Sea fishing – Scotland boss launches hunt for women anglers
Scotland's women came second to Ireland in the Home International shore angling championships in Tralee in County Kerry last year.
Now the Tartan Team's ambitious...
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City Mobility Plan 2030 – what will the city look like...
The City of Edinburgh Council is planning for the future, in fact for the next decade, and specifically for 2030 by which time they...
Comment – looking ahead to 2030
by Council Leader Adam McVey and Deputy Council Leader Cammy Day.
For over a thousand years Edinburgh has grown and thrived, balancing adaptation with...
A Greener, Healthier, Better Connected Capital by 2030
Under radical new plans being considered by councillors, Edinburgh’s tram line could be extended to Granton and south to the Bio Quarter while many...
Fundraiser this weekend for sick children in Poland begins with motorcycle...
Edinburgh's Polish community will be out in force tomorrow as they bid to raise thousands of pounds for sick children in their homeland.
The city...
Letter from Scotland
The schools are back, commuters cram the buses and trains, lines of car tail-lights snake slowly towards their destinations. All before the sun rises...
Witness appeal following fatal crash in West Lothian
Police are appealing for witnesses following a fatal crash which
took place around 3.20pm on Wednesday on
the A705, Cousland Road and involved three vehicles: a...
Man suffers serious head injury following city centre attack
Police are appealing for witnesses after a man was seriously
assaulted in the city centre.
The incident took place between 1.40am and 1.55am yesterday
morning at a...
At Holyrood today – First Minister’s Questions
Perhaps the most exciting thing that happened at First Minister's Questions was the appearance of two environmental protesters who were removed from the Chamber...
Hayley hosting Burns Ball to back brain tumour charity
Hayley Smith (pictured), whose husband Matthew is currently living with a glioblastoma brain tumour, is organising The Big Burns Ball to boost funds for...
Bield to be supported by Co-op Local Community Fund
A RETIREMENT development in Gorebridge has been selected to take part in the Co-Op Local Community Fund Project.
Bield’s Emily Court in Gorebridge will...
Frank O’Donnell quits as editor of The Scotsman and Edinburgh Evening...
JPIMedia has announced that Frank O'Donnell The Scotsman editor will leave in May to take up a new role as editor-in-chief at DC Thomson's...
Family devastated by death of man following crash on Queensferry Road
The family of Ian Meldrum, 63, from the Corstorphine area who
died in a road traffic collision on Queensferry Road yesterday are devastated
and finding it...
New moves on short-term lets
Local authorities are to be given new powers to regulate short-term lets where they decide this is in the interests of local communities.
The measures...
ASVA make history by appointing a woman to top job
History-making Susan Morrison believes Scotland is iconic on the world tourism stage and she now has a major role.
The chief executive of The Scotch...
Food awards now open for entry
The 2020 Midlothian and East Lothian Food and Drink Awards are now open for entries and they offer a showcase to the great from...
Edinburgh looks ahead to Chinese New Year celebrations
Edinburgh will be celebrating the Chinese New Year at the end of this month with a range of events to launch the Year of...
Witness appeal after 63-year-old man dies following collision
Police are appealing for witnesses after a 63-year-old man died as a result of a road traffic collision which took place around 9.10pm last...
UK Budget delayed until March
The UK Government and the Chancellor Sajid Javid have decided that the budget will take place on 11 March 2020. This date has a...
Frederick Street Post Office to be run by a new operator
In what will be most likely be a welcome move for any of you who use the Frederick Street Post Office, the franchise will...
HMD2020 – Holocaust Memorial Day event
This year it will be 75 years since the liberation of Auschwitz-Birkenau and 25 years since the genocide in Bosnia. There are some events...
Lorry overturns on A1
Photographer Jon Savage has shared with us photos he took today of an overturned lorry on the A1. This is at the Spott/Thistly Cross...
Garvock House Hotel nominated for award
AWARDS NOMINATION SUCCESS FOR GARVOCK HOUSE HOTEL
Garvock House Hotel in Dunfermline is celebrating a great start to 2020, with the news that it is...
Join the Cancer Research UK Race for Life in January for...
If you sign up to take part in the Cancer Research UK Race for Life in January then you will get 30% off your...
Marchmont House to host art events and workshops this spring
One of Scotland’s finest arts and crafts movement houses, Marchmont House in the Borders, is launching a series of visual art events and projects.
The...
Ian Murray standing for Labour Deputy Leader
Ian Murray MP for Edinburgh South has confirmed the worst kept secret in town this morning. He is standing for election as deputy leader...
Is this the decade of the bollards?
Paul from Fountainbridge is a regular correspondent and user of social media.
@fountainbridge will reach him
This year he has started off with a simple...
Hibernian Historical Trust marks the site of the first women’s football...
A plaque to commemorate the first ever international women’s football match between Scotland and England was unveiled recently by Joe Fitzpatrick MSP, Minister for...
Divorce Day questions….
You may be interested or horrified that the first working Monday after the Christmas holidays has been called ‘Divorce Day,’ thanks to the number...
