Rugby star hops in to help veterans bounce back
A brand new family fund-raiser in aid of leading Armed Forces charity Poppyscotland was launched yesterday with the support of Scotland and Edinburgh Rugby...
Broughton High School are really good at debating!
Broughton High School has had great success recently with their young debating team. There are about 18 core speakers involved and Broughton's debaters have...
Meadowbank milestones later this month
The council's Development Management Sub Committee (planning committee by any other name) meets this month to consider two planning applications for the replacement of...
Call in to Waverley Mall tomorrow morning for a free reusable...
At Waverley Mall tomorrow morning between 7.30am and 10am tomorrow Friday 15th June they are giving away 2,000 FREE reusable coffee cups to customers...
Tommy Sheppard MP on drugs…..
Tommy Sheppard is the SNP MP for Edinburgh East. Not a man to sit in the background he always has something to say. This...
Police asking for witnesses to bus and tram collision on Wednesday
Were you near the airport last night when a bus apparently collided with a tram? Police have issued an appeal for witnesses following the...
Edinburgh solicitor appointed Assistant Chief of Girlguiding
27 year-old solicitor Emma Guthrie has been appointed one of the most senior Girlguiding volunteers.
Emma, who originally comes from Falkirk will be Assistant Chief...
Edinburgh architecture lecturer supports saving Meadowbank grandstand
Meadowbank grandstand is worth saving for its architecture
It is the considered view of Dr. Dimitris Theodossopoulos, a lecturer in Architectural Technology at the Edinburgh...
Nine years for rapist who fled to USA after being released...
A man has been sentenced to nine years in prison and placed on the sex offenders register for life for sexual offences committed against children...
Witness appeal following ‘disturbing and violent’ robbery
Police are appealing for witnesses after a woman in her 60’s suffered minor injuries to her leg and arm following a robbery in Bangor...
Edinburgh Trams update – shortened route to the Gyle to allow...
Following a collision yesterday evening near Edinburgh Airport when a tram was derailed, services to and from the airport are only running as far...
Bus driver taken to hospital after crash with tram
A male bus driver has been taken by ambulance to Edinburgh Royal Infirmary for treatment following a crash which derailed a tram near Edinburgh Airport.
The...
Edinburgh West MP wants medical cannabis legalised
Christine Jardine MP for Edinburgh West has accompanied her constituent Karen Gray to Downing Street to hand in a petition. Here she explains why...
Investigation underway after motor cycle crashes with police vehicle
A police investigation is underway after a motorcycle was involved in a crash with a police vehicle around 4.20am this morning in Dalkeith.
Emergency services were called...
Boroughmuir High School opened by Minister Shirley-Anne Somerville
When opening the newest secondary school in the capital, the Minister for Higher and Further Education and Science, Shirley-Anne Somerville was one of three...
Boroughmuir High School official opening
The newest of the Edinburgh schools was officially opened today by the Minister for Higher and Further Education and Science, Shirley-Anne Somerville.
The opening ceremony...
Balfour supports cancer drug petition
Jeremy Balfour, Scottish Conservative MSP for Lothian is backing Breast Cancer Now’s campaign to ensure the “life-changing” breast cancer drug Perjeta is made available...
Man jailed for killing his baby daughter
A man responsible for killing his baby daughter in West Lothian has today been jailed at Glasgow High Court.
Traherne Wiliams was sentenced to six...
72nd Edinburgh Taxi Drivers’ Outing
On the second Tuesday of June a number of taxi drivers in the city put aside their fares and take a number of children...
China flight heads back to Beijing
The first plane from Beijing landed at 6.00am this morning and by around 8 o'clock it had taken off to return to China.
This is...
Man who murdered partner and left body to decompose jailed
A man who murdered his partner and left her body to decompose in an Edinburgh flat was sentenced to 21 years in prison at the...
Scottish SPCA Chief Executive Kirsteen Campbell completes the London Marathon
Scottish SPCA Chief Executive Kirsteen Campbell ran the London Marathon for Scotland’s animal welfare charity in a fantastic 4 hours and 39 minutes.
Kirsteen said,...
Jardine welcomes China flight
Edinburgh West MP Christine Jardine has described the first ever direct flight between Scotland and China as ‘momentous for Edinburgh Airport’.
There will now be...
Cricket – Cross wants more big scalps
Scotland wicketkeeper/batsman Matthew Cross looks to the T20 double-header with Pakistan on Tuesday and Wednesday to claim another prize scalp.
He back-stopped in the sensational,...
Profile – Ewan Aitken – CEO with a passion
Whether or not he wins the Leading Light award his staff have entered him for, we think Ewan Aitken deserves a mention on our...
First direct flight from China to Scotland arrives today
The very first Hainan Airlines flight from Beijing, China arrives in Edinburgh this morning.
This is the inaugural direct flight from China and is the...
Former Lord Provost George Grubb dies
The man who was elected The Rt Honourable Lord Provost of the City of Edinburgh in 2007 and who served as the city's first...
Two new Deputy Chief Constables appointed
The Scottish Police Authority (SPA) has announced the appointment of Will Kerr and Fiona Taylor as Deputy Chief Constables (DCC) within Police Scotland’s leadership...
Managing traffic in the Old Town during August
Earlier today the council approved the closure of Cockburn Street during the daytime in August, but not Blair Street, as previously considered.
The Edinburgh Festival...
Witness appeal following robbery in Middlefield
Police are appealing for witnesses following an assault and robbery in which took place around 4pm on Friday 8th June at Middlefield, near to...
