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THE founder of the MoonWalk has warned the Edinburgh fundraiser will have to be scrapped if council staff again hold up plans for next year’s midnight marathon.

Labour MP Ian Murray, who is fronting the fan-led group hoping to gain control of Hearts, held a webchat following the club’s announcement that it is to enter administration.

THE father of missing Russian student Yulia Solodyankina has said her whole family are praying for her safe return.

A THUG who slashed a man, leaving him permanently disfigured has escaped jail – despite the government’s pledge to get tough on knife crime.

AN Edinburgh company director, who enjoyed the sport of extreme swimming, has drowned after getting into difficulties off the coast of south Devon.

THE decision by Hearts to continue selling season tickets just hours before they announced they were entering administration has been branded “appalling”.

THE future of Heart of Midlothian football club is in serious doubt, after the announcement on Monday that it is to go into administration with debts of £25 million, on what was described as “the darkest day” in the club’s 139-year history.

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POLICE investigating the murder of a woman whose dismembered body was found on Corstorphine Hill are today probing links to Irish Traveller communities as the search to identify the victim widens.

AM I living in a box? Am I living in a cardboard box? So sang the Eighties pop act of the same name – scoring an unlikely top ten hit in 1987 with their catchy tune.

BOSSES at the newly merged Edinburgh College have unveiled a landmark £5 million investment aimed at transforming its oldest campus into a “state-of-the-art” education gateway.

LOTHIAN’S newest health boss has warned that the NHS must drive through radical changes or risk “falling over” within five years.

BOOZE chiefs have called for a freeze on all new alcohol licence applications – amid concerns there are too many pubs in the city centre.

A HIGH-ranking police officer has denied a change in policy towards the licensed sex industry following a major clampdown on Edinburgh’s saunas.

A LIFEBOAT crew came to the rescue when a wedding couple heading for a ceremony on Inchcolm island discovered the man who was supposed to marry them wasn’t on board the ferry.

A CHEEKY Hibs fan has become an internet sensation after celebrating in front of the Hearts ticket office.

A 5-1 triumph victory over Hutchison Vale at Saughton Enclosure has all but secured the East of Scotland 21s league for Bonnyrigg Rose Athletic ‘A’ 21s.

TWO women who run their own soft-play centres fear they will be driven out of business if plans for a rival attraction go ahead at the former Leith Waterworld.

Police are appealing for witnesses after a vulnerable woman was raped in a Lothians beauty spot in broad daylight.