Edinburgh City walking footballers help fight prostate cancer
Walking Football Scotland and Prostate Cancer UK has identified August as walking football month.
Earlier today, generous members of Edinburgh City's strolling 'ballers got the...
Police urge vigilance after Home Office scam
Police are urging people to be vigilant following recent frauds involving scammers targeting foreign nationals.
On 15th and 31st July, two residents on visas have...
Police work with staff across all of the Edinburgh Festival
Police Scotland has been working with staff across all of the Edinburgh Festivals, to encourage them to be extra eyes and ears and help...
Woman charged in connection with Cowgate attack
Police have arrested and charged a woman in connection with a serious assault in the city centre.
The incident happened at a premises in the...
ScreenX – what is it all about?
ScreenX is the world’s first multi-projection cinema technology which shows the film on three walls rather than one. The 270-degree viewing experience is quite...
A spaceship lands on Hanover Street
It is of course quite fitting this year when the world is celebrating the first moon landing that we should have a spaceship at...
Speedway – Tigers boss explains why they let Sarjeant go
Glasgow Tigers boss Peter Facenna explained why they cut James Sarjeant who was quickly snapped up by arch rivals Edinburgh Monarchs.
Danish rider Mikkel B...
Eric Liddell hosting health and benefits surgeries in August
The Eric Liddell Centre in association with VOCAL (Voices of Carers Across Lothian) is hosting health and benefits surgeries for carers in August.
The surgeries...
Gordon urges people to volunteer at a charity shop
by Gordon Lindhurst MSP
Lothian MSP Gordon Lindhurst calls on people to volunteer at Cancer Research UK’s Corstorphine Superstore.
I visited the superstore recently where I...
Councillor calls for leadership on the fight against child poverty in...
by Councillor Scott Arthur Labour councillor for Colinton/Fairmilehead.
There can be no doubt that child poverty in the UK is rising. Under the Brown/Blair Government it fell...
Speedway – Jensen on fire as Glasgow power to the summit
A paid maximum from Rasmus Jensen fired injury-hit Glasgow Tigers to top spot in the SGB Championship.
Tigers’ 48-42 win at Somerset Rebels takes them...
Fishing – Fairbairn tops table in latest round of Bass Rock...
Stuart Fairbairn landed the biggest fish in the eighth round of the Bass Rock Sea Angling League summer series.
The Haddington-based angler hooked into a...
Planning committee approves Botanics expansion
Proposals to overhaul the city’s Royal Botanic Gardens have been given the green light despite fears over a new access point. The £70m plans...
Three charged after drugs and cash seized by police
Three people have been charged after police seized a large quantity of Class B drugs.
On Tuesday 30th July, officers from Edinburgh's Proactive CID carried...
Edinburgh Art Festival 2019 : the creators behind Night Walk for...
In one of Janet Cardiff and George Bures Miller’s first collaborations, a suspended TV monitor shows George’s feet jumping up and down. We hear...
Lothian bus strike called off – for now
A “deeply damaging” strike by bus drivers has been suspended at the eleventh hour after drivers were given “further assurances about harassment and bullying” by...
LNER introduce the new Azuma for the Flying Scotsman route
LNER introduced us all to the new Azuma train this morning at Waverley with a tune or two from the Red Hot Chilli Pipers...
Work starts soon on new affordable homes in Leith
Work is set to start on urgently-needed affordable homes in a prime Leith location thanks to the efforts of three locally-based organisations.
The 82...
Extra Staff Recruited to Help Keep the City’s Streets Clean
Forty additional staff will join the core team of 37 city centre street cleansing operatives in August, to help manage extra demand over the...
UK-China academic event taking place in Edinburgh
AN INFLUENTIAL conference opened formally yesterday in Edinburgh with around 70 Chinese scientists joining a further 80 UK and international academics in fields...
Police invest £3.9m in a faster computer network
Police Scotland is investing £3.9m in a faster computer network to improve service and efficiency across the country.
Officers in rural areas are among the...
Police hunt cyclist who exposed himself in Dalkeith
Police are appealing for the public’s help as part of ongoing enquiries into an indecent exposure incident in Dalkeith.
At 8.05pm on Friday 26th...
Witness appeal after convenience store robbery
Police are appealing for witnesses following a robbery which took place around 5.35pm on Friday 26th July at a convenience store in Saughtonhall Drive.
Staff...
Prime Minister’s first visit to Edinburgh met with booing crowds
The Prime Minister Boris Johnson visited First Minister Nicola Sturgeon at Bute House in Edinburgh today after a visit this morning to Faslane. During...
Teenager charged with neglect after 5-year-old boy found wandering alone
An 18-year-old woman has been charged after a five-year-old boy was found wandering alone in the Craigmount area of the city.
Officers were called to...
Roadworks in Edinburgh to look forward to this week
If you follow @EdinTravel on Twitter you will know what a great job they do in keeping traffic moving in the city. Each week...
Cavalcade of buses is cancelled on Sunday
The management of Lothian the city's bus company have decided to cancel the planned centenary cavalcade of buses which was due to take place...
Update from Lothian on August bus strike
Following the announcement by Unite the union that Lothian's drivers and engineers have voted to strike from next Friday morning, the management of the...
Teenage boy subjected to serious sexual assault at caravan park
A police investigation is ongoing after a teenage boy was subjected
to a serious sexual assault at an Edinburgh camping and caravan park.
The attack is...
Union says bus strike will go ahead
Strike action imminent at Lothian Buses after offer rejection
Unite the union said today that more than 1,700 members are ready to take discontinuous strike...
