Tag: Edinburgh news

People living on the 22 main islands off the west coast of Scotland have two favourite topics of conversation – the weather and Caledonian MacBrayne. On both subjects there is plenty to moan about....

The Grange squash Open takes place this weekend with Scottish teenage prospect Robyn McAlpine and Sam Osborne-Wylde, from Worcester, strongly fancied in the women’s and men’s events.Running alongside the PSA competitions will be graded...

Fully funded places for five 10-15 year olds are available at the first Scottish camp being held in West Lothian next month.The Woodcraft Folks’ Camps for All provides inclusive spaces where children and...

The East of Scotland men’s tennis team achieved a hard fought victory in an invitational match against the All England Club at Wimbledon.Each year the Wimbledon Championship hosts invites a county to field a...

The SNP MP for Midlothian, Owen Thompson, has called for the UK Parliament to be urgently recalled to ban arms sales to Israel.He demanded the immediate recall of the House of Commons after the...

Edinburgh’s Mr Entertainment picks his Hot Tickets to see in the Capital and beyondHamilton is here, Pretty Woman is on the street, and although it’s only April, the Fringe and Festival seem to be...

The Old Edinburgh Club has published Volume 19 of their Journal for Edinburgh History which is available now.In this volume readers will learn about the goings on at Georgian Edinburgh's Stamp Office, a...

The organisers of the Hippodrome Silent Film Festival have declared 2024 as their biggest and most successful year yet.The festival ran in late March over five days when 2,970 tickets were sold with 1,390...

Hidden Door comes out of hidingThe secret location for the 10th birthday party for Hidden Door Festival has been revealed. It is in the city centre and it will be a lot different from...

Funding is available for community groups with applications open now for a grant of up to £5,000 for each project.Community Grant Fund is a pot of money set up by the council in 2007...

Welcome to Hollywood. What’s your dream? Based on JF Lawton’s 1990 Hollywood rom-com of the same name, Pretty Woman is the unlikely love story of billionaire businessman Edward Lewis and Hollywood Boulevard ‘Hooker’, Vivian Ward… but is...

Hidden Door Festival is celebrating its 10th birthday this year and will hold a party in the St James Quarter car park in May.The location has been kept a secret until now, but...

The Scotmid supermarket on Roseburn Terrace is to close on Friday much to the surprise of local people.One local said that opening hours at the shop were drastically cut last April. But it...

Pretty Woman The Musical, at Edinburgh PlayhouseThe Playhouse began filling up in droves with a dressed-up Edinburgh audience ready to banish the grey, miserable Easter holiday weather.Even before the show began, fans were...

Edinburgh Trams will provide extra trams for anyone travelling to and from the Terminal V techno festival at The Royal Highland Centre later this month.To accommodate festival passengers, the tram operator will run extra...

A new report has warned that the new digital era of AI and cryptocurrency is creating complex challenges in the financial industry, increasing the demand for skilled tech-savvy workers.Offering insights into the challenges for...

Minister for Scotland John Lamont MP is in New York to promote Scotland and represent the UK Government in the US.This is the Minister's second trip to the States for Tartan Week and...

This is a shameless plug for food writer (and dear friend) Ghillie Basan’s new book Seafood Journey, which includes a foreword by Gary Maclean, winner of Masterchef: The Professionals and the National Chef of...

Residents have embraced Edinburgh attractions with local discounts.The Forever Edinburgh Resident Rewards programme, run by The City of Edinburgh Council, has been declared a success, allowing locals to experience the best of what Edinburgh...

Owen Thompson MP visited the Newtongrange Community Garden on Tuesday and learned about how they view sustainability. He also saw for himself the transformation from an abandoned wasteland into an award-winning garden and haven...

This year there will be a special Scottish commemorative event marking the 80th anniversary of the D-Day landings.Scotland's Salute - a concert at Usher Hall on 6 June 2024 - will mark 80 years...

Work will begin on 22 April at Melville Crescent in the West End as a significant £2.1 million public realm upgrade commences.The City of Edinburgh Council has secured funding from Transport Scotland to...

Duddingston swept the boards in the South East Edinburgh Junior Winter Golf League with finals played at Prestonfield.The winning team line-up comprised, left to right, Daniel West, Euan McCardle, Ben Kelly, Elliot Brunton, Jack...

An Edinburgh MSP discovered that someone has covered the shopfront at his Leith office with paint on Tuesday.On ‘X” Ben Macpherson MSP said: “It is frustrating that my constituency office has been vandalised...

The pipe band from Merchiston Castle School will fly to New York this week to take part in the parade on Saturday - and they already know the pilot.When they board the plane...

The council has agreed to have a look at the Art Deco George Cinema in Portobello after a local MP said he feared it would be “demolished by default”.Edinburgh East MP Tommy Sheppard said:...

What to book at Edinburgh Science FestivalEdinburgh Science Festival is not just for kids. On 8 April at Dynamic Earth there is an event called Innovation Late which is suitable for those aged...

Angus Robertson, Cabinet Secretary for the Constitution, External Affairs and Culture, is travelling to Washington DC and New York this week.He will take part in the New York City Tartan Day Parade which this...

The successes keep coming for Edinburgh and Lothians endurance runners.Following on from Midlothian’s Jasmin Paris becoming the first woman to complete the super tough Barkleys Marathons in the USA and Dougie Selman (Corstorphine AC)...

There is a large police and fire service presence at the east end of Princes Street this afternoon where a man is sitting alone on the steps of General Register House.Vehicles are on...