Police in Edinburgh are urging the public to remain vigilant after several card skimming devices were recovered from cash machines in the South of the city.

A HIBS fan has announced plans to walk to Hampden ahead of the Scottish Cup final in an effort to raise money for his recently-deceased best friend.

THE manager of an Indian restaurant facing a fine of up to £70,000 for employing illegal immigrants today said that it threatened the popular eaterie’s future.

POLICE have appealed for witnesses to a road crash which saw an elderly woman struck by a taxi then become trapped beneath it.

POLICE today appealed for witnesses to a road crash which saw an elderly woman struck by a taxi then trapped underneath the vehicle.

The Royal Blind School is set to merge its two campuses and sell off its Craigmillar Park base on the back of dwindling pupil numbers.

It should be the happiest day of their lives – but a cup-final clash and sporting rivalry could make this a wedding to forget.

A “home economics” website which started life as a part-time blog has become a worldwide homemade hub, attracting roughly a million visitors a month.

A PLUCKY grandmother whose family has been ravaged by cancer is pulling on her trainers to run the Race for Life – for the 16th time.

A PARALYMPIAN gold medallist has been chosen as the SNP’s candidate in the council by-election to find a replacement for former economic 
development chief Tom 
Buchanan.

CYCLISTS will be able to ride under the busy Edinburgh Bypass from next year on a new £500,000 route linking Edinburgh to Midlothian as part of ambitious plans to make the city bike-friendly.

COMMUNITY leaders have attacked plans to cram Boroughmuir High pupils into a new building they claim will not be big enough to hold them.

THE father of an apprentice joiner left brain damaged in a brutal assault at a party said his son had “lost everything” and may never work again.

A BUSINESS advisor has the wind in his sails after being selected to take part in a round-the-world yacht race.

FIVE people were taken to hospital after a three-car collision in the south of the city.

EDUCATION chiefs have scrapped a proposal to turn Castlebrae High into an annexe of Portobello High and announced they would draft in a national team of experts to revitalise the embattled 
secondary.

A FEMALE motorcyclist has been killed after falling from her bike on a busy motorway.

THE faces of two city siblings are set to become familiar to families across the UK – after their parents said goats’ milk is a miracle cure for eczema.

HE’S a madcap marathon ­aficionado who lumbers around 26-mile courses in bulky fancy dress costumes ranging from full military garb to an ill-­fitting animal suit. But now brave runner Jay Watt, 36, is limbering up for his greatest endurance test yet – by taking on the Edinburgh distance event dressed in a medieval suit of armour.

A DECADE-long battle to stop development on former army polo fields at Dreghorn has been lost after the council approved plans to build 69 houses.