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The biggest agricultural show is taking place on our doorstep this weekend. The Royal Highland Show will welcome around 200,000 people through the gates...

Queensferry Road will be closed in both directions between Drumbrae North and Clermiston Road North from 10pm on Thursday, 19 June until 1am on...

The Royal Highland Show opens today Royal Highland Show preparations. Picture Alan Simpson 18/6/2025 Scotland’s largest outdoor event, The Royal Highland Show, opens its doors to more...

Hibs have unveiled their brand-new home kit for the upcoming 2025/26 campaign. Created alongside Technical Partner Joma, the new home kit pays tribute to the...

Scotland’s largest outdoor event, The Royal Highland Show, opens its doors to more than 200,000 people over the next four days at the Royal...

A 27-year-old man has been sentenced to two years and eight months in prison in relation to drugs offences in Edinburgh. Ardit Mazrreku, was sentenced...

Detectives are appealing for information after a house was broken into and a car was stolen in Livingston. Around 3.40am on Monday, 16 June,...

Detectives in Edinburgh are appealing for information following an assault and robbery in Leith. Around 9.45pm on Monday, 16 June, 2025, a couple were walking...

Detectives investigating the ongoing gang war have arrested a further three men bringing the total so far to 47. On Monday, 16 June, 2025, officers...

All of the planning applications made to the council's planning team this week are shown on the list below. Some of the applications which are...

George Street pedestrianisation The plans to reorganise George Street are progressing, albeit slowly, and years after first planned, but according to latest estimates the project...

Figures have revealed that one prison officer almost every day was assaulted by an inmate while on duty in Scotland’s increasingly violent jails. Scottish Prison...

Police Scotland Update 19 June 2025: We can confirm Adeddamola Adebayo who was reported missing from Edinburgh has now been traced. Thanks to everyone that...

The Prime Minister has just announced that Dame Katherine Grainger is to become a life peer. The government outlined Dame Katherine's success which has led...

The plans to reorganise George Street are progressing, albeit slowly, and years after first planned, but according to latest estimates the project will be...

During a visit to a mother and toddler group in Portobello, Social Justice Secretary Shirley-Anne Somerville has confirmed that The Scottish Government will "effectively"...

A 24-year-old man has been jailed for the serious sexual assault of a teenage girl in Edinburgh. Valentin Tica was sentenced at the High Court...

The Floral Clock in Princes Street Gardens is all spruced up and looking lovely now that the council's parks department have created the 2025...

The Royal Highland Show signs new deal This is show week in Scotland with many farmers and people involved in food and drink production from...

At the Scotland 2050 conference on Tuesday First Minister, John Swinney, will outline his vision for an independent Scotland. Addressing a mixed audience of public,...

The Secretary of State for Scotland, the Rt Hon Ian Murray, went back to Wester Hailes to visit The Big Noise, the pioneering music...

Sarah Boyack MSP said she will step down at next year's Scottish parliamentary election. Lothians MSP Sarah Boyack who was first elected to The Scottish...

Leith Central Community Council Click this link for a detailed agendas for the Leith Central Community Council (LCCC) AGM, immediately followed by the ordinary monthly meeting to be held at Nelson...

A woman was rescued from Cramond Island on Sunday after falling down on the rocks. She was in an inaccessible location so a helicopter was...

More than 8,300 youngsters to learn vital water safety skills this June. It's not just about front crawl and backstrokes, Learn to Swim lessons in...

Thousands of justice sector workers are being quizzed over the impact of The Scottish Government’s prisoner early release scheme. Police officers, prison and probation staff,...

Detectives investigating the ongoing violent gang war incidents in the East and West of the country have made further arrests, bringing the total to...

Foysol Choudhury MBE, MSP, is someone who knew Professor Sir Geoff Palmer for a long time and he has written his own thoughts on...

Scots who have contributed to their communities and country are celebrated in His Majesty The King’s Birthday Honours List 2025 which has just been...

Sir Geoff Palmer a distinguished scientist, academic and human rights activist has died aged 85. He was an adopted son of Edinburgh, originally coming to...