Edinburgh, Fife and Lothians

The cocktail bar in Edinburgh has shut after being opened for just two years

Scotland cocktail bar for 300 patrons shuts permanently

Coffee can be a work of art that you are then encouraged to destroy by drinking (Picture: Sean Gallup)

Why Edinburgh's underground coffee scene means so much to me Lisa Simonis

Abbey Road, which runs past Newbattle Golf Club. Picture: Google Maps

Woman left with 'serious injuries' after attack near golf club

The People's Story Museum on the Royal Mile

Much-loved Scottish museum to stay shut despite council vote against closure

Kylie Minogue, Oasis and Billy Joel are set to put on some of the biggest shows in Scotland next year.

From Oasis to Kylie: 35 of the biggest gigs set for Scotland in 2025

One of the country’s best known, and multi-award winning, chippies, the Anstruther Fish Bar is located right on the harbour of this charming Fife fishing village. On sunny days, get your fish and chips to go and enjoy them on a bench while watching the boats.

I've tried Scotland's best fish and chips - they beat anything else

The fish and chips from Anstruther are often rated as the best in the UK

Why Scotland's ‘best fish and chips’ didn't live up to the hype

The statue of Old Tom Morris prior to bronze casting (Pic: Fife Council planning papers)

First look at Old Tom Morris statue unveiled at the home of golf in St Andrews

Revealed: Edinburgh Airport check-in area to expand in £5.8m upgrade

Billy Joel has announced a show at Murrayfield Stadium in Edinburgh.

Billy Joel announces Edinburgh show - here's how to get tickets

The crash occurred in Fife. Picture: John Devlin

Man reported over head-on crash that left four women in hospital

The Royal Mile during the Fringe. Picture: Lisa Ferguson

'Urgent' plea to save Edinburgh museum from closure

The dead whale was photographed at Newhaven, Edinburgh, on Sunday

Dead whale washes up near Edinburgh harbour

The crash occurred in Fife. Picture: John Devlin

Five people injured in horror head-on crash on Scotland country road

The EIS published a photo of a teacher's arms bruised after an attack (Pics: giovannacco/Pixabay & Fife EIS)

Teachers punched, kicked and struck in ‘alarming’ level of violence

People who move to the UK pay much higher fees and costs than those who migrate to countries like Germany and Australia (Picture: Jeff J Mitchell/Getty Images)

Dealer caught smuggling £90k of cannabis through Edinburgh Airport

Edinburgh Council is consulting about plans to introduce a tourist tax in the city (Picture: Oli Scarff)

Have Your Say: How much should Edinburgh's tourist tax be? Ian Johnston

The Edinburgh skyline as viewed from Calton Hill

Edinburgh museum to shut for at least 7 months due to cost pressure

Police have launched an appeal after the incident (Pic TSPL)

Pedestrian seriously injured and dog killed in Scottish road crash

Martin Dillett with his wife, Danielle, and their two young daughters. Martin, from Broxburn, near Edinburgh, has had four liver transplants before the age of 30. Picture: Stripe Communications/PA Wire

'Nearly out of hope': Father-of-two survives four liver transplants

The Nether Abbey Hotel is located in North Berwick, “a highly sought after location, and is truly a fantastic destination due to its picturesque coastal setting”

11 pictures of stunning Scottish hotel in UK's 'Best Place to Live'

Cramond Primary is among the schools identified as having the crumbling concrete. Picture: Greg Macvean/NationalWorld

Crumbling concrete repairs paused at Edinburgh schools after major setback

The Peta protestors interrupted the opening of Gucci in Edinburgh, the brand's first standalone UK store outside of London.

Opening of Gucci's first Scottish store disrupted by protestors

Alastair Young, 31 with a sporran. William E Scott and Son in Edinburgh have been handmaking traditional sporrans since 1937. Picture: Katielee Arrowsmith/SWNS

800-year-old Scottish Highland sporran making 'critically endangered'

The facade of the new Gucci store in Edinburgh

First look at Scotland's new Gucci store, as it opens in Edinburgh

A total of 17 Wetherspoons branches are up for sale, with 14 already under offer.

3 Scottish Wetherspoons to be sold off including iconic Edinburgh pub

Paralympian wheelchair basketball player Robyn Love with the Ford Mustang Mach-E at Ingliston

Watch: Behind wheel of electric Ford Mustang with Scottish Paralympian

The teenager has been found safe and well by police

Teenager missing for five days after moving to Scotland found

Two residents speak in St Boswells (left) in the Scottish Borders, while (right) Kingsbarns Beach is one of Fife's best. Picture: NationalWorld/PA

The two best 'secret villages' in Scotland to live in

According to the pseudoscientific theory of 'phrenology', the shape of someone's skull could reveal their character (Picture: Oli Scarff/Getty)

Why Queen Victoria asked Edinburgh lawyer to study her son's head Susan Morrison

The Edinburgh Rape Crisis Centre on Caremont Crescent

Edinburgh Rape Crisis Centre boss resigns as failings exposed

The townhouse is located at one of Edinburgh's most exclusive addresses.

Tour a seven bedroom Edinburgh townhouse with a £4.75million pricetag

Aerial drone footage shows the site of the Jenners building on Princes Street as construction works start. Picture: GRAHAM

Watch: Drone footage shows Edinburgh's Jenners construction works

Ingothill House in Kennoway on the market at offers over £475,000

Look inside 5-bedroom Scottish clergy house with snooker room for sale for £475k

A tiny partula snail, marked with reflective paint, prepares to retake its homeland in French Polynesia (Picture: RZSS)

Why humanity should apologise to snails travelling halfway round world Scotsman comment

An Avanti West Coast Pendolino train arriving at Glasgow Central

Passengers endure 14-hour London-Scotland train breakdown nightmare

Other countries realise the value, both economic and cultural, of supporting their arts communities (Picture: Ed Jones)

Why foreign artists may come to dominate Edinburgh Festival Fringe Alexandra Colalillo

The Netflix film crew have transformed Makar's Close with the gallows

Take a look at Guillermo del Toro's Frankenstein filming in Edinburgh

Filming for Frankenstein is taking place outside St Giles Cathedral in Edinburgh.

Hollywood film crews take over Edinburgh's Royal Mile

The Ivy was founded in Covent Garden in central London in 1917 by Abel Giandolini and Mario Gallati, before the pair then opened popular restaurant Le Caprice. Now there are venues across the UK, including The Ivy On The Square, pictured, in Edinburgh

100-year-old restaurant empire with Scottish venues' £1 billion sale

Tiny robots could be sent inside the brain to make life-saving repairs (Picture: Fred Tanneau)

Scientists turn 1980s science-fiction film into 21st-century reality Scotsman comment

Wakefield-based artist Andy Singleton examines the internal complexity of the human body. Tiny robots that can be injected into the human body and used to perform complex tasks are being explored by the University of Edinburgh. Picture: James Hardisty/Yorkshire Post

How tiny robots injected into the human body would be the future of medicine

Fancy a free breakfast? All you need to do is arrive at Ikea in your pyjamas this Saturday.

Want free breakfast and money off at Ikea? Just wear your pyjamas

Inverness Airport received a 70 per cent rating

Scotland's best and worst airports, as rated by watchdog Which?

A search is under way for a missing swimmer in the Firth of Forth

Major search launched as woman missing at popular wild swimming spot

Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev and US President Ronald Reagan were all smiles at this meeting in San Francisco in 1990 but relations had been extremely tense just a few years before (Picture: Laski Diffusion)

How Edinburgh helped save the world from nuclear Armageddon John Sturrock

I tried and failed to get Oasis tickets on Saturday.

I tried to get Oasis tickets only for Ticketmaster to call me a bot Lauren Jack

A yellow weather warning is in place for thunderstorms in much of Scotland

Thunderstorm warning as up to 40mm of rain could fall in one hour

Exclusive Edinburgh Airport passengers face parking prices lottery due to AI

Liam Gallagher, left, and elder brother Noel are reuniting for an Oasis tour next summer including two Edinburgh dates (Photo: Simon Emmett/Fear PR)

Oasis announce extra Scotland show for 2025 reunion tour

Guards raise Taiwan's national flag on Democracy Boulevard in Taipei (Picture: Yasuyoshi Chiba/AFP via Getty Images)

Have Your Say: Is Edinburgh right to drop Taiwan deal to please China? Ian Johnston

Noel Gallagher of British rock group Oasis live at the Astoria in London, 19th August 1994.

25 hotels near Murrayfield to consider for Oasis in Edinburgh

As part of the 2024 Edinburgh Summer Sessions line up, Catfish and the Bottlemen will perform at the Royal Highland Showgrounds on Saturday, August 24.

What to know about Catfish and the Bottlemen's Edinburgh show

Gavin Francis described the Forth Road Bridge bike path as his "personal skyway"

Author's joy of cycling over Forth Road Bridge as it approaches 60 Alastair Dalton

The LEZ in Edinburgh has been enforced since June 1

Number of drivers flouting Edinburgh LEZ at least 5 times revealed

I found Edinburgh's best sandwich at a Stockbridge general store

Arch-Brexiteer Sir Jacob Rees-Mogg was one of several high-profile Conservatives to lose out in the general election. Picture: Maja Smiejkowska/PA Wire

Rees-Mogg opens up at Fringe on election plans and his son's 'hate mail'

Edinburgh Airport runway closures revealed but resurfacing a year away

The Edinburgh penthouse features a stylish and practical kitchen with its own breakfast bar. A dual aspect fireplace separates the main lounge area from the dining space

Inside stunning £3.1 million Dean Village penthouse with private lift

Taylor Swift performs her first London concert at Wembley Stadium, during the Eras Tour. Picture: Ian West/PA Wire

Our Eras Tour survival guide as Taylor Swift returns to London

Drivers are warned to expected delays during the two-week round the clock M8 restrictions

'Long delays' warning as M8 section narrowed to one lane for two weeks

Edinburgh Airport bag search spike triggered by liquids limit U-turn

The Palace of Holyroodhouse depicted in 1831 when its grounds provided protection for debtors (Picture: Fisher Son & Co/The Print Collector/Getty Images)

Why Palace of Holyroodhouse was Scotland's last sanctuary for debtors Susan Morrison

Some seagulls will steal food from humans, but not all (Picture: Matt Cardy/Getty Images)

Seagull sandwich thieves need to be persuaded to go straight Scotsman comment

Burryman Andrew Taylor parades through the town of South Queensferry, near Edinburgh, encased in burrs. The parade takes place on the second Friday of August each year and although the exact meaning of this tradition has been lost through the years it is thought to have begun in the 17th century

The 10 best pictures of the Burryman

Tourist Erica Campbell is swooped on by seagulls while at The Cheesy Toasty Shack in St Andrews. Picture Katielee Arrowsmith/SWNS

Cafe sells £1 ‘seagull insurance’ as birds steal at stunning Scottish beach

Greyfriars Bobby and his statue have drawn international recognition

Reprieve for Greyfriars Bobby as council halts dog ban in cemeteries

The Scotsman photographer/audio visual specialist Lisa Ferguson at the top of the Forth Road Bridge's south tower on Thursday

Here's what it is like to climb to the top of the Forth Road Bridge

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Scotland has failed to meet its latest target for reductions in greenhouse gas emissions, the latest official figures show. Picture: John Giles/PA Wire

Fail: Scotland misses climate target

Pro-independence protesters with Scottish Saltire flags (top) march for Scottish independence. Picture: Andy Buchanan/AFP via Getty Images

Yousaf: Growing popular support for Yes the only way to Scottish independence

Nadine Dorries. Picture: Dan Kitwood/Getty Images

SNP MP cleared of bullying Nadine Dorries