Tag: Edinburgh local news

Singer Victoria Mature will pay tribute to her late father Victor Mature, one of the most popular leading men of Hollywood's Golden Age, in an intimate cabaret at Assembly Rooms this August.In the...

A resident at a care home in Edinburgh gave valuable life advice as she toasted a special milestone.Alice McDonald celebrated her 100th birthday in style at Care UK’s Lauder Lodge, on Wakefield Avenue, and...

The very first illy Caffè in Scotland has opened at Bonnie & Wild, the food hall in St James Quarter.There is a huge variety of food on offer in the food hall with...

Prime Minister was in the capitalThe Prime Minister visited First Minister John Swinney at Bute House on Sunday afternoon - the first trip away from Westminster since Sir Keir Starmer took up his post....

The Prime Minister, Sir Keir Starmer, visited the First Minister in Edinburgh this afternoon where he was met with loud protests outside in Charlotte Square.Following a Labour event in an Edinburgh hotel, he...

There is much to enjoy this July with a range of events to take part in at the Victoria Street hotel. WIMBLEDON FINAL 2024 SCREENING - Sunday 14th July from noonCalling all Tennis fans! Virgin Hotels Edinburgh's Greyfriars Hall will...

Stanley Dunlop, who has died aged 92, was the life and soul of North Edinburgh’s Starbank Park and Friends of Starbank Park. When the charity was formed in 2013, Starbank Park was in bad shape....

It is one of Scotland's biggest artworks, resembling a line of grassy pyramids, viewed by millions of motorists each year as they pass by on the nation's busiest motorway.This week marked 30 years since...

This is the most up to date list of roadworks and events leading to road closures or diversions for traffic in Edinburgh for the next week.If you see anything on the roads which is...

The defeated Scottish Conservative candidates in Edinburgh have recognised the scale of their party's collapse on Thursday offering their views on the ways it can recover.None of the five Scottish Conservative candidates across Edinburgh's...

The Masterton T20 cricket trophy will take place under a new format in Edinburgh on Sunday, 7 July.Instead of a one-off final the four semi-finalists, who have qualified through group play, will meet at...

After more than a few years of being in the Shadow Cabinet, today was the day when Edinburgh South MP, Ian Murray finally became Secretary of State for Scotland.He said: "It is a real...

First we have an election.. then we have Madness at Edinburgh Castle. Quite a week here in Edinburgh and people were ready to party on Friday night.The audience were asked by the band to...

Ian Murray has retained the Edinburgh South seat and will become the constituency's new MP.It is quite likely that he will be appointed to the Cabinet on Friday afternoon by the new Prime...

Edinburgh South West's voters have chosen to change from SNP to Labour and Scott Arthur is the new MP who will go to Westminster.https://twitter.com/EdinReporter/status/1809167565068832784The results are detailed below:

In Edinburgh West Christine Jardine Liberal Democrat will continue to represent the constituency at Westminster.Ms Jardine was elected at the last three General Elections.The detailed results are here:Ms Jardine increased her majority and there...

Chris Murray has been elected new MP for Edinburgh East and Musselburgh with the smallest majority in Edinburgh of 3,715.He ousted SNP MP Tommy Sheppard from the seat he had held for nine years.The...

2024 General Election - Edinburgh ResultsThe exit polls predicted - as most polls have for the last few weeks - that there would be a Labour landslide with Labour winning 410 seats across the...

The Prime Minister, Rishi Sunak, has been to see the King at Buckingham Palace and has tendered his resignation following the disastrous results of the General Election.Before leaving Downing Street he made a short...

Scottish Labour dominated the Edinburgh contests, with Ian Murray retaining Edinburgh South and the three SNP MPs replaced by their Labour counterparts, while Scottish Liberal Democrat Christine Jardine is the only representative of an...

The city's Transport Convener, Scott Arthur, has been elected an MP, saying it was still a surprise in his acceptance speech.He thanked Joanna Cherry and then said: "It is truly humbling to have...

After losing his Westminster seat at the General Election, Tommy Sheppard said he will not stand in the 2026 Scottish parliamentary election, but he will play a part in the independence campaign which he...

The SNP is set to suffer its worst electoral night in quite some time, says the SNP's Tommy Sheppard.Mr. Sheppard, who represented Edinburgh East since the 2015 SNP landslide in Scotland and was...

Joanna Cherry the SNP candidate in Edinburgh South West arrived at The Royal Highland Showground around 1.30am and it appeared she was already steeling herself for the result expected in the early hours.https://twitter.com/EdinReporter/status/1809046050818175335She...

It seemed like a victory lap when Christine Jardine - who has been Liberal Democrat MP for the last two terms - arrived at the Highland Hall at Ingliston around 2.30am.Her supporters already...

An ad-hoc facility in Edinburgh's City Chambers has allowed around four hundred people to retain their right to vote in the 2024 general election.Paul Lawrence, Chief Executive of the council and Chief Returning Officer...

In Edinburgh there are five seats in contention, and the quiet word is that all four - except Edinburgh West which has been held by the Liberal Democrats for some considerable time - could...

Following the exit polls announced at 10pm, while Labour look set to win more than enough seats to form the next government, the Scottish Liberal Democrats are predicted to win three times as many...

Last time in December 2019, Joanna Cherry increased her vote share to win the seat for the second time in a row.Like many of her SNP colleagues, Ms Cherry became the constituency's MP in...

A lot has changed since the 2019 election, but it is worth looking back at the previous results before tonight's numbers are announced.Deidre Brock of the SNP became the constituency's MP in the SNP...