Edinburgh Zoo has welcomed Scotland’s only sloth bear, Cipísek, from Zlin Zoo in the Czech Republic.  The Royal Zoological Society of Scotland (RZSS) is giving...

The UK Government has announced that it will send a test Emergency Alert to mobile phones across the UK at around 3.00pm on 7...

More than 2,000 German football fans have arrived in the capital as Hibs host Rot-Weiss Essen tonight to kickstart 150th Anniversary celebrations; with kick-off...

An elephant visited Leith Library in 1976 This is part of the fascinating history of libraries in a new exhibition which opens on Friday at...

Hearts are in the final stages of their preparation for the Premier Sports Cup opener against Dunfermline at Tynecastle on Saturday (kick-off 17.15) following...

Two Hearts players have gone on loan for the rest of the season. Liam McFarlane has joined Alloa Athletic and Lewis Neilson is now...

Berwick Bandits skipper Danyon Hume has undergone surgery to stabilise two vertebrae in his back. It was damaged in a crash in Heat 12 of...

All of the planning applications made to the council's planning team this week are shown on the list below. This week there are no major...

A man has died in unexplained circumstances at Edinburgh City Chambers. Police Scotland said emergency services responded on Monday to a report of an unresponsive...

Queen Margaret University awarded honorary degrees to acclaimed Scottish actress, Ashley Jensen, a food innovator and the former Edinburgh Fringe Society boss at its...