Provost Robert Aldridge opened this week’s meeting of the full council with condolences to Scottish rugby hero Scott Hastings who died at the weekend.  And he also extended his thanks to players and supporters of Hearts FC for their conduct and performance...

The Motability Scheme was set up 1977 to bring affordable motoring to disabled people, by allowing recipients of qualifying benefits to lease a car...

Jacob Fearnley has been given a massive incentive to progress in the second major event of the tennis season, the French Open, in Paris...

Judoka Sarah Adlington and bowler Mary Wilson, both from Edinburgh, are among 43 athletes from eight sports sharing £210,000 of National Lottery funding from...

Olaf, a Scottish Maine Coone cat, has been awarded the title of Britain’s most active cat, travelling approximately 33km a month. The "most active cat"...

Heriot-Watt University has announced that its annual Degree Show will be returning to the Scottish Borders campus this weekend with designs inspired by the world around...

A scrap metal merchant office worker who embezzled nearly £800,000 from her employers has been jailed for more than two years. Jennifer Conquer transferred huge...

The chef lineup has been announced for the first Leith Food Festival A mouthwatering lineup of top chefs from the capital will be displaying their...

Six residents and two former residents of the Bethany Christian Centre, supported by two members of staff, have teamed up as the Bethany Bananagrams to take part...

The weather in the capital may at long last be about to take a turn for the better. This might be the hottest weekend...