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Walking challenge to help Edinburgh locals put a spring in their step
A challenge encouraging workplaces in Edinburgh to walk more in order to feel healthier and happier has begun.
Scotland’s national walking charity Paths for All...
Stills are installed at Leith’s new distillery
The new whisky distillery beside Ocean Terminal has passed another milestone as the stills have just been installed in the building.
The visitor attraction...
Five things you need to know today
The Last SNP Leadership debate
The Edinburgh Reporter was invited to the last SNP leadership debate on Tuesday night, hosted jointly by the Times Scotland...
Final SNP leadership hustings held in Edinburgh
Times Radio and The Times in Scotland hosted the final leadership debate in Edinburgh on Tuesday evening, the seventeenth such encounter over the past...
Celebrating World Poetry Day at Makars’ Court
To mark World Poetry Day Primary 7 pupils from Royal Mile Primary School visited the Writers' Museum to learn about poets and to recite...
Queen Margaret student uses his skills in Ukraine
At the start of the war in Ukraine, one Queen Margaret University (QMU) student felt compelled to travel to Ukraine to support civilians whose lives were devasted by the invasion.
Since then, his volunteering work has...
Coop manager in the running for national award
McDonald Road Coop store manager, Roan Irving, has been shortlisted as a finalist in the Store Hero category of the Retail Week Awards...
Edinburgh buildings to light up on Purple Day
Landmarks and buildings across Edinburgh will light up purple to help raise awareness of epilepsy for Purple Day on Sunday 26 March.
Purple Day was...
Edinburgh Concert Band holding a concert in April
There will be a children's concert in St Brides Centre Dalry on 1 April 2023 staged by Edinburgh Concert Band.
Only an hour long,...
Savings on health and social care budget fall short
The Edinburgh Integration Joint Board (EIJB) which delivers the council's health and social care will meet on Tuesday to hear details of the possible...
Eve Simpson releases a moving ode to self-discovery
Edinburgh-based singer/songwriter Eve Simpson is back with her latest single, “All Her Strange,” an ode to self-discovery and self-acceptance out now.
The track, featured on...
Edinburgh Community Climate Fund winners awarded total of £140,000
The council has awarded a total of £140,000 to eight community groups to fund their projects.
An additional £40,000 was made available due to...
Law firm adds to its numbers in light of increased demand
Gibson Kerr adds two solicitors to their staff.
A Scottish legal firm has welcomed two new experienced personal law recruits following a 13% uplift in...
MSP backs new mental health service for children and young people
A pilot service is being trialled in East Lothian aiming to tackle the mental health crisis facing children and young people.
Developed by Edinburgh Children’s...
Modern Two to open again next month with new exhibition
Modern Two will reopen on 29 April 2023 with a new exhibition, Decades: The Art of Change 1900-1980.
The journey through the decades will span...
Five things you need to know today
A weekend is a long time in politics
This has been an important weekend in Scottish politics, but for all the wrong reasons. The SNP...
Get your tickets now for the big Edinburgh Eurovision Party 2023
Did you try to get tickets for the Eurovision in Liverpool and failed? Well worry not.
There is a Big Boom Bang a Bang...
Herstory month at The Real Mary King’s Close
The Real Mary King’s Close is celebrating Women’s History Month this March with specially curated Herstory Tours.
The underground experience is inviting you to...
St Giles will charge all visitors after drop in donations
St Giles Cathedral will begin charging visitors to enter for the first time in its 900 year history, following a drop in donations.
Edinburgh's High...
Renewed appeal for missing Leith teenager
A renewed appeal has been made for help tracing Faith Marley who remains missing from the Leith area of Edinburgh.
Enquiries have now established that...
Residents in Drylaw and Telford – have your say on the parks and green...
The Drylaw and Telford Community Council have announced that funding has been secured to carry out a community-wide consultation seeking the views of...
MSPs support local residents in fending off student development
Lothian MSPs, Conservative Miles Briggs and Labour's Foysol Choudhury, both met with around 100 residents at Eyre Place Lane on Saturday.
The residents were...
Council to appoint independent chair to slavery group
The council has set up a new Edinburgh Slavery and Colonialism Legacy Review Implementation Group to advance its work in this area. A chair...
Baby’s remains returned to mother after 48 years
Lydia Reid's week-old son, Gary, died almost half a century ago, but it was only this week that his remains were returned to her,...
Peter Murrell resigns after two decades at the helm of the SNP
In a move which was widely anticipated since Friday night, Peter Murrell has resigned on Saturday in the wake of the incorrect reporting of...
SNP media officer resigns
Murray Foote, who was in charge of media for the SNP, has resigned following the row over numbers of members.
Mr Foote, formerly editor of...
abrdn leaving St Andrew Square headquarters
The major Edinburgh employer, financial company abrdn, is to end the lease on its offices in St Andrew Square, preferring to move staff to...
Edinburgh Science Festival – fun for families
Edinburgh Science Festival runs from 1 to 16 April. It is intended to give people of all ages the chance to experiment, and these...
Letter from Scotland
“All the world’s a stage and men and women merely players.” I’ve been watching the week go by and imagining its various characters as...
Google News Showcase deal is a breakthrough for hyperlocal news
The Edinburgh Reporter is delighted to be one of 45 hyperlocal news websites which is becoming part of the Google News Showcase.
ICNN has...
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