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Green skills challenge to be addressed at event this month
Sustainabuild takes place this month, an event addressing the challenge of closing the green skills gap in Scotland’s built environment.
At the first Assembly event...
At The City Art Centre – new exhibitions programme for 2025
A new suite of exhibitions has been announced for the City Art Centre on Market Street where the curators champion Scottish visual arts and...
Flooding problems at newly laid Melville Crescent to be fixed “as soon as possible”
Just before Christmas residents living at the West End were rejoicing at the new layout created at Melville Crescent which opened to the public....
New show at the RSA from Saturday
The first major art show of the year, featuring 300 paintings by some of Scotland’s top artists, will be unveiled in the RSA on...
Scott Lawrie Gallery – visual sunshine from Oceania
The first exhibition of the year at Scott Lawrie Gallery will feature works from the southern hemisphere.
All artists are showing in Scotland for...
Full Fringe ahead at Summerhall
Now that the threat of legal action has been withdrawn the charity which will run the Fringe events at Summerhall has announced an extensive...
LifeCare’s Chatty Café celebrates its first birthday
LifeCare invites the local community to celebrate one year of Chatty Café.
Are you looking to get out and about and meet new people? Then...
City woman’s debut novel success
The debut novel by an Edinburgh businesswoman is attracting interest from around the world.
“What if..?” celebrates modern womanhood and is the culmination of a...
Tattoo making huge donation to St Columba’s
The Royal Edinburgh Military Tattoo has chosen St Columba’s Hospice Care to receive a special one-off charity donation of up to £162,000 in celebration...
Letter from Scotland
The Church of Scotland is going through a 21st century reformation as it comes to terms with the general decline of formal “religion” throughout...
British Business Awards to take place in Edinburgh
NatWest Group and Josh Littlejohn MBE, founder of Social Bite, are unveiling a new national business awards event and the first one will be...
Lord Pentland appointed as Lord President
HM the King has appointed the Rt Hon Lord Pentland as Scotland’s new Lord President. The announcement was made by First Minister John Swinney...
Edinburgh Zoo will become home to lynx captured in the Highlands
Experts from The Royal Zoological Society of Scotland (RZSS) have successfully captured two Lynx which had been illegally released into the Highlands.
Working alongside Police...
Councillors expected to approve tourist tax this month
After several years of discussion and consultation, the final draft of Edinburgh’s proposed tourist tax has been published. It will be considered by councillors...
Volleyball Scots excel at Five Nations event
Scotland’s women’s and men’s volleyball teams excelled at the inaugural Five Nations tournament in Kettering, England, bringing back gold and silver medals, respectively.
In the...
Parliament urged to take action on climate change this year
It was all ‘lights, camera, climate action’ at Holyrood as MSPs returned to business for the new year.
Climate campaigners urge politicians to take action...
Summerhall – winding up withdrawn before Christmas
After months of legal process and uncertainty the court action against Summerhall Management Ltd has been brought to a close.
On Wednesday Robert McDowell...
The best party you will never go to…
The Co-op recently published a study which said 70% of us want a celebration of life when we die. That change in our attitude...
Review – Bat Out Of Hell ⭐️⭐️
The last time Bat Out Of Hell roared into Edinburgh, the ‘award-winning hit musical’ with book, music and lyrics by the late Jim Steinman...
Edinburgh care homes to host advice events
As part of a nationwide initiative, three care homes in Edinburgh are inviting local people to their free dementia advice events.
This January, Care UK’s...
Fergus McCreadie and corto.alto join SNJO’s stellar cast at Usher Hall
Mercury Prize nominees Fergus McCreadie and corto.alto join a stellar cast of musician-composers in the Scottish National Jazz Orchestra’s Nu-Age Sounds ll – Planet...
Turner’s Edinburgh on show in the city
With its dark storm clouds and sheets of rain pounding the city of Edinburgh, it could almost have been painted today.
A landscape painting of...
The Scottish Barony Register
The Scottish Barony Register is run by retired solicitor, Alastair Shepherd, and the body has issued their 2024 Annual Report.
This important list was...
Angus stars in Edinburgh table tennis Open
Angus Halliday, 14, from the Murrayfield club, was a star local performer when the Edinburgh Table Tennis Open took place at Bathgate Academy over...
Shelter sale success
The Shelter charity shop made more than £22,000 in just over two days at the start of its 22nd annual January sale of designer...
Ballet at The Playhouse
The Varna International Ballet and Orchestra return to the UK after their debut tour in 2023.
The company will visit 20 venues around the UK...
Teenager invited to Duke of Edinburgh’s celebration
Teenager Rosa Ross was invited to The Duke of Edinburgh's Award This is Youth celebration at Buckingham Palace, in recognition for her resilience during...
Tills in Portobello on the market
Tills & Company, the second-hand bookshop and café in Portobello is on the market for sale.
The business on Portobello High Street was refurbished...
Greens renew demand over Trump
The Scottish Greens have renewed their call for an Unexplained Wealth Order to be issued relating to Donald Trump's investments in Scotland on the...
Call for an end to “quango culture”
Scottish Labour leader Anas Sarwar says Scotland can end the culture of wasting public money and using quangos to cover up governmental failure.
Speaking before...
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