Tag: local news

Missing  jewellery - Consultation on community councils - Panda news - Virgin Atlantic Little Red - SportSome jewellery related to the Moderator of the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland has gone missing...

Police in Edinburgh are appealing for help in tracing some significant jewellery that has gone missing in a bag at Edinburgh Airport on Friday 5 April 2013.Two unique items - a gold ring and...

 The Bomb Disposal Squad removed a 'device' from an area of land at Gypsy Brae in Granton early this morning and took it under police escort to a quarry in Kirknewton to be safely...

 Edinburgh technology company, Sigma Seven, has successfully completed the first of two phases of a significant £350K contract with Kent-based utility company, South East Water. Some of the UK's largest technology businesses tendered for the...

Bomb Disposal Squad in Granton  - Royal Society announce new fellows - Warhol - Art @ 37 - Chitty Chitty Bang Bang today!The Bomb Disposal Squad were in Granton this morning removing a 'device'...

Edinburgh's Brass Monkey bar will be hosting the first UK screening of Kenyan film Ni Sisi tonight at 6:30pm.Ni Sisi (It Is Us) is the second film produced by S.A.F.E., a Kenyan NGO and...

 In a first for any Parliament, the Scottish Parliament is set to host an exhibition of more than forty Andy Warhol works of art exploring the themes of power and politics.Including Andy Warhol’s Flash-November...

 Police seek witnesses to unexplained New Town death - An App for the Galleries - Gorgie Dalry Community Council - Morningside Gallery - Panda babies?Cumberland Street was closed off until late afternoon yesterday by...

The private contractor responsible for providing school meals to a number of the City's primary schools where mince containing 1%-5% horsemeat may have been served to children has apologised to the City of Edinburgh...

 Excitement and anticipation is again rising in Corstorphine as it gets near to the time when the pandas might just get it together enough for Tian Tian to fall pregnant and produce a baby...

 Disneyland Paris Tickets this Summer!Disneyland Paris is a complex of two theme parks, Disneyland Park and Walt Disney Studios Park, in Marne-la-Villée, France. The complex also includes seven hotels and a village including dining,...

 The only company in Scotland to build bespoke Mustang cars has completed its first 1965 Mustang Fastback model which the company founders hope will attract financial investment.Wild Horses specialises in creating bespoke classic...

 Will you make it?  That is what LAStheatre's Deadinburgh  would like to know.  Scotland is ravaged by an unknown disease and those of you who are left are kindly invited to the Summerhall,  the...

A society, founded with a vision of "A Scotland where all parents and families are valued and supported to give children the best possible start in life," is hoping to raise awareness amongst men...

Free support and training Award up for grabs for innovative start-ups in Central BeltNew charities and budding entrepreneurs in and around Edinburgh have the chance to win free support and training for a year,...

Unexplained death, EdinburghPolice in Edinburgh are investigating the death of a man who was found unconscious in the New Town area of the Capital earlier today (Friday, April 5)The man, believed to be in...

 The Odeon - North Edinburgh Arts Centre today - You could star with East Coast - Tonight at the Filmhouse - Edible EstatesCouncillor Cameron Rose was at the recent meeting with Susan Boyle's brother...

Police in Edinburgh are appealing for information following a high-value theft at a shop in the Capital this morning 4 April 2013.Beaverbrooks at Fort Kinnaird was targeted around 4.30am, with a number of items...

 Globetrotting broadcaster and former Royal Geographical Society President, Michael Palin, today paid a visit to a stunning outdoor exhibition he helped develop.Britain from the Air, an outdoor gallery of more than 100 stunning aerial...

Reacting to the announcement by The Royal Mail  that the Strathearn Road delivery office has been saved for the “foreseeable future”, Jim Eadie MSP for Edinburgh Southern, who has spearheaded the campaign to save...

 It is a chilling statistic, but over 84,000 people in Scotland have a diagnosis of dementia, which is the equivalent of every spectator on an average Scottish football weekend.Many of those affected have short...

City centre vision - Council say no to bedroom tax evictions - Mini Maker Faire - Walk along the Water of Leith today - TedGlobal 2013 The council has just launched a consultation on what...

UPDATE 5 April 2013 Mr Boomer has now been found safe and well.Police in Edinburgh are appealing for information to help trace a 35-year-old man who has gone missing from his home in the...

The much-loved North Edinburgh News is back!As part of the budget cuts in 2011, the funding of almost £45,000 to the North Edinburgh News which had kept it afloat for many years, was immediately...

After 16 years, The Broughton Spurtle – one of Edinburgh's oldest hyperlocal papers – is still making waves. Alan McIntosh – a longstanding contributor – explains why:- "I didn't get involved in community journalism until...