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A former Rotary International Scholar from Iowa has painted a watercolour of Edinburgh which she has donated to the club for fundraising at their...

Detectives are appealing for information following a serious assault in Edinburgh. Around 3.30pm on Tuesday, 14 October, 2025 a 16-year-old boy was approached by two...

A "daring" still life masterpiece painted in Edinburgh by the leading Scottish Colourist Samuel John Peploe fetched nearly £280,000 at auction in the city. The...

A Polwarth Parish Church elder has received a community hero award from the local MP, Ian Murray. Dawn Purves said she is "absolutely delighted" to...

Celebrating Halloween in Montgomery Street Park The Montgomery Street Park will hold its Halloween party on 26 October from 5.30 until 6.30pm. There will be...

Figures just released show that drug-related crime and fatal overdoses are surging as ruthless crime gangs tighten their stranglehold in Scotland. Production, manufacture or cultivation...

Former Scotland rugby player Chris Paterson officially launched the 2025 Scottish Poppy Appeal at Lady Haig's Poppy Factory in Edinburgh. Paterson is now a specialist...

The Scottish Liberal Democrats are holding their autumn conference this weekend in Glasgow. The party with five MSPs is whipping up its members with...

Following the changes made by the Labour Government which imposed VAT on private school fees, Edinburgh West MP Christine Jardine has hit out at...

The Scottish Government has increased the ‘voids and acquisition’ fund available to the council. This will double in its second year, and means that...

The Scottish Greens are holding their conference at Pollock Halls in Edinburgh this weekend as numbers of member are reported to have risen to...

The council's travel team has just issued the latest list of roadworks, road closure and events which may affect anyone in the city. The measures...

Two luxury hotels run by the chair of tourist body VisitScotland, Stephen Leckie, have been named and shamed for failing to pay staff the...

The Grange & Prestonfield Community Council have demanded action from Edinburgh Council in order to preserve the building at 27-29 Ratcliffe Terrace. Last week...

Euan's Guide relaunches website The charity Euan's Guide which works to combat inaccessible means of transport and travel for disabled people has revamped its website...

The great transition is not going well.  Only a third of workers leaving the oil and gas industry are finding jobs in off-shore wind...

The Armed Forces charity Poppyscotland is calling on businesses, tourist destinations and owners of landmark buildings in Edinburgh to ‘Light Up Red’ to raise...

The MP for Edinburgh South West has joined others to sign a letter to the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, Peter Kyle...

Detectives in Edinburgh are appealing for information after two men broke into a property in the Silverknowes area and demanded car keys from the...

An Edinburgh minister has been named as the next Moderator of the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland. Reverend Gordon Kennedy (62) who...

Charging for events in the Pentland Hills Regional Park The Council is proposing charging a fee to anyone who wants to use the Pentland Hills...

Developers of Crosswinds on the former north-south runway at Edinburgh Airport in West Edinburgh have asked for a further six months in which to...

Specsavers in Morningside ran an out of hours clinic on Monday for people affected by homelessness. As well as offering free eye tests,...

Detectives in West Lothian have released CCTV images of a man who may be able to assist an enquiry into a robbery of a...

Calum Beattie at Edinburgh Castle Castle Concerts, presented by Seat Unique, has announced that Scottish singer - song writer Callum Beattie will be the second...

All of the planning applications made to the council's planning team this week are shown on the list below. Any property owner seeking to build,...

Planning matters The new planning weekly list will be published later today but meantime council officers have issued the reports to be considered on 22...

A collection of unique whiskies created by some of Scotland's best known distilleries has raised more than £2.3 million for a charity benefiting disadvantaged...

A prep school in Barnton has won a national award. Cargilfield School, in Edinburgh, has been named the 'Best Prep School in the UK'...

Detectives in West Lothian are appealing for information following a housebreaking at a property on Deanswood Park in the Deans area of Livingston. The incident...