The year 2023 saw a wide variety of stories in the headlines – from the UK’s first driverless buses starting operation across the Forth Road Bridge to the Capital’s final farewell to former boxing world champion Ken Buchanan. There was also the return of trams to Leith Walk with the opening of the extension from York Place to Newhaven; Beyonce’s concert at Murrayfield and on of the city’s celebrated authors being honoured at Buckingham Palace.
Scroll through these 26 pictures and remind yourself of some of the news highlights of 2023

21. Trams back on Leith Walk
Hundreds of people turned out for the launch of Edinburgh's new tram line from the top of Leith Walk to Newhaven as it carried passengers for the first time on June 7, departing Picardy Place at noon - 67 years after the last tram carrying passengers travelled down Leith Walk. Passengers boarded the tram to the sound of bagpipes with a local dance group performing a specially devised ‘tram ballet’. And local school pupils joined council leader Cammy Day and Hannah Ross, senior responsible officer for the project, to cut the ribbon. Photo: Neil Johnstone

22. Ukraine protest
Protestors demonstrated outside the Russian consulate in Edinburgh, accusing Russia of being a "terrorist state" after a massive dam and hydroelectric power station was blown up in southern Ukraine, causing extensive flooding. The protesters demanded Vladimir Putin's forces leave their homeland. Photo: Dan Barker

23. Landlords' victory on short-term lets
Short-term let landlords claimed victory when a judge ruled that parts of Edinburgh City Council's licensing scheme for the sector was unlawful. The landlords and operators had come together to mount Scotland's largest ever crowd-funded legal challenge, taking the council to court over its new policy designed to regulate Airbnb-style accommodation in the city. They raised £300,000 to fund the judicial review and argued the licensing scheme was "onerous and oppressive" and went beyond the aims originally set out by the government, which were to improve guest safety. Photo: Lisa Ferguson

24. Dentist crisis
The extent of the crisis in dental services in Edinburgh was revealed by an Evening News survey which found three quarters of dentists in the Capital offering NHS services were not accepting new adult patients. Only 23 out of 86 dentists across the would take on new NHS adult patients. And at least one third of those accepting adults said patients faced long waits from six months up to two years. Only eight of those said patients could get an appointment without joining a waiting list and several were only currently accepting NHS child patients. Photo: Leon Neal