Tag: Edinburgh news

Grange won the venerable Masterton Twenty:20 cricket trophy in its new finals day format when overcoming the challenge of first Heriot’s and then Carlton at Portgower Place.Skipper Angus Brown led by example with a...

Braid tennis club will have teams in each of the top four divisions of the VMH Solicitors ladies East Leagues next season including this 4th team squad who won Division 5b.Runners-up just a point...

The Prime Minister has appointed Kirsty McNeill MP for Midlothian as Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State to work with Ian Murray, MP for Edinburgh South, in the Scotland Office.UK Government Minister for Scotland, Kirsty...

A tapestry which honours the first women allowed to matriculate at a university in Britain – who became known as the Edinburgh Seven – has been unveiled at its new home in the city.The...

Edinburgh resident, John Rowan, has had to obtain his hearing aids privately after waiting more than a year for his regular hearing aid check, despite The Scottish Government setting a waiting time target of...

Next month Edinburgh distillery Electric Spirit Co and B Corp speciality coffee roasters Origin Coffee will open the Electric x Origin Negroni Bar, which will be located at Origin’s coffee shop on South College Street.The Electric x Origin Negroni Bar will be...

The new UK Parliament will begin work today as members of both Houses return to Westminster following the general election last Thursday. Business begins at 2.30pm when members of both Houses will attend the Lords Chamber...

Drummond tennis club's men's 3rd team swept to victory in Division 8a of the VMH Solicitors East League with a 100 per cent record from their 10 matches.To take the title the team, based...

A new design studio is to open on 18 July on the most expensive residential street in the capital.The shop will be situated on the corner of Dundas Street and Northumberland Street, showing...

Singer Victoria Mature will pay tribute to her late father Victor Mature, one of the most popular leading men of Hollywood's Golden Age, in an intimate cabaret at Assembly Rooms this August.In the...

A resident at a care home in Edinburgh gave valuable life advice as she toasted a special milestone.Alice McDonald celebrated her 100th birthday in style at Care UK’s Lauder Lodge, on Wakefield Avenue, and...

The very first illy Caffè in Scotland has opened at Bonnie & Wild, the food hall in St James Quarter.There is a huge variety of food on offer in the food hall with...

The Prime Minister, Sir Keir Starmer, visited the First Minister in Edinburgh this afternoon where he was met with loud protests outside in Charlotte Square.Following a Labour event in an Edinburgh hotel, he...

There is much to enjoy this July with a range of events to take part in at the Victoria Street hotel. WIMBLEDON FINAL 2024 SCREENING - Sunday 14th July from noonCalling all Tennis fans! Virgin Hotels Edinburgh's Greyfriars Hall will...

Stanley Dunlop, who has died aged 92, was the life and soul of North Edinburgh’s Starbank Park and Friends of Starbank Park. When the charity was formed in 2013, Starbank Park was in bad shape....

First Minister John Swinney will meet new Prime Minister, Sir Keir Starmer, in Scotland this morning.The Prime Minister announced his trip during a press conference at Downing Street called after the first meeting...

It is one of Scotland's biggest artworks, resembling a line of grassy pyramids, viewed by millions of motorists each year as they pass by on the nation's busiest motorway.This week marked 30 years since...

This is the most up to date list of roadworks and events leading to road closures or diversions for traffic in Edinburgh for the next week.If you see anything on the roads which is...

The defeated Scottish Conservative candidates in Edinburgh have recognised the scale of their party's collapse on Thursday offering their views on the ways it can recover.None of the five Scottish Conservative candidates across Edinburgh's...

The Masterton T20 cricket trophy will take place under a new format in Edinburgh on Sunday, 7 July.Instead of a one-off final the four semi-finalists, who have qualified through group play, will meet at...

After more than a few years of being in the Shadow Cabinet, today was the day when Edinburgh South MP, Ian Murray finally became Secretary of State for Scotland.He said: "It is a real...

First we have an election.. then we have Madness at Edinburgh Castle. Quite a week here in Edinburgh and people were ready to party on Friday night.The audience were asked by the band to...

Ian Murray has retained the Edinburgh South seat and will become the constituency's new MP.It is quite likely that he will be appointed to the Cabinet on Friday afternoon by the new Prime...

Edinburgh South West's voters have chosen to change from SNP to Labour and Scott Arthur is the new MP who will go to Westminster.https://twitter.com/EdinReporter/status/1809167565068832784The results are detailed below:

In Edinburgh West Christine Jardine Liberal Democrat will continue to represent the constituency at Westminster.Ms Jardine was elected at the last three General Elections.The detailed results are here:Ms Jardine increased her majority and there...

Chris Murray has been elected new MP for Edinburgh East and Musselburgh with the smallest majority in Edinburgh of 3,715.He ousted SNP MP Tommy Sheppard from the seat he had held for nine years.The...

2024 General Election - Edinburgh ResultsThe exit polls predicted - as most polls have for the last few weeks - that there would be a Labour landslide with Labour winning 410 seats across the...

The Prime Minister, Rishi Sunak, has been to see the King at Buckingham Palace and has tendered his resignation following the disastrous results of the General Election.Before leaving Downing Street he made a short...

Scottish Labour dominated the Edinburgh contests, with Ian Murray retaining Edinburgh South and the three SNP MPs replaced by their Labour counterparts, while Scottish Liberal Democrat Christine Jardine is the only representative of an...

The city's Transport Convener, Scott Arthur, has been elected an MP, saying it was still a surprise in his acceptance speech.He thanked Joanna Cherry and then said: "It is truly humbling to have...