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A medal awarded to the oldest Scot who took part in the cavalry charge that turned around the Battle of Waterloo, has fetched £3,400...

A century-old masterpiece by the leading Scottish Colourist Samuel John Peploe has sold for more than £380,000 as it was put up for sale...

Fringe programme published today Ahead of a launch party this evening the programme for the 29,521 performances which will make up the 2025 Edinburgh Festival...

The charity Lego based event which took place at Meadowbank Sports Centre last month raised £20,763 for the charity, Fairy Bricks. Edinbrick, Scotland’s Biggest...

Aldi Scotland’s Supermarket Sweep is back for another year so that customers in Edinburgh have the chance to raise funds for Children’s Hospices Across...

Gregor Poynton MP has signed the Livingston Village Community Council’s public transport petition, supporting calls to bring back a service route to the area. At...

At the Council this week It is part of the council's own standing orders that papers for committee meetings are published online at least a...

Detectives investigating a report of a serious sexual assault in Edinburgh city centre have made an arrest. The incident took place a week ago, Sunday...

Each month the Old Edinburgh Club look back in their records at some of the notable events that have taken place in history. 2nd...

Road policing officers are appealing for information following a crash involving a pedestrian and the driver a car on Ferry Road last night....

Keepers at Edinburgh Zoo recently celebrated their oldest penguin when Northern rockhopper Nestor turned 32 years old. The 20 inch tall penguin has been dubbed...

Police Scotland have issued a statement this evening after a crash on Ferry Road. The statement reads: "We were made aware of a collision involving...

A 30-year-old man has been sentenced to 10 years in prison for serious sexual and violent offences. John Clark was sentenced at the High Court...

Police officers from South West Edinburgh have been deployed as part of Operation Easel this week in the Gorgie, Dalry and Wester Hailes area...

Plea for volunteers to go to Hidden Door this weekend (or next weekend) Get along to The Paper Factory at Maybuty from 11am on Saturday 31...

Hundreds of fans turned out at Hibernian Football Club on Wednesday to honour Sir Tom Farmer, the man who saved the club and owned...

Detectives are appealing for information after a teenage girl was the victim of a serious sexual assault in Edinburgh city centre. The incident took place...

Local councillors have been seeking answers on plans intimated to parents to amalgamate classes at Wardie Primary School. SNP Councillor for Forth Ward, Stuart Dobbin,...

June hosts the annual celebration of all things pagan: the Northern HemisphereSummer Solstice. The Solstice, which occurs on 21 June at 3:42 am, marks...

The Edinburgh Award The Green group of councillors claim there is too much cloak and dagger secrecy behind The Edinburgh Award, and have called for...

Hibs fans turned out in their numbers to pay tribute to former club owner Sir Tom Farmer as his coffin passed Easter Road Stadium this...

Police Scotland is being sued by officers who were injured amid violence and disorder during Bonfire Night havoc in Edinburgh. Chaos erupted in Niddrie on...

Delays to the Edinburgh Trams Inquiry According to Lord Hardie who chaired the inquiry which took nine years to issue a final report...

Lord Hardie who was charged with conducting the Edinburgh Tram Inquiry (ETI) which cost millions and was much delayed, has responded citing operational difficulties...

The latest wave of funding packages was announced by The Scottish Government today with more than £600,000 will support third sector organisations working to...

The founder of Royal & Awesome golf, Graeme Smeaton, is taking on the challenge of playing five rounds of golf every day for five...

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...

Spotlight on Gaelic education The successes and challenges of Gaelic-medium education (GME)  in Edinburgh will come under the spotlight at a discussion organised by...

A report produced for the event organisers, UniqueAssembly, has confirmed there was substantial positive impact on Edinburgh and Scotland - all despite the fact...

From Monday June 9, a series of speed reduction measures will be implemented in locations across Edinburgh.  The changes will be made to more than...