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FLIGHTS at Edinburgh Airport and sites across Scotland have been cancelled and delayed after a “technical issue” at Prestwick Airport in Ayrshire. On Monday morning, National Air Traffic...

At a recent meeting Edinburgh councillors from all parties agreed a no confidence motion in the Standards Commission, the body which formally hears any...

The travel team at Edinburgh Council has published a list of the latest roadworks and street closures in the capital over the next week. There...

Sailors from the 65,000 tonne aircraft carrier, HMS Queen Elizabeth paraded up the Royal Mile on Friday in front of hundreds of onlookers. The sailors...

“I borrowed an axe and went down to the woods by Walden Pond and began to cut some straight arrowy white pine for timber.” ...

Some 250 members of the crew of the aircraft carrier HMS Queen Elizabeth will parade up the Royal Mile on Friday morning, invited by...

AN EDINBURGH tech whizz has taken his AI-powered planning tool, built to assess developments locally, nationwide. HARRY Williams, 26, has spent more than a year building City Scope, a tool...

THERE were more bicycles than cars on a popular Edinburgh commuter route for the first time ever. The milestone, which was achieved on Leith Walk from 8–9am on May...

After a 19 year long campaign, The City of Edinburgh Council has approved the capital expenditure to permanently transform a space in the city...

During her visit to the capital on Wednesday, the President of Ireland received an Honorary Fellowship of the Royal Society of Edinburgh (RSE). Catherine Connolly,...

A campaign to “save” a former parish church in Leith after the building was put up for sale is entering the final stages. Leith St Andrew’s Church was...

Owain James was just 35 years-old when he died of brain cancer, and his widow says that his treatment was curtailed due to a...

SCOTTISH transport chiefs have launched a new artificial intelligence pilot scheme to catch slovenly drivers throwing litter out of their cars. The six-month trial will see LitterCam technology...

A FUNDRAISER has been set up for a couple who lost their home to a devastating fire last Thursday. The blaze, which began around 10am,...

A woman was airlifted from Arthur’s Seat after suffering a fall on Sunday evening. Emergency services were initially called to Holyrood Park at around 6.40pm...

The organisers of a dance music event in a disused military bunker appear to have been caught up in a bizarre emu attack dispute with the council. Subterranean Sound were...

A convicted child sex offender has been forced to flee after his home was targeted by vandals during an angry neighbourhood protest. Local residents have...

London has been considering introducing a tourist tax which the mayor, Sir Sadiq Khan, has said will be capped at 5%. Last week the UK...

On Sunday the weather was kind as almost 600 people took part in the People's Procession ahead of the arrival of 300 horses and...

Almost 300 horse riders will gather in Edinburgh this weekend as the centuries-old civic tradition of Riding the Marches returns to the capital. The Riding...

North Berwick lifeboat volunteers have issued a tide warning after three people were cut off at the coast in the past fortnight. The RNLI crew...

Teaching support staff in Edinburgh won more than £250,000 in damages from the council last year after a surge in school violence. This figure only covers non-teaching support...

ARTS chiefs have left the door open to funding to revive the now-defunct Edinburgh-based Skinny magazine after it announced its shock closure on Thursday. The closure was forced...

A GROUP of Edinburgh residents have launched a legal challenge to Scottish ministers after their planning approval for a 544-bed “super-hostel” in Edinburgh’s West...

Councillors agreed to apply Visitor Levy funds to support three projects - The Causey Project, a bus to Lost Shore Resort and the Edinburgh...

Two Edinburgh nurseries have been named among the top 10 childcare facilities in Scotland. George Heriot’s School and Tynecastle Nursery School placed eighth and ninth...

I’m coming down to reality after another glorious summer. But I’m still dreaming of our family holiday on Speyside, kayaking on the lochs and...

Edinburgh council has agreed a way to move to the next stage of expanding the tramline north-south in the capital - and it came...

Firefighters are tackling a huge blaze which took hold in a block of flats in Muirhouse. The roof at the property on Ferry Gait Place in the Muirhouse...

Planning applications lodged with the council's planning department up to this week are detailed in the list embedded below. As well as the council website...