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The City of Edinburgh Council finally named the provider of the new cycle hire scheme earlier in the month - and now we can...

The council has agreed to introduce restrictions on fireworks in nine zones in the city to minimise the impact of Bonfire Night. A Firework Control...

Protest ride A protest cycle ride will take place on Friday night at 7pm - meet at Middle Meadow Walk to join the ride calling...

My three-year old grand-daughter enjoyed a random overview of the Edinburgh Festival sitting on my shoulders as we waded through the crowds on the...

The chair of Edinburgh Accessibility Commission, Zara Todd, has been appointed to lead the UK Government panel shaping government's health and disability policy. Ms Todd,...

Local Place Plan registered The long-established Friends of Midmar Paddock have successfully developed a Local Place Plan for the Paddock - a new type of...

Police officers attended a crash involving a motorbike and a car on Wednesday evening around 6pm. Paramedics were seen administering help to a man lying...

A man has died after reportedly falling from scaffolding in Edinburgh’s new town.  Emergency services were called to Dublin street around 3pm yesterday Tuesday, August 19, following...

Laura Silverstone - live music today Laura Silverstone has been busking in Edinburgh throughout the festival, mainly on the High Street, and now she...

Police in Edinburgh have cordoned off a city centre street after a report of a man having fallen. Emergency services including forensic officers and ambulance...

Cycle Hire Scheme is a go The council has chosen Swedish company Voi Technology to provide the new cycle hire scheme which will be set...

A year ago 19 female medical students arrived in Scotland from Afghanistan to complete their studies. Today many of them attended a reception invited...

A group of four members on the Cramond Campus stakeholder group has resigned en masse on Monday. Housebuilders AMA purchased the former Moray...

The council may approve three new pieces of public art for the city later this week following the establishment of a new Public Art...

The council has chosen Voi Technology UK Ltd as the preferred provider for Edinburgh’s trial cycle hire scheme. Voi, along with the other companies...

Police were called to Edinburgh’s Leonardo building this morning after protestors blocked the entrance.  Shortly after 6am a ‘specially adapted’ van was parked across the factory...

Police in West Lothian are asking for the help of the public to trace a 30-year-old woman reported missing from Livingston. Leigh Groves was last...

Police in Edinburgh are appealing for information following a number of calls regarding the dangerous use of dirt bikes in the west side of...

The Comedy Army aiming to spark change Comedy and football will collide later on Monday as Comedy Army and Simon Community Scotland, with support from...

In the King's Birthday Honours announced this summer it was announced that Bridget Stevens from Edinburgh would receive a well deserved MBE. As announced in...

The Comedy Army are trying to spark change. On Monday, the worlds of comedy and football collaborate as Comedy Army and Simon Community Scotland, with...

This is the most up to date list of roadworks, road closure and events leading to road closures or diversions for traffic in Edinburgh...

The council will announce the name of the new operator of the city's new cycle hire scheme on Monday afternoon. It is expected that the...

Jack Mellor is running 100k on Friday from Berwick upon Tweed to Westwood's Health Club to raise money for Maggie's Edinburgh. He is completely...

The name's Bond, James Bond From Friday at Edinburgh International Film Festival there is a strand of the six James Bond films starring Sean Connery...

It’s hard to walk in a straight line anywhere in central Edinburgh. Huge crowds, dry, sunny weather, café tables on the pavements, tour parties,...

The Scottish Government has now delivered more than 350,000 Baby Boxes packed with essential items for newborns in Scotland in the last eight years. The...

Officers investigating a reported firearms incident in Wester Hailes last month have arrested and charged a 25-year-old man. He has been charged with attempted murder...

A 39-year-old man has been jailed for nine years for serious sexual offences in the Falkirk and West Lothian areas. Kevin Malloy was sentenced at...

A Midlothian road is closed following a fatal crash this morning, Thursday 14 August 2025. Emergency services were called to the scene on the B7003...