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Contact the Elderly group is five
Contact the Elderly in Edinburgh is celebrating!
The charity’s ‘Edinburgh 4’ group is now five years old. The group enjoys afternoon tea once a month...
Salmond’s Fringe show raises money for charity
The Principal Edinburgh George Street and the show Alex Salmond:Unleashed raised over £22,000 for 20 charities this summer from the auctions held during the show....
AM Bid Services are double winners in the Chamber Business Awards 2017
AM Bid Services, leading bid and tendering specialist, has been crowned Winner of 2 categories in the Scotland Region heats of the Chamber Business...
Book news – Peter Ritchie’s new book Cause of Death is out now
Black and White Publishing unveils 'Cause of Death', the eagerly awaited crime fiction novel by former Lothian and Borders Police detective Peter Ritchie.
Dozens of...
Climbing – World Cup and Paraclimbing Cup, EICA:Ratho
World Class Climbing delivers in Edinburgh
If any sport that knows how to build tension in the spectators, then climbing, and especially Lead climbing –...
Theatre – Love Song To Lavender Menace, The Lyceum Studio
Written by James Ley and Directed by Ros Philips
Starring Matthew McVarish and Pierce Reid
A radical, time-travelling, disco dancing, LGBT+ love story, Love Song to Lavender...
Sing-a-long-a Beauty and the Beast at the Festival Theatre on 7 October – What...
Who should go to this show? How can you dress up for it?
What should you expect when you get there?
We had so many questions...
IFSC World Cup Edinburgh 2017 – Championship Climbing at EICA Ratho
World Cup Climbing returns to Edinburgh
Seven years after the IFSC Youth World Championships in Edinburgh, top sport climbing athletes return to the capital city...
Miles speaks up for Edinburgh charity
Miles Briggs, Scottish Conservative & Unionist MSP for Lothian, has written to The Scottish Government about the future of Edinburgh based charity Kindred which...
Edinburgh St James – new investment figures announced
We are all now well aware of the new shopping and residential development on the site of the former St James Centre. Leith Street...
In the year of History, Heritage and Archaeology you have more time to visit...
Historic Environment Scotland has announced longer opening hours for the sites it manages in Edinburgh and Lothian.
Some summer-only sites will stay open till Halloween...
Doors Open Day 2017 – our top ten
Doors Open Day 2017 is organised by charity The Cockburn Association which aims to preserve standards in the city and the green belt where...
Rugby – Watsonians v Stirling County, BT Premiership
Watsonians show Edinburgh how it should be done at Myreside
Watsonians welcomed Stirling County to Myreside on Saturday for their first home match of the...
Our pick of the best Edinburgh cafés
This is a personal list. I like all of these.
If you have favourites then feel free to add them in the comments section...
Scottish Investment Bank
It was announced in the Programme for Government at the beginning of the month that a Scottish National Investment Bank will be established to...
MagicFest2017 – The Secret Gift
From 27-30 December 2017 Edinburgh will host MagicFest at the Traverse Theatre.
Following a launch last year the winter world of wonder will return and...
Rugby – Edinburgh Rugby v Benetton Treviso, Guinness PRO14
Treviso hold out to take the points at Myreside.
Edinburgh Rugby's perennial banana skin opponents, Benetton Treviso, were the visitors to Myreside stadium on Friday...
Theatre – At the King’s and Festival Theatres this autumn
Upcoming events at partner venues, the Festival and King's Theatres.
The Kite Runner
Mon 9 to Sat 14 Oct
King’s Theatre
Direct from the West End, this haunting...
Sick Kids sold to developer in midst of community right to buy
Earlier today NHS Lothian announced that they have sold the building to a developer, Downing Group, and that the sale will finalise when the...
Washington here we come…..
Yet another transatlantic route has opened up direct from Edinburgh Airport. Following all the flights offered by Delta and Norwegian, now it is the...
Walkers get fired up for Edinburgh Kiltwalk
Nearly 3,000 walkers are prepared for Sunday's Royal Bank of Scotland Kiltwalk in Edinburgh
The final rallying cry for Kiltwalkers went off with a bang...
The Edinburgh Award 2017 announced
The council has announced today that the recipient of the 2017 Edinburgh Award will be Sir Timothy O'Shea, the Principal and Vice-Chancellor of the...
Cramond & Barnton Community Council will meet next week
The first meeting of the Cramond & Barnton Community Council to be held after the summer break takes place at the Cramond Kirk Hall...
Panda update
Sadly there will be no panda cub this year in Edinburgh.
Iain Valentine, Director of Giant Pandas at the Royal Zoological Society of Scotland (RZSS),...
Rugby – Edinburgh Rugby v Newport-Gwent Dragons, Guinness PRO14
Edinburgh secure second PRO14 win in succession
Newport-Gwent Dragons were the visitors to, the reworked, Myreside on Friday night as the new-look Guinness competition started...
Jardine demands meeting over flightpaths
MP for Edinburgh West Christine Jardine has asked the Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) for an urgent meeting to discuss Edinburgh Airport’s latest proposals on...
Edinburgh is star in VisitScotland’s latest ad
Edinburgh takes centre stage in the interactive TV campaign on E4 next week in a unique partnership between Channel 4 and VisitScotland.
Our extinct volcano...
Former Lord Provost dies
Edinburgh’s Lord Provost Frank Ross paid tribute to the late Kenneth Borthwick.
Elected in 1956, Mr Borthwick was Lord Provost of the City of Edinburgh...
Global IT company opens new digital pod in Edinburgh
A leading global information technology company launches its newest digital pod in Edinburgh allowing it to offer digital services at close proximity to its...
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