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Police issue CCTV stills in witness appeal
Police Scotland has released CCTV stills of a male and female they would like to speak to in connection with two assaults which happened in...
Voting now underway across Scotland
Voting is now under way as Edinburgh plays its part in the Scottish Parliament Election 2016.
Residents can cast their vote at the city’s 145 polling places between...
Five things you need to know today
Today our Five things are all about The Scottish Parliamentary Election 2016
Where do you go to vote?
Today all campaigning ceases and voters across Scotland...
#SP16 How to vote in the Scottish Parliamentary Election
Voting in The Scottish Parliamentary Election might appear a little confusing at first glance. Thankfully the Scottish Parliament have an explanatory video to help you...
#SP16 Toni Giugliano Edinburgh Western
Toni Giugliano says he wants to represent the various areas of the constituency. He explains: "I work in mental health at the moment and I am...
#SP16 Edinburgh Western candidates
Candidates from all four main parties are being fielded in Edinburgh Western Constituency. This seat was won by the SNP MSP Colin Keir with a majority of 2689. Mr Keir...
#SP16 Sandy Batho Scottish Conservative candidate Edinburgh Western
Sandy Batho was keen to meet The Edinburgh Reporter at the Zoo where he is a Board director. He also lives in the constituency...
#SP16 Conservatives show off their green shoots at the Botanics
The Edinburgh Central candidate and leader of the Scottish Conservatives, Ruth Davidson, held a very Edinburgh rally at the Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh earlier today....
#SP16 Edinburgh Southern candidates
There are four candidates for the Edinburgh Southern Constituency but we have only managed to capture one of them on camera.
This has been an...
#SP16 Daniel Johnson Scottish Labour candidate
Daniel Johnson is articulate and assured. He describes himself as a shopkeeper, and told us he runs the Paper Tiger and Studio One chain of...
#SP16 Edinburgh Pentlands candidates
This seat was held by the SNP until 2016. Gordon MacDonald took it from the Conservatives in 2011 with a majority of 1758 votes.
The 2016...
#SP16 Edinburgh Northern and Leith candidates
The candidates for Edinburgh Northern and Leith include 23 year-old Jack Caldwell standing as an Independent and Lesley Hinds who has been Lord Provost of...
#SP16 Iain McGill Scottish Conservative & Unionist candidate Edinburgh Northern and Leith
Iain McGill has stood for Westminster, Holyrood and the council in the past. He is a fiercely loyal Conservative activist and really wants to...
#SP16 Edinburgh Eastern candidates
The candidates for the Edinburgh Eastern constituency vacated by the SNP's Kenny Macaskill include the leader of the Scottish Labour party, Kezia Dugdale.
We interviewed...
#SP16 Edinburgh Central candidates
The candidates for the Edinburgh Central Constituency are overwhelmingly female. We have interviewed the majority of them and have embedded the videos below:
BETTSWORTH, Hannah – Scottish Liberal...
#SP16 Scottish Greens boldly going for more MSPs
Patrick Harvie was being very green this morning as he took the train from Glasgow and then walked from Waverley to meet the assembled press at...
#SP16 – The next parliament will be anything but dull
by Duncan McTavish, Glasgow Caledonian University
People tend not to get excited by elections where the result is widely predicted. The current consensus that the next...
UKIP Scotland ‘in disarray’
As news came out yesterday of Glasgow UKIP Chairman Sarah Devenney’s resignation, the Edinburgh list candidate Alan Melville Vice-Chairman of UKIP Edinburgh & Lothians, and the top...
Five things you need to know today
Exams start today
The Men from Leith
Beach Cleaning Kits on offer
Iberodocs begins today
Belhaven Bikes - award winners!
One more day of...
Rotarians fundraising with long distance cycling
Rotary is a charity organisation, with the twin aims of 'service above self' and charity fundraising to help people lead a better life.
Two members of...
#SP16 Kevin Gore Solidarity candidate Lothian list
Kevin Gore came to public notice with his songs supporting independence during the Independence Referendum.
Well used to public performance he now feels ready for...
#SP16 Blair Heary Scottish Labour candidate Edinburgh Peatlands
Blair Heary already looks like a politician, but even though he has been out seven nights a week for some weeks now, he still managed to...
At The Queen’s Hall 6 May 2016 – The Men from Leith
Dean Owens, Dick Gaughan and Ross Wilson, who performs and records as Blue Rose Code, will all play at The Queen's Hall on Friday night....
David Greig takes over at the Lyceum
The Royal Lyceum Theatre, Edinburgh launched its 2016-17 programme with dazzling derring-do earlier today.
Newly appointed Artistic Director, David Greig’s, tenure has not so much...
#SP16 Sarah Boyack Scottish Labour candidate for Edinburgh Central
Sarah Boyack is the Scottish Labour candidate for Edinburgh Central and she is a list candidate too. A veteran of the Scottish Parliament since...
#SP16 Jeremy Balfour Conservative candidate North Midlothian & Musselburgh
Jeremy Balfour was educated at Edinburgh Academy and went on to become a solicitor before studying Theology in London.
He returned to Edinburgh in 1999 and worked...
Five things you need to know today
Fire crews rescue man after fall
Mairi fundraising for Sick Kids Friends Foundation
Tesco installing defibrillators in stores
St Giles helps Cunningham House...
#SP16 Alan Melville UKIP candidate
Alan Melville is the UKIP candidate who is at the top of the regional list for Lothian, so if anyone is going to represent...
Yossarian at The Wee Red Bar on Friday
London based band Yossarian will be playing Edinburgh’s The Wee Red Bar on Friday as part of a Scottish tour including Inverness, Shuffle Down...
New stores in Livingston grow the Designer Outlet
Livingston Designer Outlet, Scotland’s largest outlet destination, will have two new outlet stores with the imminent arrival of Graham & Brown and Vans in...
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