Edinburgh, Fife and Lothians

A SRPS first class compartment which seeks to convey the golden age of rail travel. (Photo by SRPS)

Rail operator forced to halt most historic tours for £500,000 safety upgrade

Damian Barr took part in an in-converation event with Sir Ian Rankin at the Royal Society of Edinburgh. Picture: Stewart Attwood

Writer Damian Barr on protecting bookshops, libraries and arts funding

Ken Hay has been unveiled as Netball Scotland's chief executive.

Former Filmhouse chief bounces back with top Scottish sports job

The collapsed crane on a building site in Leith. Picture: Lisa Ferguson

Public warned to stay away from site of crane collapse in Edinburgh

Former Edinburgh Lord Provost Norman Irons was the Capital's civic head from 1992 until 1996. Picture: Jack Crombie.

Former Lord Provost Norman Irons dies, aged 82

Reed Hudson, Historic Environment Scotland metal conservator, inspecting the Crown of Scotland. Picture: HES

Honours of Scotland return to display at Edinburgh Castle

Theatremaker Gary McNair has created the stage show 'Dear Billy.' Picture: John Devlin

Big Yin tribute to be staged at the Fringe 52 years after comedy legend's debut

Edinburgh's Dunard Centre concert hall is proposed to be built behind a Royal Bank of Scotland building on St Andrew Square.

Soaring costs and new delay revealed for new Edinburgh concert hall

It is hoped Edinburgh's Filmhouse cinema will be able to reopen by the summer.

Edinburgh Filmhouse: Council agrees crucial funding to help cinema reopen

Exclusive Pavement parking ban Scotland: Fears of buses blocked by vehicles on streets

Del Amitri will be headining the final night of next year's Hebridean Celtic Festival on the Isle of Lewis.

Del Amitri to headline island music festival 30 years after town hall gig

This 1953 collage will be will be among the Eduardo Paolozzi works going on display at the Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art next year. Picture: Paolozzi Foundation

100 years of ‘Pop Art’ pioneer Eduardo Paolozzi to be celebrated in Edinburgh

A site at Edinburgh Park has been earmarked for an 8500-capacity indoor arena

Arena would take Edinburgh Park ‘cultural quarter’ vision into a new league

Exclusive Game On: 60 years of videogaming to be celebrated in Edinburgh

'Groundbreaking ‘Gaelictronica’ group Niteworks are to disband after 16 years. Picture: Ryan Buchanan Photography

Groundbreaking ‘Gaelictronica’ group Niteworks to disband after 16 years

Pedestrians squeezing past a van parked on a pavement in Glasgow on Tuesday (Photo by The Scotsman)

Countdown to pavement parking ban: Drivers face £100 fines

Queensferry Crossing barriers test sabotaged by idiot drivers – Alastair Dalton Alastair Dalton

Exclusive Entertainment giant reveals plans for 8500-capacity Edinburgh arena

The crowds will be returning to Glasgow Green for the TRNSMT music festival in July. Picture: Jeff J Mitchell

TRNSMT 2024: First details of line-up including headliners revealed

Vulcan by Sir Eduardo Paolozzi is among the sculptures already on display at Edinburgh Park. Picture: Laurence Winram

Scottish sculptors get chance to create work for new Edinburgh ‘culture quarter’

The Stand has staged Fringe shows at the New Town Theatre on George Street since 2017.

The Stand pulls plug on biggest Fringe venue after acts and crowds stay away

Loganair chief executive Jonathan Hinkles said the UK was out of step with other countries over VAT on pilot training. (Photo by Loganair)

Loganair: Future flight cuts unless urgent moves over looming pilot shortage

ScotRail has traditionally only run Boxing Day trains in the former Strathclyde region in and around Glasgow. (Photo by John Devlin/The Scotsman)

Christmas travel boost for Fifers with first Boxing Day service for decades

Exclusive First Edinburgh-Glenrothes, Dunblane and Perth Boxing Day trains for 40 years

Giant panda Yang Guang at Edinburgh Zoo. Picture: RZSS/PA Wire

Two weeks left to see Edinburgh Zoo’s giant pandas before China return

A flotilla of 1,000 paper boats, made from newspapers and magazines and carrying massages of climate hope, will be presented to politicians at Holyrood during the demonstration next week

Scotland’s Makar joins poetic protest at Holyrood, demanding climate action

The music producer has worked with Justin Bieber

Scottish music producer who worked with Justin Bieber nominated for five Grammys

The Filmhouse cinema in Edinburgh closed suddenly in October 2022 after the arts charity Centre for the Moving Image went into administration. Picture: Chris Scott

Filmhouse campaigners insist historic Edinburgh cinema has a ‘viable’ future

Exclusive Sir Sean Connery’s family reveal plans for film and TV talent school in Leith

Exclusive London events firm snaps up former home of The Arches arts venue and nightclub

Aftersun star Paul Mescal and the film's writer-director, Charlotte Wells, at the 2022 EIFF opening gala. Picture: Pako Mera

New Edinburgh Film Festival director pledges ‘bright new future’

Jo McCoy sitting in front of her gongs

Cacao and Gong Bath Workshop experience

Virgin Media's latest fine is the first since the maximum was raised from £50,000 last year (Photo by Newscast/Universal Images Group via Getty Images)

Record £80,000 roadworks fine for Virgin Media after maximum penalty doubled

Work by the artist Alberta Whittle will be going on display on billboards across Edinburgh next month.

Artist’s work to been seen on advertising billboards across Edinburgh

Airport technology has improved but airline communications to passengers still needs to be better, according to Alastair Dalton. (Photo by Lisa Ferguson/The Scotsman)

Airline got me home after disruption, but didn't tell me how – Alastair Dalton

The University of Edinburgh accepted more than £12m funding from organisations with links to the Chinese military.

Edinburgh University took £12m from Chinese organisations with military links

Actress Tilda Swinton will play the artist Wilhelmina Barns-Graham in the new film A Sudden Glimpse to Deeper Things. Picture: Frazer Harrison

Tilda Swinton to portray celebrated Scottish artist Wilhelmina Barns-Graham

Parisian opera house Opéra-Comique will be bringing its latest production of Carmen to the Edinburgh International Festival in 2024. Picture: Stefan Brion

Nicola Benedetti reveals 'reconciliation' theme for 2024 Festival

Exclusive Descendant of Scots dynasty opposes plans to rebury ancestors’ bodies

Real estate firm Cushman & Wakefield has published a new report imagining what Edinburgh could look like in 2040.

Radical Princes Street revamp predicted under ‘imagined’ 2040 Edinburgh vision

The images, held by Fife cultural charity, OnFife, have long been a mystery. Picture: OnFife

Mystery of striking photographs solved after nearly a century

Cuture secretary Angus Robertson visits filming of The Rig at Bath Road studios in Leith to meet with stars Martin Compston and Emily Hampshire

Creative Scotland casts doubt on Scottish Government's 'gold-plated' pledges

Carlo Carozzi of The Peruvian

Edinburgh's Christmas 2023: independent food stall owners tell us about stalls

Four protesters have climbed onto the Scottish Parliament roof. Picture: Lisa Ferguson

Pro-Palestine protestors arrested after climbing Scottish Parliament roof

Exclusive Irvine Welsh on 30 years of Trainspotting and its Booker Prize snub

Aganeza Scrooge is being staged at the Tron Theatre in Glasgow this Christmas. Picture: Jamhot/Boxdog

Passions: Firing up the festive spirit with a Christmas stage show

Kathryn Joseph

Edinburgh reveals line-up for New Year's Day music trail across city centre

Christina Mackenzie taking her first step back to cycling on her turbo trainer at Christmas 2022. (Photo by Christina Mackenzie)

Champion cyclist ‘anxious and nervous’ being passed by cars after hit-and-run

The old Calton Jail - described as one of the worst in Scotland given the harshness of conditions within its walls - was demolished in 1930 with prisoners instead being housed in Saughton. PIC: CC.

The 10 murderers buried under a government car park in Edinburgh

Templespa oil Pic: Merilyn Beretta

Spa Spy: New menopause treatment from Templespa at One Spa at The Sheraton

Sherry is being celebrated with a series of events across Edinburgh

Sherry Week 2023: What's on in Edinburgh as annual event turns 10

Edinburgh International Festival director Nicola Benedetti with First Minister Minister Humza Yousaf and Phoebe Waller-Bridge, honorary president of the Fringe Society at the Scottish Government's festivals reception. Picture Andrew Perry

Scottish Government accused of causing 'considerable damage' to arts industry

A video has shown the moment riot police were attacked with fireworks in Niddrie.

Lack of officers to deal with Bonfire Night riots, says top cop

Drone footage of the riots in Niddrie. Picture: Press Association.

Police Scotland identify several 'coordinators' behind petrol bomb attacks

Police officers are targeted with fireworks in Niddrie, Edinburgh, during chaotic scenes on Bonfire Night

WATCH: Drone footage captures attacks on police officers in Niddrie

Music writer Sue Wilson passed away in September. Picture: Sean Purser

New award created in memory of Scotsman trad music critic Sue Wilson

Exclusive Tourist tax risks creating ‘negative and unwelcoming’ image of Scotland

Professor Tom Gillingwater, chair of anatomy at the University of Edinburgh, in the institution's Skull Room. Picture: Neil Hanna

Skulls of Taiwanese warriors taken as trophies are returned by university

Kathleen Jamie's is Scotland's national poet.

Makar launches project for 'collective address’ from Scots to world leaders

Passengers awaiting updates during the major disruption at Edinburgh Waverley Station last night. (Photo by Alastair Dalton/The Scotsman)

Edinburgh Waverley rail disruption: Huge power surge ‘fried everything’

ScotRail warns service disruption to run into Friday after major signal fault

Yeukayi Ushe is playing the genie in Disney's production of Aladdin, which is running at the Edinburgh Playhouse until 18 November. Picture: Deen Van Meer

Fom a scouting mission to the Fringe to more than 20 years of Broadway shows

Exclusive Bid to reopen Edinburgh’s Filmhouse secures huge public funding boost

Woodhall House is one of the finest homes in Edinburgh.

Tour the Scottish baronial mansion with adventure playground all for £6m

The Budapest Festival Orchestra, conducted by Ivan Fischer, perform Dvorak's Symphony No.8 in the Usher Hall at this year's Edinburgh International Festival. Picture: Jane Barlow/PA Wire

Scottish Government must stop promising and start delivering for arts industry

Some parts of Edinburgh are relatively affordable when it comes to property prices.

The 13 cheapest areas of Scotland's Capital to buy a home

The charity recently saved the life of Bagel, a Cavalier King Charles Spaniel, who was victim of years of chronic neglect. Here's Bagel when she first arrived, and after months of treatment and care.

Edinburgh Dog and Cat Home launches urgent 2023 winter appeal

Scottish Canals activities assistant Rebecca Brown at the helm of one of its electric boats on the Forth & Clyde Canal at the Kelpies (Photo by Lisa Ferguson/The Scotsman)

Electric canal boat hire scheme's growth potential after expansion to Kelpies

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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