Threat level rises after London attack
The national threat level has been raised to ‘Critical’ in the wake of this morning’s attack on the London Tube system and following an assessment...
Teenage schoolboy slashed in face at West Lothian school
A police investigation is ongoing after a 14-year-old boy was slashed in the face with a knife in a school canteen at a high school...
Leith Street Bridge being removed tonight
The footbridge which linked the St James Centre to the Greenside Car Park and buildings on the other side of Leith Street, will be...
Man convicted of horrifying series of assaults and rapes in East...
A man has been convicted of carrying out a horrifying series of assaults and rapes in East Lothian.
Charles Cassidy, aged 52, had denied the...
Sick Kids sold to developer in midst of community right to...
Earlier today NHS Lothian announced that they have sold the building to a developer, Downing Group, and that the sale will finalise when the...
Join the Great British Beach Clean at Granton this weekend
This weekend the Marine Conservation Society (MCS) is organising the Great British Beach Clean and here in Edinburgh you can join in at Wardie...
Scotland hosting first women in sport week
More women and girls across Scotland are being encouraged to get involved in sport during an awareness-raising week from 1 to 8 October.
It will...
Film Review: ‘Wind River’
Wind River
Direction: Taylor Sheridan
Screenplay: Taylor Sheridan
Cast: Jeremy Renner, Elizabeth Olsen
Length: 111 minutes
Rating: R
Inspired by actual events, we follow US Fish and Wildlife Service tracker...
£1.3m to support locally-produced food
Plans to increase the use of Scottish produce in schools, hospitals and other public sector organisations have been unveiled by Rural Economy Secretary Fergus...
Advice on how to grow your own vegetables
A Harvest Festival is being held at the Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh (RBGE) this weekend to celebrate the end of the growing year.
The free...
Edinburgh Political Focus – what are the politicians saying this week?
In Edinburgh there are many politicians from Councillors to MSPs and then there are the MPs who have to travel to London from Monday...
Washington here we come…..
Yet another transatlantic route has opened up direct from Edinburgh Airport. Following all the flights offered by Delta and Norwegian, now it is the...
Fundraising appeal to buy custom built sports wheelchair for young football...
A Just Giving fundraising page established to raise money to buy a custom built sports wheelchair for a young football coach has passed the...
Alana raises funds for SANDS by walking across the Queensferry Crossing
Alana Jamieson from Livingston was one of the lucky ballot winners who walked across the Queensferry Crossing on the weekend before it opened. She...
Walkers get fired up for Edinburgh Kiltwalk
Nearly 3,000 walkers are prepared for Sunday's Royal Bank of Scotland Kiltwalk in Edinburgh
The final rallying cry for Kiltwalkers went off with a bang...
14-year-old girl suffers fractured jaw and concussion in school attack
A police investigation is underway after a 14-year-old girl suffered a fractured jaw and concussion in a serious assault at Knox Academy in Haddington,...
First high speed train comes to Scotland
ScotRail Alliance has this morning welcomed the delivery of the first of the high-speed trains which will be rolled out from next year. The...
The Edinburgh Award 2017 announced
The council has announced today that the recipient of the 2017 Edinburgh Award will be Sir Timothy O'Shea, the Principal and Vice-Chancellor of the...
New era for Meadowbank Stadium
Edinburgh’s Meadowbank Stadium, which has hosted two Commonwealth Games events, is to close in December marking the start of major redevelopment plans to create...
Dog tied to railings at unmanned Blackburn Police Station.
The Scottish SPCA is appealing for information after a dog was discovered tied to railings at unmanned Blackburn Police Station.
Scotland’s animal welfare charity was...
Cramond & Barnton Community Council will meet next week
The first meeting of the Cramond & Barnton Community Council to be held after the summer break takes place at the Cramond Kirk Hall...
Edinburgh man fined and banned from keeping animals for five years
An Edinburgh man who abandoned his male Lhasa apso, called Tyson, has been given a £225 fine and has been disqualified from keeping,...
SAMH and Hibs announce pilot programme to promote mental health and...
Men are two-a-half times more likely than women to die by suicide each year with the biggest group at risk being men in their...
Charity bike race disrupted after metal tacks found on roads
A police investigation is underway after a number of bicycles were damaged by metal tacks on roads in Whitecross, Falkirk, and Linlithgow during Scotland's...
Northern Ireland manager Michael O’Neil arrested on suspicion of drink-driving
Northern Ireland manager Michael O'Neil has been arrested on suspicion of drink-driving.
The 48-year-old former Hibs' midfielder was detained by police on the A720 on Sunday...
Cyclist seriously injured in collision with two cars in Holyrood Park
A police investigation is underway after a 34-year-old male cyclist was seriously injured in a collision with a white Hyundai Santa Fe and a...
Defibrillators now installed on all 27 trams
Edinburgh has 27 trams in total and now all of them have a defibrillator on board thanks to the efforts of St John Scotland.
This...
DCC Iain Livingstone reconsiders retirement plans
Police Scotland Deputy Chief Constable Designate Iain Livingstone today announced that he has reconsidered his plans to retire.
DCC Livingstone, the most senior of the...
Panda update
Sadly there will be no panda cub this year in Edinburgh.
Iain Valentine, Director of Giant Pandas at the Royal Zoological Society of Scotland (RZSS),...
Speedway – Davey makes decisive move
SGB Championship: Scunthorpe Scorpions 41, Edinburgh Monarchs 49
Edinburgh Monarchs fought back from a 23-31 deficit at lowly Scunthorpe Scorpions after nine races to take...
