and locals to East Lothian are being asked to keep fires to beaches only despite a ban on people having barbecues or campfires coastal...

After eight years of work, the North Bridge is on track to open this week.  Earlier this week, both pavements on the bridge were open...

The Brunton Hall will close its doors for the last time next month as the last East Lothian Council services leave the condemned building.  The...

ScotRail will provide additional late-night services and thousands more seats for those attending the city's summer festivals over the coming weeks. The enhanced timetable will...

A partial Solar eclipse, the Perseid meteor shower, a planetary parade anda selenelion Lunar eclipse grace our August sky. The Sun passes from Cancer (The...

EDINBURGH'S "cones" craze has taken another twist, after someone planted a traffic cone (nearly) at the top of one of the capital's most imposing monuments. The culprit is thought...

Prison guards are being equipped with body-worn cameras after almost 3,000 officers were assaulted in less than a decade amid surging jailhouse violence.Scottish Prison...

Refurbishment plans for Portobello Swim Centre will go ahead following a public consultation in which almost all respondents expressed support for the investment. Portobello Swim...

In a bid to fight back against the ‘threat’ of internet competitors, an East Lothian garden centre is set to expand its restaurant and meeting space.   Dunbar...

An investigation is underway after police received a report of a person in possession of a knife in the Gracemount area last night Monday 27 July 2026.  Around 7.45pm officers...

Young people have been given the chance to learn new skills by helping build a community woodland project is to create an outdoor classroom.  Three...

ASSEMBLY Festival, one of the Edinburgh Fringe’s largest show promoters, have confirmed their plans to move their George Street hub to St Andrew Square...

Police in Musselburgh have seized two Surron bikes.   The action was taken on Friday 24 July 2026 following reports that they had been ridden illegally and dangerously...

An Edinburgh-based neurodiversity charity has revealed that thousands of parents are being forced to sacrifice their careers due to delayed diagnoses and failing public...

The Highland cow has been named the nation's favourite native species in a World Cup of Scottish Animals. It held off competition from 31 other...

The Scottish Government is in negotiations to keep in a letter carried by Sir William Wallace over 700 years ago in Edinburgh. The "Wallace Safe...

Scottish Water has been fined for carrying out ‘illegal roadworks’ in Edinburgh last November.  The Scottish Road Works Commissioner issued the £50,000 fine for closing...

An East Lothian free range egg company has applied to build a third shed.  This will allow them to increase the size of its flock and...

Police are appealing for the assistance of the public in trying to locate a teenager missing from Edinburgh.  Sixteen-year-old Safdar Hanif was last seen around 4am on Saturday, 25 July, 2026...

A 21-year-old man has been sentenced today, Monday, 27 July, 2026, to five years in prison for the rape of a teenage girl in an Edinburgh...

A former East Lothian bank which has been at the centre of a battle to convert it into a home for eight years has...