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Police are appealing for the help of the public to trace a 25-year-old man reported missing in Edinburgh. Kieran Maloney was last seen around 0.10am...

At The Royal Highland Show at Ingliston on Saturday, prize-winning cattle, sheep, goats and Heavy Horses took centre stage. The sellout crowds gathered in...

Pride Edinburgh took place on Saturday with a parade from Holyrood to Bristo Square and the Festival Village hosted by the Edinburgh University Students...

Holy Cross Academicals Cricket Club is celebrating its 75th anniversary this year. This 'small, friendly cricket club' based in north Edinburgh puts out two...

Fergus Ewing MSP has announced that he will stand as an independent candidate for Holyrood next year. The MSP explained his reasons in a...

HRH The Princess Royal visited the Royal Highland Show on Friday and was accompanied by RHASS Chairman, James Logan, and Chief Executive, Alex Paterson...

Senior Edinburgh councillors have backed giving themselves a pay hike, with only one member speaking out in opposition. In February, Edinburgh Council agreed to freeze...

The Police Scotland-chaired Scottish Partnership Against Rural Crime (SPARC) has launched its 2025-2028 strategy. This third iteration continues the work the multi-agency partnership has been...

After Thursday's meeting of the full council, councillors have agreed to consider moving to a four day week to improve the wellbeing of employees....

Emergency services, including police, the ambulance service and at least 25 firefighters were called to a fire at a block of flats on Gunnet...

Last night Thursday 19 June 2025 firefighters were called to Morrison Street in Edinburgh after being made aware of an electrical fire under the...

The City of Edinburgh Council has been awarded Excellence in Transport Design at the Scottish Transport Awards 2025 for the Roseburn to Union Canal Active Travel Route...

For my 75th birthday this week I treated myself to a solo expedition into the hills. I wanted to re-capture the spirit of adventure...

MANY MANY activities and events this weekend This list only scrapes the surface of the many events and activities on in Edinburgh on what...

More than £900 million will be spent on major sporting events and grassroots sport in the UK which the UK Government says is part...

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...