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Midlothian train line closed following reports of 'subsidence'

Police on Gilmerton Road

One person injured after gun fired at Edinburgh pub window

Live Storm Boelo LIVE: 70mph winds and heavy rain set to batter capital

Veterans, members of the Armed Forces and dignitaries lay wreaths during the Service of Dedication for the Edinburgh Garden of Remembrance

In Pictures: Veterans lay wreaths at Edinburgh Garden of Remembrance

A fresh Met Office warning has been issued for Tuesday

Weather alert issued for next week as stormy conditions continue

Greens want Edinburgh to observe World Car-Free Day every year

Greens propose car-free day for Grand Depart of Tour de France

Storm Austen hit Edinburgh and the Lothians on Friday

Massive weekend disruption expected as Storm Boelo brings 70mph winds

West Lothian's Lawrence Fitzpatrick, East Lothian's Norman Hampshire and Midlothian's Kelly Parry

Lothian council leaders on plans for reorganisation

All the attractions which have announced closures due to Storm Boelo

Mark Knight sexually assaulted two children when he was a teenager.

Man who sexually assaulted two children when he was a teenager jailed

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Scott Arthur has secured a debate in the Commons on the future of cancer research in the UK

'Cancer research boost would benefit economy as well as health'

Lily Duncan and Beda Rose from Granton Youth pose alongside their photographs, which are on display on billboards around Edinburgh

Granton Youth take over city billboards with self-portraits

Eight-year-old Susan Bremner met Rod Hull & Emu backstage at the King's theatre in Edinburgh, March 1988

29 photos of theatre life in the late 1980s, including Sean Connery

BBC Scotland Debate Night's host Stephen Jardine.

Debate over BBC Scotland’s fate takes a turn for the worse - Bruce Whitehead

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Sport

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Crime

Edinburgh Sheriff Court is perhaps an unlikely place to spend your retirement voluntarily (Picture: Duncan McGlynn)

Teenager branded innocent man a paedophile during savage attack

Police pursuit ends in arrest and injured cyclist

Whyte's victims were aged from an infant to 15-years-old

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Teen taken to hospital after 'frightening' hit-and-run crash

Police Scotland said an 18-year-old female was arrested and charged after an electric motorbike was seen driving "in a dangerous manner" around Haddington in East Lothian.

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John Leader as Tristan and Nandi Bhebhe as Yseult. Picture: Steve Tanner

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Dai Evans was one of the Aberfan witnesses who told their stories in a new BBC2 documentary Aberfan: The Village that Fought Back. (Picture: BBC Studios/Mei Williams)

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The spectacular Winter Cathedral s set to be a returning favourite at Christmas at the Botanics 2026.

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Retro

Life in Trinity over the years.

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Retro look back at life in Craiglockhart.

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Student Andrew McGlashan is handed a pen by a robotic arm at Napier University, watched by Dr Des Bonnar of the Engineering department, October 1992.

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Bacteriologist and Nobel laureate Sir Alexander Fleming, who discovered penicillin, is carried by students from the McEwan Hall after being installed as Rector of Edinburgh University in 1951.

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Evening News Obituaries

Phil Wheeler served first as transport convener and then as finance convener when the Lib Dems were in power at the City Chambers

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The late, abrasive New Zealand Prime Minister Robert Muldoon used to quip that the emigration of his compatriots to Australia raised the average IQ of both coun...

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Atty, Scotland’s first-ever baby sloth, and his mum Fe have celebrated World Sloth Day at Edinburgh Zoo with a tasty floral treat while Atty's dad Nico took a nap

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Paris can keep the Eiffel Tower, Leith has the Yellow Towers - Susan Morrison

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Business

The Government recommends households gradually build an emergency kit with practical essentials such as a torch, first aid kit, emergency radio and portable power bank.

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M&S Sparks customers can earn up to £15 in festive rewards this Christmas by shopping for eligible drinks, flowers and café treats. Photos by Marks and Spencer.

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M&S has introduced its 2026 Christmas sandwich range alongside seasonal snacks and sweet treats.

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Address: 74-78 Grassmarket, Edinburgh, EH1 2JR. This popular pub is named after a reference to the last hanging to have occurred in the Grassmarket, the Last Drop has a suitably macabre back story. The Grassmarket’s gallows were situated right across from the pub and could help explain the high level of supposed paranormal activity in the area. The venue's website says they are haunted by a little girl in medieval clothing, with sightings of the diminutive spirit occurring in both the cellar and the bar.

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