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Homes for Butterflies Campaign
Environmental charity, Central Scotland Forest Trust (CSFT), is calling for support from primary schools in West Lothian following the launch of its Better Homes...
Women’s Hockey – Scotland at Eurohockey Champs
Scotland's women, unlike the men, qualified for the EuroHockey Championships in Boom in Belgium. Competing in Pool B alongside England, Germany and Spain, Scotland...
Assault on pensioner in Wardie Park
70 year-old man assaulted in Wardie Park on Tuesday night.
Police in Edinburgh are appealing for witnesses following a serious assault that happened in Wardie...
Stockbridge Photography Club Photo of the Week
This week’s photo of the week comes from Loron Black! Loron is an Offshore Operations Technician, working primarily in the North Sea. Other than...
Edinburgh Festival Fringe REVIEW Portrait Gallery Tickling Jock by Night ****
Did we all learn something new about the wonderful John Byrne this evening? Probably not. But Byrne in conversation with fellow Scot AL Kennedy...
Police seek help in tracing missing man
Police Scotland require your help in tracing a man from West Lothian who has gone missing.
Thomas (Tommy) Main is a 52 year old man...
Man arrested following Meadows robbery
Man arrested, Edinburgh
A 17-year-old man has been arrested and charged in connection with an alleged robbery in the Meadows over the weekend.
He is due...
Five things you need to know today
Sainsburys aiming for Marchmont - Portobello High School - Foster carers needed - Edinburgh International Book Festival Pick of the Day - Edinburgh Festival...
John Byrne to feature in new exhibition at the Portrait Gallery in 2014
National Galleries of Scotland announce Summer 2014 exhibition of portraits by John Byrne.
A new Scottish National Portrait Gallery exhibition set for summer 2014, will...
Edinburgh International Festival – School lecture at Holy Rood HIgh School today
As part of the Edinburgh International Festival's schools programme the renowned speaker Dr Jean Kilbourne is to explore the influence of advertising with local...
How many calories in a Fringe show?
OR HOW MANY CALORIES DOES A STAND-UP COMEDY SHOW BURN?
Stella Graham wanted to find out, so she wore a Polar heart rate monitor and...
Fulbright scholars in Edinburgh
The University of Edinburgh is hosting a visit from 20 higher education administrators from the United States this week.
Part of a Fulbright Commission initiative,...
RNLI Queensferry rescues two from yacht in Forth
RNLI Queensferry were called out on Tuesday evening just before 8:00pm to a yacht with two persons on board, which was well aground near the...
Edinburgh Festival Fringe 2013 The Really Terrible Orchestra
How can terrible be so good?
The Really Terrible Orchestra is gearing up for yet another assault on the senses this Saturday at 15:00 at...
Fringe success leads straight to the hairdressers!
The Assembly Rooms Fringe, George Street celebrate the three First Ladies of Cabaret.
Christine Bovill, Lady Carol and Micheline Van Hautem got together at Cheynes...
Edinburgh Festival Fringe REVIEW — Trash Cuisine *****
In this morning’s papers, we read of allegations from Guardian Editor, Alan Rusbridger, that GCHQ officers oversaw the destruction of computer hard drives containing...
Trolleywise working for Sainsburys
WE’RE TROLLEYWISE!
Did you know that over 1.5 million shopping trolleys are abandoned each year in the UK?
To help to reduce this number, Sainsbury’s Straiton...
Makars Court to get busier with more verse
The Edinburgh Council Culture and Sport Committee have agreed to plans to put even more verse in Makar's Court when they met this morning.
The...
University spin out company to raise cash by crowd funding
A new spin-out company from the University of Edinburgh’s School of Geosciences which was awarded an initial £141,000 from Scottish Enterprise’s SMART Scotland fund and...
Serious assault on Leith Walk
Police Scotland advise that they are appealing for witnesses to a serious assault which took place outside a pub on Leith Walk in the...
Five things you need to know today
Fire safety advice - Festival of Sport - Edinburgh International Book Festival pick of the day - Edinburgh Festival Fringe pick of the day...
Edinburgh Festival Fringe 2013 – REVIEW – Making News ***.5
Making News, Pleasance Courtyard 1pm, until 25 Aug, £15/14 (£14/13 concessions)
With an interesting premise and 'comedy-drama' essence, Making News has great potential which is...
Edinburgh Festival Fringe 2013 – REVIEW – Zoe Lyons – Pop-up Comic ****
Zoe Lyons - Pop-up Comic, Assembly Rooms 5pm, until 25 Aug, £10/9
Vivid and natural, Zoe Lyons looked like she was having a blast in the...
Edinburgh Festival Fringe 2013 – REVIEW – Alistair McGowan: Damn Labels! ****.5
Alistair McGowan: Damn Labels!, Gilded Balloon 7:30pm, until 25 Aug (except 22), £14.50 (£13 concessions)
The Gilded Balloon Debating Hall's 7:30pm slot is now home to...
Edinburgh International Festival: Cybraphon
The Edinburgh Reporter's Trystan Davies spoke to Ziggy Campbell of collective art group Found about the award winning Cybraphon - the autonomous emotional robot band that makes...
Rupert Everett confirms boycott of Sochi Winter Olympics
Yesterday, at the 2013 Edinburgh International Book Festival, actor Rupert Everett revealed that he will boycott the 2014 Sochi Winter Olympics in Russia along...
Edinburgh Festival Fringe REVIEW Solomon and Marion *****
This elegantly constructed play by Lara Foot is a real pleasure to watch, a slow burner revealing real heart and courage. It’s the cold...
Edinburgh Festival Fringe REVIEW The Boss Of It All ****
The Boss Of It All at Assembly Roxy is an intriguing modern farce adapted from the film by Lars Von Trier. The central premise...
Edinburgh Festival Fringe REVIEW The Tin Ring *****
The Tin Ring at Summerhall is a remarkable and refreshing live theatre experience, with none of the usual Edinburgh bangs and whistles. Performed by...
Edinburgh Festival Fringe REVIEW – Nirbhaya *****
Told with great heart, quiet ferocity, and visual beauty Nirbhaya is an extraordinarily powerful issue based drama. It tells the story of Jyoti Singh...
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