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All osprey chicks perish at Borders site
An osprey nest in the Tweed Valley that attracted UK-wide attention after one male and two female birds set up home together as a...
Edinburgh’s pink perfect summer – the city’s first rosé wine trail taking flight
Edinburgh is about to get a rosy glow this summer with the launch of the city's inaugural Rosé Wine Trail. This promises to be...
Edinburgh’s title at gathering of Inclusive rugby clans
Local inclusive rugby club, Edinburgh’s Inclusive rugby team have been crowned champions at the fourth Scottish Building Society Inclusive Festival.
For the first time, the...
Union warning on moving police officers to frontline
A police union is warning hundreds of officers being switched from desk jobs to dangerous frontline roles need skills and fitness retraining to...
Beating Retreat at The Royal Scots Club
At The Royal Scots Club on Saturday evening HRH The Princess Royal attended the Beating Retreat to take the salute.
The Lowland Band of...
Get ready – it’s the 77th Edinburgh Taxi Outing this Tuesday
On Tuesday the 77th Edinburgh Taxi Outing will fill the streets with joy and laughter - and a few damp passers by.
The outing is organised...
Edinburgh music legend honoured at Goodison Park
A piece of Edinburgh’s musical legacy filled the air in Liverpool recently as Everton Football Club played their final match at the historic Goodison...
Brand Scotland – UK Government signs agreement with Scottish Chambers of Commerce
A Brand Scotland overseas trade missions initiative was signed on Friday by the Scotland Office and Scottish Chambers of Commerce (SCC) in a partnership...
Lorna Slater will stand for leadership and selection
In just under a year’s time the Scottish Parliamentary election will have decided who will be running the government for the following five years....
Dutch flavour to capital’s Seven Hills Race
A group of ten runners from Rotterdam will lend an international flavour to this year’s Seven Hills of Edinburgh race.
The event takes place on...
Celebration week planned for Dean bowlers
Founded in 1900 by Sir James Steel, Edinburgh Lord Provost and a noted builder and businessman, Dean Bowling Club are currently marking their 125th...
Letter from Scotland
It was my duty this week to record the water level at my local nature reserve at Duddingston Loch.
Despite the recent rain, the...
Research in Scotland is revolutionising farming in Africa
Representatives from The Roslin Institute attended the first Consultative Group for International Agricultural Research (CGIAR) Science Week in Nairobi recently as part of The...
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Book now for a Bike Ride on Saturday
Detour movement by bike 9am to 2pm
Join Detour for a social bike ride and outdoor movement...
Animal charity’s glue trap warning
Scotland's largest animal welfare charity has warned against the illegal use of glue traps for pest control, after a series of incidents that have...
Another successful Children’s Festival is over
The Edinburgh International Children's Festival has just finished and has already been declared a major success.
The festival was attended by 17,000 people which...
Bright Bus Tours becomes Big Bus Edinburgh
McGills Bus Group is partnering up with Big Bus Tours to launch their open top sightseeing bus tours in the capital.
This will take...
Construction industry faces pressure from apprenticeship dropout rate
The high dropout rate of apprentices in the built environment came under the microscope at an Edinburgh roundtable event bringing together key industry figures...
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Filmhouse returns
The former church building and cinema on Lothian Road - Filmhouse - will reopen to the public on 27 June 2025.
Almost three years...
Filmhouse returns
The former church building and cinema on Lothian Road - Filmhouse - will reopen to the public on 27 June 2025.
Almost three years after...
Bonnyrigg footballer’s medal sold to Tottenham Hotspur
A Military Cross awarded to a Scottish footballer for his heroics on the battlefields of the First World War has fetched £1900 at auction...
Hutchie Vale mark milestone season with cups galore
In their 85th anniversary season Hutchison Vale Community Sports Club’s football teams have been amassing trophies to mark the milestone.
Among the most popular winners...
Sheraton Grand’s first team member celebrates 40 years service
A long-serving team member at Edinburgh’s Sheraton Grand Hotel & Spa is celebrating 40 years of service in the same year the hotel itself...
Babu makes a recovery after cancer treatment
A bear at Edinburgh Zoo that was given weeks to live after being diagnosed with terminal cancer last year, has confounded experts by going...
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Planning Local Review Body meets today
One of the planning decisions made in January 2025 which the committee will examine is the refusal of permission...
Daryl becomes young volunteer of the year
Daryl Stewart (23), a long-standing volunteer with sight loss charity RNIB Scotland, has been awarded the Special Recognition Award for Young Volunteer of the...
Sport and arts collide in daddy of Fringe plays
Sport and The Arts will collide at this year’s Edinburgh Festival Fringe when former world No 1 squash player, James Willstrop, stars in a...
Walking Rugby team to put best foot forward in France
Midlothian Walking Rugby are travelling to Strasbourg to play an exhibition match at a Cheminots Rugby Club tournament which they hope will spread the...
Keynote speakers announced for wellbeing summit
Keynote speakers have now been announced for the first Scottish Women's Wellbeing Summit in November.
Bringing together two hundred women, a committed and highly...
New Fringe boss looking to “reset relationships” with the big venues
Fringe boss Tony Lankester is only two months into the job and is tasked today, along with his team, with launching the programme of...
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