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Fringe 2026 – The Edinburgh Reporter choices for today

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This is your daily guide to the biggest arts festival in the world, as Edinburgh’s Festival Fringe moves into its first full weekend. Saturday’s choices...

Victory for Scots earns World Cup qualification place

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Scotland's cricketers will go into Sunday's cricket world league division two match, with UAE in Dundee, secure in the knowledge that they have reached...

Fringe 2026 – Giraffe ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

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"Giraffe" is a semi-autobiographical comedy written by and starring Abigail Weinstock, a former Funny Women semi-finalist, that pokes its long, ruminating neck around the...

Minister visits QMU as Clearing opens opportunities for prospective students

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Queen Margaret University (QMU), Edinburgh welcomed Ben Macpherson MSP, the Scottish Government’s Cabinet Minister for Innovation, Technology and Tertiary Education, to campus on Friday meeting staff supporting prospective...

Baby pygmy hippo now named at Edinburgh Zoo

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The new baby pygmy hippo at Edinburgh Zoo now has a name. She is to be called Piper. Keepers picked the name after the new arrival was...

Fire in Easter Dalmeny – people living nearby asked to keep windows and doors...

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A large fire broke out just after 7.30am in Dalmeny near South Queensferry which The Scottish Fire and Rescue Service said has now been...

Fringe 2026 – the cast of Mythos: Ragnarok – unleashed!

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The Norse gods descended on Edinburgh as the cast of Mythos: Ragnarök unleashed epic wrestling poses, battle-ready stances and larger-than-life characters upon Cockburn Street's mighty stairway. Following...

Council approach Scottish Government for support to make the Powderhall Link happen

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Edinburgh's Transport Convener is taking a grip of an active travel project in Edinburgh which has been dormant for at least a decade. Ten years...

Fringe 2026 – today’s picks from Mhairi Black to Graham Norton

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Here is your daily guide to the biggest arts festival in the world, as Edinburgh’s Festival Fringe gets fully underway on Friday 7 August. The...

Letter from Scotland

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It’s August, so Edinburgh is packed with six noisy festivals and twice as many people as in peace time.   There’s the official International Festival...

Council’s SNP group leader criticises council leader for her “petty party politics”

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Following a meeting between the Deputy First Minister and the Edinburgh Council Leader at the site of the Princes Street blaze, there has been...

Close but no cigar for Fearnley against world No 16

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Jacob Fearnley will today be reflecting on another narrow defeat against one of the tennis world's elite. Bidding for a place in the last 32...

Free is not rubbish: can the Free Fringe keep the festival open to everyone?

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As the Edinburgh Festival and Fringe get under way, familiar arguments are already resurfacing. Many residents will complain that the city has been overwhelmed,...

New branch manager at city firm

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St Andrews Timber & Building Supplies has appointed Jamie Kerr as the new branch manager of its Edinburgh headquarters. Mr Kerr (pictured) brings three decades...

East cricketers to receive Hall of Fame honours

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Three former Scotland players who starred for their clubs in East cricket will be inducted into Cricket Scotland’s Hall of Fame at ceremonies in...

Deaf Festival 2026 – I am Not Broken, I am Not Something to be...

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The fifth annual Edinburgh Deaf Festival – run in collaboration with the Fringe – gets started this weekend. A celebration of deaf culture, language and...

Fringe 2026 – when science and big business conquer death who gets left behind?

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Lab grown hearts and livers, nanotech and AI-curated stress-free lifestyles – big business has harnessed the power of science and medicine to conquer death. Lifelong,...

Princes Street fire – how will the monies offered by the government be used?

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The City of Edinburgh Council leader met with Deputy First Minister, Jenny Gilruth on Wednesday 5 August as a package of £5 million funding...

Changes to bus diversions on Princes Street

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Lothian Business have today altered the routes of services 15, 33, 34, Lothian Country service 43 and East Coast services 106 and X6. From...

Princes Street fire – council leader says that no response from the First Minister...

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On Wednesday the Deputy First Minister, Jenny Gilruth, met with Edinburgh Council leader, Jane Meagher at 109 Princes Street, the site of the fire...

Jacob into round two in Montreal – heading for top 100

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Jacob Fearnley is into the second round of the Montreal Masters tennis tournament where he will meet world No 17 Jacob Mensik, 20, ...

Exam results in Edinburgh have improved on last year

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The City of Edinburgh Council confirmed today that exam results in Edinburgh have improved on last year according to almost all key measures. More than...

Southern cricketers honour Bill and Gerry

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Edinburgh South Cricket Club have appointed Bill Polson and Gerry Dodson Honorary Vice Presidents. Both stalwarts of the club’s formative era as Mitre CC, their...

Scottish property firm earns double UK awards recognition

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Next-generation workplace culture recognised alongside influential leadership AN EDINBURGH property firm has secured two places on the shortlist for a major UK awards programme celebrating...

Halcyon league season for Abercorn teams

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Abercorn Sports Club fielded four men's and women's teams in the VMH Solicitors East of Scotland tennis leagues and were rewarded with some notable...

Princes Street fire – council to talk this week with the government about...

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The fire which caused extensive damage to the former Debenhams building on Princes Street has led to part of the street remaining closed even...

Rare unissued Forth Bridges £20 note sold for £750 at auction

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A unique artist's design for a Royal Bank of Scotland £20 note featuring the Forth Bridges that was never issued has fetched £750 at...

Fringe 2026 – Acid’s Reign – riotous with a live band

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Bold, brilliant, and burning with urgency, Acid's Reign is a riotous queer musical with a live band and powerhouse vocals from drag superstars including...

Review – Paw Patrol: The Dino Movie ⭐️⭐️⭐️

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Since 2013, Adventure Bay has been protected by the Paw Patrol, stars of the hit series of the same name. Led by their handler...

Fringe 2026 – Sitting (In Silence)

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Sitting (In Silence) is a dark comedy that brings humour, honesty and humanity to one of the most urgent conversations of our time. Set...

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