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The charity shop at 87 Leith Walk is only the tip of the iceberg for the social enterprise which was set up in 2010...

The roof of a house in Dalkeith has been completely destroyed after a fire during a massive thunderstorm, which affected the entire country. Images from the scene show...

The campaigners who are fighting against a planning application for a hostel in Atholl Crescent have issued a warning that Edinburgh’s UNESCO World Heritage...

How hot does it need to get before we do something about climate change?  We’ve been through a week of torrid weather. Thursday was...

Construction on the site of the UK’s most powerful computer has begun at the University of Edinburgh. The new facility will be around "fifty times...

Bruntsfield residents have expressed their concern after planning permission was granted on appeal for a previously denied 124-bed student flats development. A planning...

An Stockbridge nursery has been awarded a prize at the 2026 annual Pocket Garden Design Competition by environmental charity Keep Scotland Beautiful. Arbor Green Nursery...

A former soldier who breached a sexual offences prevention order for the TENTH time has been jailed for more than a year. Shaun Jewiss was...

Police are appealing for information following a crash involving a cyclist and the driver of a vehicle on the A704 between West Calder and Forth.  The incident...

University of Edinburgh student and British swimming champion Archie Goodburn is hoping to break the Scottish breaststroke record—all while campaigning for better brain cancer...

Delivery riders in Edinburgh are under threat from "robbery, verbal abuse, and assault" amid what they describe as persistent "misinformation" and a sharp increase in incidents. They say...

A University of Edinburgh student and junior swimming medalist will make her Commonwealth Games debut, weeks after graduating from university. Ciara Schlosslan, who studies Politics,...

With the temperature peaking at 24 degrees in Edinburgh, and less than a five per cent chance of rain, crowds have gone to the...

A golden retriever from South Queensferry has been given a charity's highest award after donating blood to help save the lives of over 150...

Scotland hero John McGinn has a new namesake, and this one has a wand of a left flipper. Edinburgh Zoo named a gentoo penguin chick...

A POD of orcas (or killer whales) has been spotted off the East Lothian Coast by the captain of a Scottish Seabird Centre boat. Orcas...

Ten years on from the day the UK voted to leave the European Union, the Scottish Liberal Democrats unveiled an anti-Brexit, anti-Farage billboard in Leith, Edinburgh. The...

AN 18-year-old footballer from Penicuik is living his dream at an American college, crediting a Scottish children's charity that helped keep him on the...

Peter Murrell has been sentenced to five years and three months in prison at the High Court in Edinburgh this morning Tuesday 23 June 2026.  This...

Peter Murrell admitted to embezzling £400,310.65 of the Scottish National Party's funds over a period of 12 years to 2022 at the High Court...

Arthur's Seat in Edinburgh has been crowned the best sunrise and sunset spot in the UK, in research marking the Summer Solstice. The 822ft peak,...

If Glasgow had not used it first then Edinburgh could have used the slogan People Make Edinburgh. But it is a true saying -...

The First Minister, John Swinney, has commented on events in three areas of Edinburgh on Friday in which five men were injured. It is...

Today, Sunday 21 June 2026 is the summer solstice when the hours of daylight outnumber the hours of darkness. In Edinburgh sunrise was at...

A 36-year-old man was arrested and has now been charged following events in three areas of Edinburgh in which five men were injured. Police Scotland...

Police Scotland has issued an update on the arrest of a 36-year-old man following a series of incidents across the city last night Friday...

Police have arrested a 36-year-old man following a number of incidents at various locations across Edinburgh last night.  Four people have been taken to hospital.  Officers have not specified any...

Edinburgh Airport was evacuated last night as a precaution following a report of a potentially suspicious package. The incident was reported around 6.50pm on Friday,...

The council's travel team has just published its latest list of roadworks and street closures in the capital over the next week. Every area of...

Police are appealing for information following a crash in Tranent. Around 5pm on Saturday, 13 June, 2026, officers received a report of a crash involving...