Honours for Edinburgh this New Year
This year the highest honour in the land goes to Sir Elton John who has been made a Companion of Honour.
Actor and singer...
New Year Honours 2020
The Queen's 2020 New Year Honours list has been announced this evening, and it includes some Scots.
There is a Companion of the Order...
Festive cheer at Tynecastle thanks to Big Hearts
It
wasn’t all doom and gloom in Gorgie this week. Over 130 people spent Christmas
Day at Tynecastle Stadium where a free and tasty Christmas meal...
Consumer rights fortified by new bill
The Economy, Energy and Fair Work Committee has approved the general principles of a bill which will strengthen the rights of consumers in Scotland...
Raising a glass to the last decade
Tennent's Lager has released a video cheering the last decade which is about to close.
The video records the highs and lows, the celebrities, the...
Roy thanked for his contribution to Pennywell Living
A local construction worker has been praised for his contribution to the regeneration journey of all three phases of the Pennywell Living development.
Born and...
Fundraising to make a difference
In the lead up to Christmas, kind-hearted staff and partners at Murray Beith Murray have worked together to help make a difference to the...
The Centre celebrates record numbers of shoppers
The Centre, Livingston celebrated a record footfall of nearly 17 million shoppers this year, the largest since it opened 45 years ago, with more...
Balfour hopes for pet shop licensing in 2020
Jeremy Balfour MSP has wished his constituents a happy new year and stated that his hope for the year ahead is for his proposed...
Remember – Haymarket closed for repair works
Network Rail engineers have been hard at work this Christmas to renew a key junction near Edinburgh Haymarket station.
From Christmas Day to December 29,...
And they called it puppy love…..
Dachshund duo Nova and Ottis proved to be the paw-fect pair of inseparable canines as they took part in a Christmas Day proposal photoshoot...
Encouragement for Edinburgh Residents to to Name New Streets
Edinburgh's street naming bank is now online and residents in Edinburgh are being encouraged to suggest appropriate names to be added.
Anyone can propose a...
Oliver is the Christmas baby in Edinburgh
Weighing in at a healthy 4.4kg (9lb 7 oz in old money) Oliver Crispim is the best Christmas present for mum Ana Crispim (37)...
Santa can finally relax with his special cuddle blanket
After another hectic night delivering toys to boys and girls
all over the world, Santa finally got to relax this morning with his special cuddle
blanket...
Getting about in Edinburgh – festive timetables here
What are your transport options today? Well you can walk, take a bus or use a Just Eat bike!
Edinburgh Trams are having a...
Political leaders’ Christmas messages
All the leaders of political parties in Scotland have issued their Christmas messages.
First Minister Nicola Sturgeon said: “This Christmas many of us will...
Edinburgh Trams gets first ServiceMark in Scotland
Christmas has come early for the operator of our tram service.
Edinburgh Trams has been told it is the first UK light rail operator to...
National award for Tracey
Tracey Smith, Operations Director at Edinburgh-based GTS Solutions CIC, has been named one of the country's most inspiring business women.
She was recognised for her...
Witness appeal following hit and run
Police have appealed for witnesses after a woman was struck
by a van in a hit in run collision in Straiton Retail Park around 5pm...
Christmas in Toy Town proves big hit
I have a message for Gary Coupland, Anya Scott-Rodgers and Kevin Macleod. It is simple, give me a break.
My wife and I took our...
The Moderator’s Christmas message
The Moderator of the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland is Rt Rev Colin Sinclair who is minister at Palmerston Place Church. He...
Edinburgh’s Community Spirit is there to be Celebrated
We're raising a festive toast to the leaf-sweepers, the litter-pickers, the path-gritters and the park-lovers. Indeed, to everyone who's mucked in in 2019 to...
Listening this Christmas – Samaritans operate every day of the year
Christmas is a lovely time for some but not for all. Volunteers at Samaritans' Edinburgh will be at the end of a phone line...
FOSROC Super6 League – Heriots Rugby v Stirling County
Heriot's Rugby 29 Stirling County 19 at Goldenacre 21 December 2019
Heriots won for the third time today, this time against Stirling County, keeping...
Christmas dinner for 100 on Sunday
The Parish Church of St Cuthbert is hosting a traditional Christmas dinner for 100 homeless people tomorrow, Sunday.
The free three course feast will include...
My Christmas Wish – A letter from Edinburgh Leisure’s CEO, June...
Christmas is fast approaching and whilst I may be past the age (just) of writing to Father Christmas that certainly doesn’t stop me from...
How to survive Christmas with your dog
Christmas is a perfect time to get together, have fun, eat lots, binge watch some TV and have a merry time.
But it can...
Trams to Newhaven – Christmas and New Year
Construction work will pause on Trams to Newhaven from 5pm on Friday 20 December to 7am on Monday 6 January.
Pedestrian footways will be reinstated...
Stead’s Place – what now?
The only business left in the building at Stead's Place is music venue Leith Depot. There used to be a Bed Shop and a...
Letter from Scotland
This has been the year of the three “Bs”, Boris, Brexit and Breakdown.
Breakdown of so many things – “united” Britain, parliamentary government, the...
