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Browse our picture gallery to see what BBC Good Food reckons to be the 25 of the best restaurants in Edinburgh. Photo: Pixabay

25 amazing places to eat out in Edinburgh - in pictures

Shame we missed the Boris Johnson comedy TV show - Vladimir McTavish

The BBC licence fee is expected to rise in 2025. (Photo by Getty Images)

How much the BBC licence fee could cost in 2025

BBC shows and services are funded by money raised from the licence fee. (Photo by Hollie Adams/Getty Images)

Exemptions for the TV licence fee and how to avoid paying

A general view of BBC Broadcasting House, in central London. PIC: Lucy North/PA Wire

Why women are more likely to be prosecuted for licence fee evasion?

A TV licence is a legal requirement for anyone wanting to watch live TV on terrestrial channels, or online streaming. The fine for not having a licence is up to £1,000 plus any legal costs. Additional compensation may also be ordered.

The eye-opening number of TV licence prosecutions every week

Ahead of April's price hike, a legal expert from The University of Law has shared their advice on whether you really do need to pay the license fee (and what happens if you don't).

Government makes major TV licence fee decision - what will change?

Mohamed Al Fayed. Photo: Shaun Curry/AFP via Getty Images

Like Jimmy Savile, Mohamed al Fayed was hiding in plain sight - Vladimir McTavis...

Great British Bake Off returns to our screens this coming week

How to watch every series of Great British Bake Off

Annette Bening and Sam Neil lead the stellar cast in the latest Liane Moriarty TV adaption, "Apples Never Fall," now streaming on BBC iPlayer.

Explainer Apples Never Fall: what is the new BBC series about and is it good?

Joe Cole stars in the new BBC drama Nightsleeper (Picture: BBC/Euston Films/Mark Mainz)

Nightsleeper review: This high-speed drama just about stays on the rails

Who is Huw Edwards' wife Vicky Flind and are they still married?

Who is Huw Edwards' wife Vicky Flind and are they still married?

Contestants from Dance Floor Heroes, and inset: Ian Waite and Vincent Simone hosting the charity event at Blackpool Winter Gardens.

64 year old Strictly superfan lives her dancefloor dream on TV

Impressionist John Culshaw brings his sell out Edinburgh Fringe show "Imposter Syndrome" to venues across the United Kingdom in early 2025.

Impressionist John Culshaw announces tour of Fringe show for 2025

The final betting odds have been made ahead of this evening’s Mercury Prize - but who would this year’s winner join from previous years?

Explainer The history of the Mercury Prize and betting odds for tonight’s event

Romesh Ranganathan live in 2019. Picture: Mike Wade.

BBC fans slam Romesh Ranganathan’s documentary series

Comedian Romesh Ranganathan has a three-part show, The Misinvestigations of Romesh Ranganathan which is described by the BBC as a show where ‘Romesh tries to get to the bottom of some of the most mysterious celebrity deaths that shocked a nation.’

Marina Licht

Use of BBC iPlayer is included in TV licence fees (Getty)

BBC iPlayer has just added an iconic show for UK viewers to watch

Rachel (Christine Bottomley), Ann (Monica Dolan), Daphne (Lorraine Ashbourne) and Roy (Stephen Dillane) are reluctant conspirators in the new series of BBC drama Sherwood (Picture: BBC/House Productions/Sam Taylor)

Sherwood review: Intense, horriffic and utterly compelling

Artem Chigvintsev after winning Strictly Come Dancing in 2010 with Kara Tointon

Ex-Strictly Come Dancing professional arrested over domestic violence

The 13 best-rated restaurants from Masterchef UK contestants - according to DesignMyNight (Photo: Google)

13 best-rated restaurants with Masterchef's stamp of approval

Netflix and other streaming services prices compared.

How Netflix's prices compare to other streaming services

BBC show Bring the Drama hosted by Bill Bailey axed after just one season

BBC show Bring the Drama axed after just one season

Celebrity Race Across The World will return for its second series soon.

Celebrity Race Across The World line-up confirmed

The BBC has been forced to change-up its schedule due to the Olympic Games (Photo by Getty Images)

BBC Breakfast presenter goes missing

Huw Edwards pleads guilty to making indecent images of children

Scottish Green Party co-leader Lorna Slater

Labour must break from failed Tory economics - Lorna Slater

The BBC has been forced to change-up its schedule due to the Olympic Games (Photo by Getty Images)

BBC stuns viewers as two more programmes axed

The BBC has removed two popular daytime shows from its schedule due to a recent shake-up.

David George

The popular BBC show has been running for two decades - but has now been taken off air.

Presenters bid fond farewell as BBC show is axed

Olympic torch. (Photo by Kristy Sparow/Getty Images)

How to watch the Olympics on Discovery Plus - and cost

Eric Liddell service at St Giles Cathedral on Songs of Praise

Have a look through our photo gallery for a nostalgic trip back to Edinburgh in 1987.

17 amazing old photos of Edinburgh in 1987

A Japanese fashion designer has launched a range of t-shirts with the names of random locations in Scotland on them - including West Lothian.

West Lothian t-shirts by Japanese designer create social media stir

East Lothian-based Gratnt Forrest is excited about teeing up in this week's Genesis Scottish Open at The Renaissance Club. Picture: Alex Slitz/Getty Images.

Grant Forrest ditches day off to get work in ahead of rain hitting Scottish Open

Ska-pop legends Madness will play a huge outdoor gig at Edinburgh Castle on Friday, July 5.

All you need to know ahead of Madness gig at Edinburgh Castle

Driven to drink over the BBC’s latest Rebus incarnation- Vladimir McTavish

Rebus: A Game Called Malice by Ian Rankin (right) will have its Scottish Premiere at the Edinburgh Festival Theatre, with Gray O’Brien (left) in the title role.

Ian Rankin’s Rebus play set to premiere in Edinburgh

No need to shove, unless there's no room on the couch; for those who aren't heading to Glastonbury this week, there are plenty of other ways to follow the festival comprehensively without ruining your favourite pair of Hunters (Credit: Getty/Canva)

How to follow Glastonbury this week from the comfort of your own home

BBC viewers are heartbroken by the presenter’s departure. (Photo: Getty Images)

Presenter "in tears" as he quits after 20 years

(Photos: Getty Images/Alex Nelson)

How I replicate Glastonbury Festival at home for less than a tenner

Former first minister Alex Salmond

STV wants to switch Alba broadcast 'in case too many people see it'

Take a look through our photo gallery for a sneak peek inside the three homes ahead tonight episode of Scotland’s Home of the Year 2024.

Inside the Lothians homes vying to be Scotland's Home of the Year

The 2023 Edinburgh Marathon Festival took place in glorious sunshine to helped put a smile on runners' faces

It’s the Edinburgh Marathon tomorrow – fancy a lift? - Vladimir McTavish

Rylan Clark and Rob Rinder were in Florence this week, part of the pair's new BBC2 series Rob and Rylan's Grand Tour (PIcture: BBC/Rex TV/Zinc Media/Lana Salah)

Rob and Rylan's Grand Tour review: Rob and Rylan open hearts and broaden minds

Will it be sunglasses weather or not this Spring Bank Holiday?

BBC and Met Office weather predictions for this May bank holiday

Stephen Mangan was the host of ITV's new reality gameshow, The Fortune Hotel (Picture: ITV)

The Fortune Hotel review: A pale imitation of other gameshow hits

Complete guide to Euro 2024 including groups and fixtures

Take a look through our photo gallery to see what happened when Edinburgh hosted the Eurovision Song Contest in 1972.

Remembering when Edinburgh hosted Eurovision - in pictures

Fulwell 73 produced Gavin and Stacey Christmas Special for the BBC featuring business partner James Corden (No. n/a) - Picture Shows: Jason (ROB WILFORT), Stacey (JOANNA PAGE), Gavin (MATTHEW HORNE), Smithy (JAMES CORDEN), Nessa (RUTH JONES), Pam (ALISON STEADMAN), Gwen (MELANIE WALTERS), Bryn (ROB BRYDON), Mick (LARRY LAMB) - (C) GS TV Productions Ltd - Photographer: Tom Jackson.

Gavin and Stacey to return for final time

Richard Rankin plays John Rebus in the forthcoming BBC TV series. Picture: John Devlin.

Rebus reboot BBC broadcast date released

Prime Minister Rishi Sunak's Rwanda bill was passed, despite fears of a Tory rebellion.

Force asylum seekers to move to Stoke, that will stop the boats - Vladimir McTa...

The police officers at the centre of BBC drama Blue Lights. From left, Stevie Neil (Martin McCann), Grace Ellis (Sian Brooke), Annie Conlon (Katherine Devlin), and Tommy Foster (Nathan Braniff) (Picture: Two Cities Television/Todd Antony/BBC)

Blue Lights review: An explosive return for this terrific police drama

Stacey Solomon (left) helped out Caroline and Erick in the first episode of her new series Stacey Solomon: Renovation Rescue (Picture: Matt McQuillan/Channel 4)

Stacey Solomon's Renovation Rescue review: A new show build on shaky ground

NYMT residential rehearsals.

National Youth Music Theatre announces three new patrons

Kate-Lois Elliott

Kate-Lois Elliott Makes Edinburgh Fringe Debut with 'How To Belong Without Joini...

Gosport MP Caroline Dinenage. Picture: Habibur Rahman

BBC accused of ‘setting torch to delicate ecosystem of local news’