Light-up santa figures stolen from garden centre
A police investigation is underway after artificial
Christmas trees and decorations were stolen from Dobbies Garden Centre in
Broxburn between 6pm on Friday and 8am on...
#GE2019 Vote Liberal Democrats to stop IndyRef 2
Willie Rennie Scottish Liberal Democrat leader met the press at the Fudge Kitchen on the High Street today where he explained the venue was...
Are you the young movie critic of 2019?
Search begins for Scotland’s young movie critic of 2019
Education charity Into Film has launched its new competition The Big Review of the Year, which...
Accessible Streets in Edinburgh Welcomed by Equalities Groups
The City of Edinburgh Council's citywide ban on ‘A’ boards and other temporary on-street advertising has been deemed a success, one year on from...
Scotmid Launch New Tartan to celebrate 160th Anniversary
Scotmid have marked St Andrew’s Day (30 November 2019) by
launching a special tartan produced in conjunction with Perthshire-based The
House of Edgar, as part of...
Racing abandoned at Musselburgh today
Racing at Musselburgh Racecourse today Monday 2 December has been abandoned as the track is frozen.
Temperatures overnight were milder and...
Open Streets December 2019 – where were you?
It seemed a bit empty on the Royal Mile today - the streets were closed to traffic and open to pedestrians and cyclists. Except...
Save Iona Street campaign is launched
A new community campaign has been launched by residents concerned about plans to build another block of student flats in Leith.
A pre-application by Manson...
#GE2019 Lib Dems’ message to President Trump
Keep Donald Trump's hands off our NHS
Ahead of President Trump’s visit to the UK tomorrow, Scottish Liberal Democrat general election chair Alex Cole-Hamilton MSP...
Schools and nursery schools will be closed for the General Election...
School and nursery closures
The following schools and nurseries will be closed on Thursday 12 December 2019 owing to the UK Parliamentary General Election
Abbeyhill Primary...
Modest Dickson opens her heart to Brunton audience
This may have been Another Suitcase In Another Hall for Barbara Dickson in her glittering career, but the audience with the Dunfermline-born singer/songwriter was...
Taxis want you to Know What You’re Getting Into
Unite the union has launched a winter public safety campaign – Know What You’re Getting Into - in the country’s two largest cities to coincide with...
Councillor Robert Aldridge wins Lifetime Contribution Award
LGIU Scotland and CCLA unveiled the winners of the 2019 Councillor Awards, the only national awards ceremony to celebrate the achievements of individual councillors...
Christmas lights switched on at Craigmillar
Choirs from Castleview Primary and The Venchie young people’s project performed at a community event held in Craigmillar last night.
Organised by Castle Rock...
#GE2019 Sarah Masson SNP candidate for Edinburgh West
Sarah Masson works in Gordon Macdonald MSP's office, and has previously worked for Christian Allard when he was an MSP and for Ben Macpherson,...
Guide dog pups celebrate with a birthday party in Edinburgh
Seven guide dog puppies celebrate their first birthday together with some very funny and cute moments caught on camera
The pups got together yesterday to celebrate...
Balfour praises local organisation for speaking out about post natal depression
Jeremy Balfour MSP praises local groups supporting sufferers of postnatal depression
In a debate held in the Scottish Parliament on Thursday, Jeremy Balfour MSP, spoke...
Three teenagers convicted of murdering 67-year-old man
Three teenagers who beat a pensioner to death in Edinburgh were convicted of murder.
Officers were called to a flat on Clearburn Road in the...
Letter from Scotland
One of Andrew’s few
appearances in the Bible is in the story of the “feeding of the five
thousand”. It was he who noticed the lad
who...
Charity shop Secret Santa challenge
Lothian MSP Miles Briggs is backing the Charity Retail Association’s ‘Good Cause Santa Claus’ campaign.
Briggs is encouraging local residents and businesses to participate in...
Send your letter to Santa from the Drylaw post box
Drylaw Neighbourhood Centre had a special visitor this morning as Santa Claus popped in to deliver a Christmas post box so that kids can...
Police hunt two men after attempted armed robbery
Police are appealing for information following an attempted
robbery at a mini-market in Livingston earlier today.
Around 10.15 am this morning, a man, armed with a...
Rotary Club of Edinburgh news
In case you hadn’t noticed, Christmas is coming! Whilst many Rotary Clubs hold their own Christmas parties, it is also a time when their...
Blackhall Mosque to hear sermon on gender justice on Friday
Edinburgh’s Blackhall Mosque will add its name to a list of imams up and down the country who are changing their usual Friday religious...
Gorgie City Farm crowdfunding reaches £100,000 target
Two large anonymous donations, of £20,000 last week and £5,000 today, have taken the crowdfunding target for Gorgie City Farm to its £100,000...
#GE2019 Iain McGill candidate Edinburgh North & Leith
Iain McGill has stood several times before as a candidate in various elections, only narrowly missing out on a position as MSP in the...
#GE2019 Gordon Munro Labour Party candidate for Edinburgh North and Leith
Gordon Munro is a Labour councillor on the City of Edinburgh Council. He is forthright and hard working on behalf of the people of...
Jardine demands council solve Ratho traffic issues
Christine Jardine, the Liberal Democrat parliamentary candidate for Edinburgh West, has today written to The City of Edinburgh Council demanding that officials come up...
Pensioner injured and dog killed after being struck by van
A 76-year-old man suffered serious head injuries and his dog
was killed after they were knocked down by a Ford Transit tipper van that
mounted a...
Santa is upping his game at Edinburgh Leisure
In preparation for burning off all those mince pies Santa Claus will be consuming this Christmas, he is coming to Edinburgh Leisure’s soft plays....
