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A dartboard at home can quickly turn a casual evening with friends into a tournament

Ad Feature Five hobbies to bring back this winter

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Let’s hope BBC’s Rowling documentary is not just a witch hunt - Susan Dalgety

Respected Lib Dem MP Christine Jardine has announced she won’t stand at the next election

Christine’s kindly party politics are sadly lacking in Queensferry - Bruce White...

Sandwiches have more experimental fillings than they used to

Ad Feature Why the sandwich remains Britain’s workplace lunch champion

TV Host Alison Hammond surprised some of Britain's most loyal people

Britain's most loyal people surprised by Alison Hammond

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Doors Open Days invites us to fall in love with our city again - Donald Anderso...

Take a look through our photo gallery to see 18 of Edinburgh's best bars and pubs for a pint.

The 18 best Edinburgh pubs and bars for a pint

Scroll through our gallery to see 23 spots in Portobello that we love.

23 reasons why Portobello is one of the best places to live

The Proclaimers performing

UK was ‘freer and more tolerant’ a decade ago, say The Proclaimers

Foysol Choudhury, former MSP for Lothians

Racism has no place in our NHS or anywhere else - Foysol Choudhury

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Edinburgh Council deserves credit for delivering the Visitor - Donald Anderson

Barry Fish restaurant

All the Edinburgh restaurants in the Good Food Guide ‘best local’ list

Edinburgh has beauty, and an economy that has both breadth and depth. Picture: VisitScotland/Kenny Lam

Mad about Manchester? Why not get excited about Edinburgh! - Donald Anderson

Leave and Remain campaigners face off during the 2016 EU referendum, the centrepoint of the new BBC documentary series Brexit: A Very British Civil War (Picture: BBC/Zinc Television/Alamy/PA Images/Dominic Lipinski)

Farage and Johnson paint a turning point as playground politics

The Leapmotor T03 brings affordable electric motoring back to the city car segment

Leapmotor T03 review: The £15,995 electric city car Britain needs

Essity carried out the study to mark the opening of its new £30million recycled paper facility at its manufacturing site in Prudhoe, Northumberland.

Kids in Britain flush up to 13,476,238 MILES of loo paper annually
Kids in Britain are using more toilet paper than anyone else, flushing up to 13,476,238 miles down the loo every year.
Emma Elsworthy

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War in the Middle East has lasted a lifetime, my lifetime in fact - Vladimir McT...

The programme follows Donal MacIntyre as he casts a microscopic lens over real cases from across the UK

Ad Feature Donal MacIntyre’s UK Killer Evidence returns to TRUE CRIME next week

Gregor Poynton MP welcomes Spring Statement as investment in West Lothian and Britain’s future.

MP welcomes Spring Statement as investment in West Lothian and Britain’s future

Prof Peter Hammond (Jason Watkins) and Ash Smith (David Thewlis) take on the water companies in Channel 4's Dirty Business (Picture: Rob Baker Ashton/Channel 4)

Dirty Business uses fury to defeat the weasel words of the water industry

Classic Tractors that will be on show at the Classic Truck and Tractor event

Classic Trucks and Tractors Roll into Edinburgh for New Vintage Motors Event

The greatest Winter Olympics Games moments of all time have been revealed.

The greatest Winter Olympics Games moments revealed

Ahead of the Winter Olympics, Michael Goodfellow, coach of the Olympic curling team, was joined by athletes, stakeholders and partner spokespeople to celebrate National Lottery investment in winter sport.

Scottish Olympic great ready to lead Team GB Curling at Winter Olympics

Edinburgh

Edinburgh crowned Scotland's most desirable place to live in 2026

Britain’s top ten thought leaders named in new survey

Chance in a million leads to return of Edinburgh family heirloom

Workers standing in the bottom section of the Queensway Tunnel, Liverpool, in September 1929, beneath an experimental length of reinforced concrete, which would form the roadway.

Britain's biggest construction projects in photos
From breathtaking bridges to monster malls, these photos show some of Britain’s biggest building projects of modern times taking shape.
Robert Cumber

Phil Spencer and Robert Kingsley are both on the board.

Ad Feature Research exposes hidden cost crisis facing lodge and caravan owners

Lee Kennedy has worked at the plant for 33 years, and now works alongside his daughter Eve.

London Underground named as one of Britain’s best engineering feats

Moray Hanson (left), Dean Edmiston, who also played for Fife Flyers, and Denis Clair (right) at a previous reunion

Ice hockey reunion to be held at Edinburgh's Murrayfield next year

The coach was filled with 53 people named Carol and Noel singing festive songs.

Britain’s most festive coach filled with 53 Carols and Noels

Edinburgh based Nick Robinson from Maison Sport (centre) with the sponsored members of the GB Snowsport team

Edinburgh based Maison Sport Fuels Olympic Ambitions Through New GB Snowsport Sp...

Regionally, the nation’s biggest nosey neighbours are found in the North East and South West.

Ad Feature New survey reveals Britain is a nation of nosy neighbours

Carl Dalby serves as a guest lecturer at the University of Aberdeen in Scotland

'Start small, think big': Carl Dalby on how Britain can win AI race

With 49% of Brits unable to watch spooky films without hiding, M&M'S challenges Jedward to a haunted house screening.

Scaredy cats! Brits are scared of spooky horror films

Evlo and other organisations are calling for significant reforms to how credit histories are built in the UK.

Ad Feature Loan provider calls for rent payments to count towards credit scores

Daylight saving time was introduced in Britain in May 1916, during the First World War, but the idea had been around for some time before that

Why clocks go back in autumn: the history of daylight saving time

Pumpkin design competition

ALDI INVITES CHILDREN IN EDINBURGH TO GET CREATIVE THIS HALLOWEEN

Cats are even smarter than dogs and see no need for people-pleasing behaviour, says Susan

Gertie’s face set to smug - Susan Morrison

These are the birthplaces of some of Britain's oldest ever people

Where Britain's oldest ever people were born

The counter protests have been organised by Stand Up To Racism. (Pic: Michael Gillen)

Scotland unites to turn our backs on the politics of hate in Britain - Vladimir ...

Going Green: Animal welfare to help keep the planet green

Global matters matter to our daily life - Ian Murray

21 per cent find it frustrating when other people keep the volume too low

Brits reveal top TV bugbears - including spoilers and loud eating

The best afternoon teas in the UK - from restaurants to luxury at home

The best afternoon teas for Afternoon Tea Week

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60 of the best places in Britain for over-65s to retire

Susie Dent

Dictionary Corner queen Susie Dent to celebrate the joys of the English language...

No Room For Rest

Shocking AI-generated film lays bare Britain's hidden child bed poverty crisis

John Andreas Wik pleaded guilty to publishing material intended to stir up religious hatred and was issued a 24 month suspended sentence

Man behind train station cyber attacks sentenced

BBQ buzzkills - a survey by Avant Homes has revealed Brits' secret BBQ icks

Brits' top six BBQ icks revealed

North of Inversnaid, Striling, Scotland

Could Britain’s Favourite Path be in Scotland?

Britain is facing a swimming crisis - 9m adults don’t know how to swim

Men called James are most likely to ditch their name.

Deed Poll analysis reveals Britain’s most changed names

Paul. Carrack

Paul Carrack to bring 50-year celebration to Edinburgh Playhouse

With festival season under way - what type of personality are you?

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