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Children’s Hearings Scotland is looking for new volunteer panel members who will be involved in making decisions on cases involving infants, children and young...

The Cabinet Secretary for Housing, Màiri McAllan, announced her new Housing Emergency Plan to parliament on Tuesday afternoon. The plan focuses on three key...

This is the scene on Great Junction Street this morning where there are reports of a man having died. There are delays on Bonnington...

For Women Scotland to stage a protest at Parliament on Thursday On Thursday 4 September it will be 20 weeks since Lord Hodge handed...

The Cabinet Secretary for Housing, Màiri McAllan, will address Holyrood on Tuesday afternoon to set out her plans to tackle the housing emergency, ending...

Each month The Old Edinburgh Club takes a look back at notable dates and highlights them for Edinburgh Reporter readers. 1 September - In 714,...

All night trams at weekends and extra services around the big name concerts at Scottish Gas Murrayfield and at the Royal Highland Centre at...

The size of Edinburgh’s new cycle hire scheme has been revealed two days ahead of its public launch. Users will be able to cycle from...

Detectives are appealing for information after a 79-year-old woman was robbed in Deans, Livingston. Around 8.40am this morning, Monday, 1 September, the woman was in...

At the Lyceum soon At The Royal Lyceum Theatre in October a darkly comic reimagining of Anton Chehov’s widely loved masterpiece, The Seagull will grace...

A 55-year-old man has been arrested and charged in connection with the death of a woman at a property on Restalrig Avenue in the...

Police officers are being encouraged to use an anonymous anti-corruption hotline. Police Scotland have signed up to the Crimestoppers Police Integrity Line in a further...

The Maclean brothers have successfully completed an unsupported row across the Pacific to Australia breaking the record as they did so, despite bad weather...

An investigation has been launched after a substance was discovered inside Dalkeith police station. Emergency services were alerted to the incident around 10.30am this morning...

According to Leith councillors the benches which were removed from the Foot of the Walk a few weeks back will be replaced there on...

The members of the Scottish Green Party have elected Gillian Mackay and Ross Greer as the new Co-leaders who will head up the party’s...

The September equinox heralds the start of astronomical autumn plus we have a total Lunar eclipse that may be tricky to see! The Sun begins...

Edinburgh private hire drivers staged a protest on Thursday in the form of a go slow convoy to highlight what they regard as "ongoing...

Pentlands Open Studios this weekend - travel by bike! The artist trail, Pentlands Open Studios, is located in Colinton and Balerno and will also use...

After a dry spring and probably the hottest summer on record, our farming industry is in trouble. Barley and wheat farmers say their crops...

The M8 was closed in both directions today Thursday 28 August 2025 following a fatal crash involving a pedestrian and the driver of a...

The Scottish Government has issued statistics for the year ending June 2025 for recorded crime in Scotland. The numbers show a small increase in...

A voluntary redundancy scheme has begun today at the University of Edinburgh which is facing financial difficulties which management say mean necessary cuts in...

The City of Edinburgh Council meets today The papers for the meeting and how to watch online are here. SNP group leader, Simita Kumar has lodged...

Change Mental Health says the organisation is relieved that the Stafford Centre and services delivered in Edinburgh by them are effectively safeguarded, for the...

Scotland needs a "credible response" to combat the rising tide of violent crime not "quick-fix sticking plaster measures", a top cop has warned. The president...

In a first for Scotland there will be a regular livestream from the Criminal Appeal Court from today in a move to demonstrate the...

Edinburgh joins Eurocities call to action Edinburgh joins more than 40 other cities in Europe to reaffirm their commitment to cultural development which is inclusive...

On 23 August police officers attached to the Dalkeith Road Policing Unit conducted speed checks at Queen Margaret University Junction on the A1 in...

Police are appealing for information following a fatal crash in Edinburgh which took place around 2.10pm on Thursday, 21 August, 2025 on Dalkeith Road...