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Demolition at 50 Gillespie Crescent
Monday is the last day to make comment on the fresh application to demolish the Sight Scotland building in...
In-form Fearnley books Paris clash with Rublev
Edinburgh's Jacob Fearnley will face Russia's world No 15 Andrey Rublev on Monday as his reward for coming through two qualifying ties to reach...
Electrification of lines from Haymarket to Dalmeny scheduled for January
Network Rail Scotland is encouraging passengers to plan journeys between Edinburgh and Fife over the nine days in January, when essential engineering work to...
Capital spa bubbling over with excitement at new award
The Edinburgh spa is the first in the city to achieve elite Five Bubble Luxury status.
One of Scotland’s most luxurious spas has secured the...
Squad depth is a positive takeaway for Edinburgh in close loss to Cardiff
Cardiff 20
Edinburgh 19
Edinburgh began the tough challenge of taking on Cardiff away from home with a fantastic try. Just as we’ve seen so many...
Review – Suzanne Vega at Usher Hall ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Vega walks on stage and puts on a top hat, alluding to a night of storytelling and entertainment. She opens with her plaintive 1985...
Scotland Demands Better march – hundreds take to the streets
A march took place in Edinburgh on Saturday with people from all over the country taking part to make their demands known.
The movement was...
Scottish guitarist Sean Shibe is off to London
Edinburgh-born guitarist Sean Shibe will join forces with Manchester Collective at London’s Southbank Centre in its 75th anniversary year, reimagining the sound and spirit...
Leonardo workers set to strike
Leonardo workers in Edinburgh are set to walk out over pay.
More than 3,000 aerospace workers are set to walk out in strike action over...
Teenager reported to Fiscal in connection with Gyle assault
A male teenager has been reported to the Procurator Fiscal and Children’s Reporter in connection with a serious assault at South Gyle Access, Edinburgh.
The...
Sunshine Sundays at Umbrella Vinyl will light up the darker months
The clocks go back an hour this weekend and in recognition of the darker nights, Umbrella Vinyl on Valleyfield Street is running Sunshine Sundays...
Mathematician’s library sold at auction
In Edinburgh on Thursday the personal library of the world-famous Scottish mathematician James Stirling was sold by auctioneers, Lyon & Turnbull.
Stirling made significant contributions...
This week’s planning applications in Edinburgh
The planning applications lodged with the council's planning department this week are detailed on the list below.
Any property owner seeking to build, improve or...
Celebrating 730 Years of The Auld Alliance
On Thursday I was privileged to be invited to attend an event observing one of the longest lasting associations between two countries, a relationship...
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Scotland Demands Better - march on Saturday
A large turnout is expected at a march through the city centre on Saturday.
There are calls from...
Letter from Scotland
I have tried to read “A Short History of Time” several times but have never made it past the first couple of chapters.
Stephen...
Police increase resources for Operation Moonbeam
Operation Moonbeam 2025 is officially launched on Friday and will once more involve public order officers who will "support colleagues from local policing divisions...
Work will finally begin on new concert hall in coming weeks
After months of negotiating contracts and extra funding, the charity responsible for building Edinburgh's new 1,000 seat concert hall says construction work will begin...
Hunter snaps up Port Edgar Marina
Port Edgar Marina has been bought by West Coast Capital, Scottish businessman Sir Tom Hunter’s investment company, for an undisclosed sum.
The purchase includes the...
Green councillor asks for data centres to contribute to renewable energy projects
Green councillor, Alys Mumford, is asking that AI data centres built in the capital will pay developer contributions for renewable energy projects.
She asks...
St James Quarter to be rebranded as the third Westfield shopping centre in the...
The developer of St James Quarter, Nuveen Real Estate, has off-loaded its 25% stake in St James Quarter to Unibail-Rodamco-Westfield (URW) in a deal...
Councillor calls for publicity about unfit landlords
The ways in which landlords are governed as not fit to be a landlord should be made public, according to a city councillor.
Cllr Ross...
Councillors require garden fence to be removed
East Lothian councillors have backed a call for a garden fence to be torn down despite agreeing it was a ‘tasteful’ addition to a...
Police appeal after “serious”crash
Road policing officers are appealing for information following a crash involving the driver of a car and a pedestrian in Edinburgh.
Around 12.55pm on Wednesday,...
The Outlander effect draws the crowds
Scottish locations that have appeared on TV programme Outlander attracted nearly two million visits last year, with many of them in Edinburgh and the...
Harmeny juniors in medal form
Harmeny Athletic Club juniors have excelled at the East League relays with the boys finishing first and the girls runners-up.
Representing the boys were, left...
Cheerio Haggis! – last chance to see the pygmy hippo
Edinburgh Zoo is bidding a fond farewell to Haggis the pygmy hippo with her own goodbye card ahead of her last weekend in the...
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Holiday Hubs - no solution yet
REPAIR (Edinburgh) Networks have issued an open letter which laments that they are in much the same position as...
World’s first curling badge from Duddingston sold at auction
A rare silver pendant badge made for a member of the world's first curling club in Edinburgh over 200 years ago fetched nearly £900...
A brand new key – Pianodrome finds harmony in Bruntsfield
The thought of looming deadlines really concentrates the mind. This weekend, the Pianodrome team opens the Pianodrome Bruntsfield Community Hub at the St Oswald’s...
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