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May graces us with another, invisible, new supermoon, and two full micromoons the latter of which will also be a (calendar) blue moon. The Eta...

Two community groups on either side of the New Town are sharing notes in resisting large scale apart hotel and hostel developments in their...

On a visit to North Edinburgh charity, Fresh Start, on Tuesday morning, SNP leader, John Swinney, insisted that controlling the prices in supermarkets remains...

Business leaders grilled Edinburgh’s Holyrood candidates on Monday as the Edinburgh Chamber of Commerce held its hustings on Monday afternoon. Daniel Johnson of Scottish Labour,...

Armed police responded to an incident in Longstone on Sunday. The street was locked down by police in what has been described as “concern...

Willie Rennie, when he was leader of the Scottish Liberal Democrats, was always up for a fun photo call. On Sunday the Scottish Liberal...

CHARLES Dundas, a former City of Edinburgh councillor and current Liberal Democrat candidate for the redrawn Edinburgh Central seat has described the positive response...

Three quarters of prison officers in Scotland fear repeated exposure to toxic drug fumes on the job is putting their health at risk. Frontline staff...

A 29-year-old man has been sentenced to nine years and five months in prison and disqualified from driving for 13-years for attempted murder in...

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...

PENGUIN chick season has officially begun at Edinburgh Zoo, where two northern rockhoppers weighing just 63g and 95g have hatched just in time for...

Researchers at Queen Margaret University (QMU), Edinburgh say that Frame Running, an adapted form of physical activity, could offer a safe new way for...

A 31-year-old man has been found guilty of a string of violent sexual offences, including rape and domestic abuse, in East Lothian. Jordan Coyle was...

Cash-strapped police have been forced to scale back a major drug-driving crackdown – despite drugs overtaking alcohol as the biggest danger on Scotland’s roads. Police...

The highly decorated Apprentice Pillar has been named the favourite feature of Rosslyn Chapel in a survey of visitors.  Research was carried out for Rosslyn...

‘Tis the season of hope. Hope that all the hard work of our 9,000 farmers, 131,600 exam sitters, 1,029 election candidates, and the rest...

A 70-year-old man has been given an Order of Lifelong Restriction (OLR) and a custodial sentence of seven years after being convicted of non-recent...

Edinburgh Council has been forced to act once again after travellers occupied the historic millennia-old Huly Hill site. It appears that the group smashed their way through a fence...

A candidate bidding to represent one of Edinburgh's new constituencies almost died in 2025, and says campaigning gives sense of something "bigger than me". Oliver...

Scottish Lib Dems leader, Alex Cole-Hamilton, is hoping to continue balancing his duties at the head of the party alongside those in the new...

Lecturers at the University of Edinburgh are refusing to mark essays, dissertations, and coursework as part of an ongoing dispute around £140m worth of...

Prison chiefs are flushed with success after getting to the bottom of soaring loo roll costs – and wiping out nearly £160,000 in spending...

A PHD student and self-styled "queer Tamil immigrant" is one of the Scottish Greens' top candidates in Edinburgh—and could be on the verge of...

Police in Edinburgh are asking for the public’s help in tracing a missing teenager. Adeddamola Adebayo, known as Damola, was last seen on Monday, 6...

Ten years after she was first elected as an SNP MSP, the Independent candidate for Edinburgh and Lothians East region, Ash Regan, has published...

Meet the candidate aiming to bring women's issues to the forefront of its election - through one of its newest parties. Laura Mackintosh, 37, is...

Students from the University of Edinburgh will face The University of Manchester in the grand final of the BBC’s University Challenge on Monday night.  The Edinburgh team, consisting of Parthav Easwar,...

EDINBURGH Castle became a giant canvas celebrating Scotland’s women footballers on Saturday night, projecting striking images of players at every stage, from grassroots girls to...

Two members of Edinburgh public speaking clubs gained wins at the Scottish Division Final of the World Championships of Public Speaking in Glasgow this...

A local soldier, Private Roy Robertson of Balaklava Company, 5th Battalion The Royal Regiment of Scotland (BKA Coy, 5 SCOTS), is off to London...