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Cockburn Association public meeting - sign up here The Cockburn is holding an event on 3 April called On the Road to Nowhere - highlighting...

Joy over TV football deal

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The BBC has secured exclusive live television rights to all of Scotland men’s international football matches in the run up to next year's World...

Marking Long Covid Awareness Day

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Volunteers will be handing out more than 1,000 leaflets outside Waverley Station in Edinburgh hoping to raise awareness of Long Covid and ME/CFS (Myalgic...

Crash on Queensferry Road – one driver taken to hospital

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A crash on Queensferry Road on Friday 7 March involved drivers of four vehicles. At 7.15pm on Friday, 7 March, 2025 police officers were called...

Police ask public to report sightings but not to approach missing...

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POLICE SCOTLAND UPDATE - MR SPENCE HAS BEEN TRACED Police have released an image of a 28-year-old man reported missing from Edinburgh, and have asked...

Detectives hunt masked men who stole cash, cigarettes and jewellery from...

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Detectives in East Lothian are appealing for information following a robbery from a shop in Musselburgh. The incident took place around 7pm on Friday, 7...

Latest roadworks and road closures in Edinburgh

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

Funeral of James Martin BEM – Still Game’s Auld Eric –...

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Stars of Still Game were among the mourners who turned out on Friday for the funeral of the popular Scottish actor Jimmy Martin. The actor...

Missing 80-year-old man from Renfrew may have travelled to Edinburgh

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UPDATE _ MR SAMAIN TRACED Police are appealing for the public’s help to trace James Samain who was last seen in Renfrew and believed to...

Teenage e-scooter rider in critical condition following crash in Dalkeith

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Police are appealing for information following a serious crash in Dalkeith earlier today Friday, 7 March, 2025. The incident happened around 10.30am on Newmills...

Police seek help to trace missing 31-year-old woman

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UPDATE - MS WARD TRACED Police are appealing for help to trace Jessica Ward who has been reported missing from Edinburgh. Jessica, 31, was last seen...

Edinburgh Council announces locations of bin hub changes

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Edinburgh Council has announced the locations of each one of the 144 bin hubs across the city which have been, or will, change. Some of...

Tributes paid to popular head teacher

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Tributes have been paid to the former head teacher of Scotland’s biggest primary school who has died less than two years after retiring. Edinburgh-based Helen...

Scotland can be the “engine room of UK growth”

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The Secretary of State for Scotland, the Rt Hon Ian Murray, told an audience at the University of Edinburgh's Informatics Forum on Friday morning...

Macdonald says the numbers add up on free bus travel

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More than 200 million free bus journeys were made by young people in Scotland under the age of 22, and around a fifth of...

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New coffee house A new place to visit has just opened on The Royal Mile in a Category A-listed building in Edinburgh’s Old Town...

Former social worker convicted of sexual assault at Barnardo’s home

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A former social worker has been convicted of physically and sexually assaulting children at a Barnardo’s residential home in East Lothian. Peter Livingstone carried out...

Letter from Scotland

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Orkney Islands Council is leading the way to a better life, putting up its council tax by 15 per cent.   Most of the other...

Crash on Clermiston Road North

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A driver came to rest upside down in the hatchback they were driving on Clermiston Road North on Thursday evening around 7pm. Emergency services were...

Plans to ban on-street parking in Edinburgh neighbourhood to go ahead

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Controversial plans to ban on-street parking in a congested city neighbourhood are to go ahead after being backed by Edinburgh council. Many residential streets in...

Councillors to consider moving more than 100 bin hubs across the...

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Edinburgh councillors are to consider moving more than 100 bin hubs across the city after residents made complaints. Some 45,000 households are covered by bin...

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New £15 million community fund launched The Regenerative Futures Fund is a new ten year community fund which is aimed at putting "decision making...

Scottish Government announce infrastructure funding for Granton Waterfront

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Monies announced today from The Scottish Government's Housing Infrastructure Fund will enable the infrastructure works preparing the way for 847 new homes, including 387...

Accounts Commission report calls for financial reform for health and social...

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The Accounts Commission has examined the finances of Integration Joint Boards (IJBs) in Scotland and says that the situation is "increasingly precarious" and that...

£15 million community fund to be launched in the capital

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The Regenerative Futures Fund is a new ten year community fund which is aimed at putting "decision making in the hands of those who...

Police seek help to trace missing teenager

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Police in East Lothian are appealing for assistance to trace Winter Stevenson aged 15, who has been missing from the Musselburgh area since around...

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Saving Roseburn Path A second petition has been established to support "saving" the Roseburn Path from development by the council for a north south tram...

Conservatives want to reduce school leaving age

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The Scottish Conservatives have made a radical suggestion to overhaul the education system in Scotland. The party has suggested that by lowering the school leaving...

Edinburgh wins Tree Cities of the World award

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The capital has been recognised for its "dedication to protecting and cherishing the urban tree canopy". Edinburgh is one of 27 cities which join 210...

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Improving pedestrian crossing times The council's Transport and Environment meets on Thursday when it will discuss how to resolve delays to pedestrians at pedestrian crossings....

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