Fringe offers free tickets

FREE tickets to the Fringe Festival will be made available to Edinburgh residents under new plans to encourage more locals to engage with the event.

The Cheaper Fringe for Locals scheme will be launched during the festival in August, with those living in an EH postcode offered exclusive two-for-one ticket offers for dozens of shows.

So far, more than 10,000 locals have signed up to the free scheme via the website - www.cheaperfringe.com