Haggis is out and about at the zoo

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The internet sensation, Haggis, the pygmy hippo calf at Edinburgh Zoo, can now be seen exploring her outdoor habitat alongside her mum Gloria.  Visitors to...

Five things you need to know today

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Pilmeny Development Project to meet the Lord Provost on Tuesday Pilmeny Development Project is one of the third sector organisations which is threatened with a...

Greyhounds are on their marks to find a new home

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Two three year-old greyhounds at Dogs Trust West Calder are searching for their forever homes after their days at the track were declared at an...

Witness appeal following spate of thefts from garden sheds in Stenhouse

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Police are appealing for information following the break in to a number of garden sheds in the Stenhouse area. Officers said that spray paint was...

National Museum of Scotland play key role in dinosaur find

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The earliest and most complete dinosaur skeleton ever found in Scotland has finally been extracted from the base of a cliff on the Isle...

Remembrance stone protection plan

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Plans for a new installation that could be built to protect the war memorial at the City Chambers are to go before Edinburgh councillors. The...

Council to subsidise two “vital” bus services across the south of...

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Edinburgh councillors will consider paying almost £650,000 in subsidies to Lothian Buses to continue running two “vital” services across the south of the city. The...

Police seek help to trace missing 67-year-old man from Bathgate

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Police officers in West Lothian are appealing for information to help trace 67-year-old Hugh Miller missing from Bathgate. Mr Miller was last seen around 1pm...

Rise in number of assaults on shop staff

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Nearly one in ten shop workers in Scotland suffered a violent attack last year according to a report that reveals violence at double pre-pandemic...

Concerns growing for welfare of missing 44-year-old man last seen in...

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POLICE UPDATE: MR SHOWLER HAS BEEN TRACED Police officers in Midlothian are appealing for the help of the public to trace a 44-year-old man reported...

Some excellent work from Northeast Support Team’s special constables

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Special Constables from Edinburgh's Northeast Support Team have since the start of the year committed to an amazing 720 hrs to date. Three training nights...

Misconduct cops quit the force

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A police officer who engaged in "sexual communications with a child" was one of eight rogue cops who left the force ahead of...

Five things you need to know today

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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...

Five things you need to know today

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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...

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