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A PLANNED new Wetherspoons pub in Edinburgh's busy Fountain Park has been scrapped after question marks emerged about the site's commercial viability. J D Wetherspoon abandoned plans to...

Detectives have released an image of a man they believe may be able to assist with their investigation into a serious assault in Edinburgh.  The incident occurred...

The council's travel team has issued its latest list of streets in the capital where roadworks and closures are planned. Every area of the city...

Detectives have seized drugs worth an estimated £325,000 following the search of a property in Edinburgh.  Officers searched an address in the West Powburn area around 6.25pm...

An Edinburgh councillor has claimed that people in the city are being treated like “second-class citizens” over public transport,   Kevin Lang, Lib Dems, spoke out during a...

Edinburgh has the longest-living, healthiest population in Scotland, and the highest employment rate of any major city in the UK, according to new figures. Details from...

Whitburn has 19 organisations coming together in early June for a Volunteer Fair.   On offer will be volunteering opportunities covering all age groups island many different interests.  Among...

Police investigating the death of a 54-year-old man in South Queensferry have made an arrest.  Around 6.10am this morning, Friday, 22 May, 2026, officers received a report that a...

Campaigning students have supported a call to tackle a housing crisis in the city.  And they have told Edinburgh councillors that they have “had enough of...

POLICE have cordoned off a part of Morison Gardens in South Queensferry after an incident today. Forensic tents have been erected and specialists clad in white suits...

A standout effort in this weekend's city marathon will be one man who will be wearing a full suit of metal armour to raise...

The City of Edinburgh Council could introduce up to six weeks paid paternity leave after councillors supported a call to look at improving time...

Around 320 students in Edinburgh were wrongly told they were no longer eligible for council tax exemptions.  And now councillors in Edinburgh have called for...

A total of 175 probationers marked the start of their policing journey at a formal ceremony in the organisation’s training headquarters, Tulliallan, on...

One of our readers remembers the disaster which so affected Leith and Edinburgh during the First World War. Dear Editor, Remembering Quintinshill Today marks the anniversary of...

Last weekend, I took a breezy walk along the Pentland Ridge and came face to face with a magnificent Highland cow.  She looked so...

Scotland's new First Minister, John Swinney, will chair the first meeting of the new Scottish Cabinet on Friday, and he will set out his ambitious...

The City of Edinburgh Council could bring in new requirements for student accommodation developments to contain at least 35% "affordable" units. At a meeting of the full Edinburgh Council on...

The newly elected Presiding Officer, Kenny Gibson, has already made some changes in his first few days in the job. The outgoing Presiding Officer, Alison...

Former Scotland star Leigh Griffiths is facing criminal allegations of conspiracy and being concerned in a fraudulent scheme. Griffiths was due to appear on petition at Edinburgh Sheriff...

Edinburgh Airport workers will strike alongside staff at other Scottish airports during the summer in a dispute over pay. Nearly 700 workers are set for...

The City of Edinburgh Council Leader, Jane Meagher, has said the new Scottish cabinet caused her a "huge amount of concern" because of the potential for cuts for...

Edinburgh's First Hibernian author Mike Hennessy and Sean Bradley of Thirsty Books, publisher of the biography of the Club's founder Canon Edward Hannan, have presented a cheque...

A 39-year-old male from Prestonpans has been sentenced to eight months imprisonment for a series of theft by shopliftings in East Lothian. Police in the...

Police in Edinburgh have been carrying out patrols and intelligence led activities with the assistance of the Air Support Unit in response to community concerns about the illegal...

Provost Robert Aldridge opened this week’s meeting of the full council with condolences to Scottish rugby hero Scott Hastings who died at the weekend.  And he also extended his thanks to players and supporters of Hearts FC for their conduct and performance...

The Motability Scheme was set up 1977 to bring affordable motoring to disabled people, by allowing recipients of qualifying benefits to lease a car...

Olaf, a Scottish Maine Coone cat, has been awarded the title of Britain’s most active cat, travelling approximately 33km a month. The "most active cat"...

A scrap metal merchant office worker who embezzled nearly £800,000 from her employers has been jailed for more than two years. Jennifer Conquer transferred huge...

Six residents and two former residents of the Bethany Christian Centre, supported by two members of staff, have teamed up as the Bethany Bananagrams to take part...