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Police urge public to remain vigilant after threat level drops to ‘severe’
Police Scotland Chief Constable Phil Gormley has welcomed the reduction of the UK Threat level from Critical to Severe but urges the public to...
Forth cruise offers rich birdlife experience
Bird watching has fast become one of the hottest pastimes with millennials so Maid of the Forth has launched its Royal Society for the...
Speedway – Dany moves up as Bandits aim to maul Bears
Berwick Bandits have re-shuffled their line-up after the release of the new rider averages and are keen to follow up last Saturday's ten-point victory...
Obama visit success for local photographer
Local multimedia journalist Thomas Brown followed his instincts (and a little inside information!) and went to St Andrews yesterday to find Barack Obama.
And he...
#GE2017 Toni Giugliano SNP candidate for Edinburgh West
Toni Giugliano is the SNP candidate in Edinburgh West which the SNP won at the 2015 General Election ousting the Liberal Democrat MP Mike...
At The Queen’s Hall in June
The Queen's Hall is one of Edinburgh's best-loved music venues. It holds 900 people and so the concerts are intimate and very varied!
3 June 2017...
Man and woman to appear in court following robberies in Lochend and Leith
A man and woman have been charged in connection with three robberies which took place in the Lochend and Leith overnight between Thursday, May 25, and...
Obama jets off from Edinburgh Airport
A convoy of ten cars preceded by four police outriders, and watched over by the police helicopter arrived at the freight area on Turnhouse...
‘Water way to go’ as temperature soars
Dobbies report soaring sales of watering cans, hoses and sprinklers as the temperature rises.
Steve Guy, horticultural expert at Dobbies said: “This time last year,...
Silver Whisper – cruising in the lap of luxury
The No 11 bus inched its way down Leith Walk from Edinburgh’s bustling city centre which was packed with tourists enjoying the summer sunshine.
It...
Police release CCTV images following Bonnyrigg attack
Police have released CCTV images of three males that officers wish to speak to in connection with a disturbance on Bonnyrigg High Street on...
Craft beer festival arrives today
This weekend Edinburgh is graced with the inaugural Edinburgh Craft Beer Festival at the Biscuit Factory. The ticketed event has over 30 brewers from...
Brookmyre offering unique prize at Royal Blind event
If you like crime fiction (and there is plenty of it being written right here in Edinburgh!) then you might like to book a...
China comes a little closer to Edinburgh
It is well known that Edinburgh Airport wants to forge a link with flights to China. Now that seems to be a little closer.
The...
#GE2017 Lorna Slater Green Party candidate for Edinburgh North and Leith
Lorna Slater is a chartered engineer and the Green candidate for Edinburgh North and Leith. She explained to us the tactics of only standing...
Letter from Scotland
At least William Blake’s illustration of Dante’s “Divine Comedy” shows mankind somehow wriggling our way out of the Inferno and eventually reaching Paradise. Right...
Painting of Bonnie Prince Charlie to be loaned to the National Museum of Scotland
The portrait, by Louis Gabriel Blanchet, shows Charles Edward Stuart at 19, in full princely regalia. It was painted in Rome in 1739. The...
General Assembly observe minute’s silence for Manchester victims
Her Royal Highness The Princess Royal joined the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland in observing a minute’s silence for all those affected...
Hunter Foundation dinner tonight will have unique prizes
At the Hunter Foundation dinner tonight at Edinburgh's EICC those attending will be given the chance to be in the next JK Rowling film.
Auction...
Corstorphine Festival begins this weekend
This weekend the week long Corstorphine Festival begins.
Much of Corstorphine will be dressed to impress, lavished in beautiful knitted articles - yarn bombed!
Daily...
Funding available for food and health education at Edinburgh schools
A fund to help improve food and health education is now open to schools across Scotland.
The Food for Thought education fund 2017/18 gives financial support...
LEITHLATE announce their full 2017 programme
LeithLate returns with an exciting programme of visual art, theatre, poetry and live music. In addition to its new festival programme, there are also the...
Awards target best of the best in Mid and East Lothian
Nominations are now open for the Midlothian and East Lothian Chamber of Commerce (MELCC) business awards. The closing date is Monday 31 July 2017...
We’re being by-passed say Balerno businesses
Balerno Business Forum is to press for proper signposting of facilities in the village.
Businesses are concerned that they are being by-passed by visitors.
Jim Polasik,...
Cycle Friendly Campus Award for QMU
Queen Margaret University (QMU) has become the recipient of the Cycle Friendly Campus award, gifted 'with distinction' by Cycling Scotland.
The award, delivered with funding...
Barratt Homes chooses CHAS
A charity which provides the only hospice care services for babies, children and young people with life-shortening conditions has been announced as Barratt Homes...
Tennents welcome Obama
President Barack Obama will arrive in Edinburgh today for a charity dinner tonight at the EICC when no media will be allowed according to what...
#GE2017 Campaigning resumes today
Following the horrific attack on Manchester Arena earlier this week when 22 people died and 120 people injured, all campaigning in the General Election...
Boxing – Lochend hosts visit of world president
The President of the International Boxing Association (AIBA) believes Scotland can produce champions in the future to emulate greats like former world lightweight champion...
Field hockey – 100 years celebration for Inverleith
Inverleith Hockey Club celebrate reaching 100 years with a tournament and black-tie dinner this weekend.
A tournament will be hosted at Peffermill which is primarily...
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