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Caritas Cup for St Margaret’s footballers
The boys’ football team from St Margaret’s Academy, Livingston, triumphed in the Caritas Cup competition for the East of Scotland.
The competition had boys’ and...
Elderly residents are “cut off” from their community by “hazardous” cobbled lane
Elderly residents of a sheltered housing block in Edinburgh say they are being cut off from their communities by a cobbled access lane, which...
Fringe 2026 – Giraffe
Many people love an autobiographical story, but don’t be fooled, this is only loosely autobiographical so Abgail Weinstock didn’t get up to all these...
One year until the Edinburgh Grand Départ of the Tour de France – meeting...
Just as the 2026 race prepares to set off from Barcelona on Saturday, an event in Edinburgh Waverley on Thursday was staged to remind...
Sitting down with Callum Beattie
The long road to the Castle.
Callum Beattie will headline one of the biggest concerts of his career next week before moving on to another...
Edinburgh summer dining with PlateExpectations
Eat Local, Travel Far - Edinburgh summer dining, no passport required
Since moving to Edinburgh in 2012, this city's food scene has never once given me...
SP Energy Networks publishes new summer storybook helping kids stay safe outdoors
Forget Scooby-Doo, there’s two new four-pawed detectives on the case this summer, and they’ve got a very real mission: keeping children safe around electricity
As families...
The Duke of Edinburgh becomes patron of The Royal Lyceum Theatre
The Royal Lyceum Theatre Edinburgh has announced that His Royal Highness The Duke of Edinburgh has become its official patron.
This is a significant...
EIFF – films galore await audiences in August – tickets on sale from Thursday
The 2026 Edinburgh International Film Festival (EIFF) returns this August with one of its most exciting programmes in years, peppered with stars from Ewan...
Letter to the Editor – when is the scaffolding on George IV Bridge actually...
Following an article which we wrote in 2025, we and everyone else in Edinburgh had expected the scaffolding to be removed from outside the...
Fringe 2026 – Glob
Just looking at the photos of Glob, audiences are in for a treat as finally the Scottish premiere of this international multi-award-winning sensation comes to town. ...
Fringe 2026 – REDACTED: The Cover-Up of a Cover-Up of a Cover-Up
Voloz Collective are Fringe favourites having come to the Fringe quite recently with The Man Who Thought He Knew Too Much and The Life Sporadic of...
Caroline and Cameron are Murrayfield golf champs
Caroline Steedman and Cameron Whyte are the ladies and men's champions for 2026 at Murrayfield Golf Club.
They win, respectively, the Bilton Bowl and the...
Sandy a Duddy man for a day
Sandy Lyle became the third ex-Open golf champion to play the Duddingston course when he dropped by as a private guest in the company...
Liam Rudden’s Must See Theatre for July
Ahead of the Fringe Robert Burns, Zog the Dragon and Elaine C Smith grace the stages of the capital in July as well as...
Property of the Month – 62 Coltbridge Avenue
A Hidden Gem Beside The Water of Leith
Set beside the picturesque Water of Leith in the heart of Murrayfield, this delightful cottage offers a...
Deaths in custody in Scottish prisons fuelled by drugs and despair
Almost 120 prisoners died behind bars in two years as Scotland's jails grapple with a twin crisis fuelled by drugs and despair, new figures...
Ceremony of the Keys is held at Holyrood
The yearly Ceremony of the Keys took place on Tuesday afternoon when His Majesty The King symbolically received the keys to the City of...
Fabulous Fearnley into second round at SW 19
East of Scotland tennis ambassador, Jacob Fearnley, is back playing with a smile on his face after a stunning five set comeback win over...
Social Bite opens its flagship village in Granton
The homelessness charity, Social Bite, has officially opened its flagship village, using modular housing on an empty site, showing one way of introducing a scalable...
Record savings pour in for Scotland’s public sector
Smart technology and customer engagement help deliver millions in savings
Scotland's public sector has saved more than £4 million in water costs in the past...
JHE appoints new health and safety manager
Livingston-based John Heaney Electrical has appointed Garry Eggo as its new health and safety manager.
Garry was most recently employed in a similar position with...
Portobello HS launch girls cycling initiative
Portobello High School has launched a new Girls Cycling Programme, bringing together more than 70 young women from across the school community to embark...
Review – Jackass: Best and Last ⭐️⭐️
For twenty-five years (and some change) the Jackass crew, led by their captain, the daring (or just daft) Johnny Knoxville, have made a name for themselves by...
Households in Granton left without water for washing or drinking for five days
Hundreds of people living in blocks of flats at Granton Waterfront were advised late on Friday afternoon not to drink the water from their...
Council by-elections – Greens announce their candidates
The two candidates for the council by-elections being held in September have been announced.
The party has selected a self-employed gardener and a homelessness campaigner...
Lothian adds nine new electric buses to the fleet
On Monday there were nine new electric vehicles driven out of the Lothian garage on the number 36 route between the Gyle Centre and...
The astronomical night sky over Edinburgh in July
The Earth reaches the furthest point from the Sun all year and we have a fourth, consecutive, new supermoon.
The Sun begins the month in...
Celebration of life gathering held to remember Scott Hastings
A celebration was held to remember rugby legend, Scott Hastings, who died last month from cancer, aged 61, only eighteen months after his wife...
Celebrating Dolly the sheep at 30
Dolly the Sheep, preserved for ever in a glass case in the National Museum of Scotland on Chambers Street is one of the most...
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