OUR NEWS BY EMAIL
Subscribe below to receive our news by email
Tag: Edinburgh
Jury’s Inn Flash Sale begins tomorrow
Jurys Inn is offering you the perfect excuse to book a UK getaway this autumn. The award-winning hotel group is launching a 48-hour sale...
Tim Peake’s spacecraft is coming to Edinburgh
The spacecraft which Tim Peake used to come back to Earth on 18 June 2016 is being brought to Edinburgh and will go on...
Salmond’s Fringe show raises money for charity
The Principal Edinburgh George Street and the show Alex Salmond:Unleashed raised over £22,000 for 20 charities this summer from the auctions held during the show....
Doors Open Day at Lothian Buses was ‘vintage’ fun
Lothian Buses did not only open their doors on Doors Open Day last Saturday - they used the occasion to raise funds for Macmillan...
AM Bid Services are double winners in the Chamber Business Awards 2017
AM Bid Services, leading bid and tendering specialist, has been crowned Winner of 2 categories in the Scotland Region heats of the Chamber Business...
Tron now back in business after facelift
The Tron, which is popular with tourists, students and locals, has reopened after an extensive facelift.
It is located near the iconic Tron Kirk on...
Book news – Peter Ritchie’s new book Cause of Death is out now
Black and White Publishing unveils 'Cause of Death', the eagerly awaited crime fiction novel by former Lothian and Borders Police detective Peter Ritchie.
Dozens of...
Preview – In the Spirit of Django – Scottish National Jazz Orchestra and Martin...
In the Spirit of Django takes place on 23 Sep 2017 at The Queen's Hall , Edinburgh, 19.30 Tickets here.
The music of legendary gypsy jazz guitarist...
Letter from Scotland
As a cyclist myself, I can only stand on my pedals in awe at Mark Beaumont’s achievement of cycling round the world in 79...
Theatre – Love Song To Lavender Menace, The Lyceum Studio
Written by James Ley and Directed by Ros Philips
Starring Matthew McVarish and Pierce Reid
A radical, time-travelling, disco dancing, LGBT+ love story, Love Song to Lavender...
Sing-a-long-a Beauty and the Beast at the Festival Theatre on 7 October – What...
Who should go to this show? How can you dress up for it?
What should you expect when you get there?
We had so many questions...
Sister Act Live Choir Heading to Edinburgh
Sister Act, the classic 1992 musical comedy starring Whoopi Goldberg, is the latest film to receive the ‘live cinema’ treatment with the ‘Sister Act...
Edinburgh’s Christmas will be icy!
Underbelly who have the contract with The City of Edinburgh Council to provide all the entertainment for Edinburgh's Christmas 2017 have announced today that...
Speedway – crunch play-off dates confirmed
Sheffield Tigers yesterday opted to face Glasgow Tigers in the end-of-season Championship play-offs.
The Yorkshire combine are currently to of the ten-strong table with 83...
Edinburgh active travel projects win Sustrans funding
Two Edinburgh active travel projects have been successful in the final judging of the Sustrans Scotland’s Community Links PLUS (CLPLUS) competition.
The competition delivers pioneering...
Miles speaks up for Edinburgh charity
Miles Briggs, Scottish Conservative & Unionist MSP for Lothian, has written to The Scottish Government about the future of Edinburgh based charity Kindred which...
Roslin Institute announce breakthrough in sheep genetics
Sheep gene insights could help farmers breed healthier animals
Professor David Hume of the University of Edinburgh’s Roslin Institute studies sheep, and says that fresh insights...
Love Actually coming to the Usher Hall with full orchestra
Love Actually is probably the most favourite Christmas film of recent times and now it is coming to the Usher Hall for a pre-Christmas...
Edinburgh St James – new investment figures announced
We are all now well aware of the new shopping and residential development on the site of the former St James Centre. Leith Street...
In the year of History, Heritage and Archaeology you have more time to visit...
Historic Environment Scotland has announced longer opening hours for the sites it manages in Edinburgh and Lothian.
Some summer-only sites will stay open till Halloween...
Author Ian Rankin urges Scots to have an eye test
Author Ian Rankin who is a great supporter of the Royal National Institute of Blind People (RNIB) urges people across Scotland to have an...
Doors Open Day 2017 – our top ten
Doors Open Day 2017 is organised by charity The Cockburn Association which aims to preserve standards in the city and the green belt where...
Edinburgh Kiltwalk – in photos
Today, around 3,000 people took to the streets of Edinburgh for this year’s final Royal Bank of Scotland Kiltwalk to raise funds for walkers’...
Edinburgh Kiltwalk 2017 completes the series
Earlier today there were thousands of people walking the streets in the final Royal Bank of Scotland Kiltwalk.
We came across a lot of little...
Works on Borders Railway at the end of September
The ScotRail Alliance will aim to keep customers moving during the upcoming improvement works on the Borders Railway.
On 30 September and 7 October the...
Our pick of the best Edinburgh cafés
This is a personal list. I like all of these.
If you have favourites then feel free to add them in the comments section...
Racing at Musselburgh today – the Caledonian Cup
Musselburgh is back racing today staging the Caledonian Cup Race Day.
The 1m 5 furlong feature race, the £25,000 Caledonian Cup Handicap, has attracted entries...
Fort Kinnaird recycles 100% of its waste
Just ahead of National Recycling Week, the management at Fort Kinnaird say they do not send any of their rubbish to landfill.
There is a...
Scottish Investment Bank
It was announced in the Programme for Government at the beginning of the month that a Scottish National Investment Bank will be established to...
MagicFest2017 – The Secret Gift
From 27-30 December 2017 Edinburgh will host MagicFest at the Traverse Theatre.
Following a launch last year the winter world of wonder will return and...
SUPPORT LOCAL NEWS
DIGITAL & PRINT EDITION
