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David McDonald, 96, says that the Drumtassie fishery, managed by Leeanne Aitchison, right, is one of the friendliest angling venues he has come across in over 80 years of fishing. Picture Nigel Duncan

It’s a family affair for Leeanne, the wee lassie from Drumtassie - Nigel Duncan

Livingston constituency MP Gregor Poynton has congratulated Jenny Young on her ranking on Scottish Labour's regional list.

West Lothian Candidate Secures Top Place on Scottish Labour’s New Regional List

Gregor Poynton MP with Scottish Labour's West Lothian candidates Jenny Young and Jordan Stokoe

Poynton attends Sarwar speech and calls for Swinney to debate SNP record in West...

Sheriffhall Interchange.

Prime Edinburgh Development Site at Sheriffhall Interchange Launches to Market

A whole variety of delicious dishes feature on the menu at The Crab & Lobster Fish Shack

New fish and chip restaurant kicks off holiday hunger fundraising initiative

Largo Leisure Parks - Sauchope Links Holiday Park.

Scenic Scottish Getaways: Family Summer Breaks from £450 with Largo Leisure Park...

Tom Lambert, secretary of the Forth Area Federation of Anglers, who administer fishing at Linlithgow Loch, on the boat pontoon.

Encouraging catch returns after opening days at Millhall and Linlithgow

The proposal would transfer Fauldhouse and Whitburn into the Airdrie constituency

Council objects to plan to put Fauldhouse and Whitburn in Airdrie

Chanelle Maver at the new brown trout pond at Drumtassie

New brown trout only pond opens in Central Scotland

An oil train passes a passenger train to Fort William at Tulloch Bridge

Model railway exhibition returns to Edinburgh after many years

Sue Webber is a Scottish Conservative MSP for the Lothians

Childcare support is vital for working parents in the Capital - Sue Webber

Clubs have until April 14 to apply.

Aldi sports fund taking applications

Flood roads in the Capital

Met Office issues yellow weather warning for Edinburgh

The Edinburgh Dog and Cat Home launched its urgent winter appeal today. Between January and August this year the charity rehomed 167 dogs and 81 cats

Edinburgh Dog and Cat Home launches urgent appeal

Lothian MSP Miles Briggs has opened up for the first time about his late father’s alcohol abuse.

Miles Briggs opens up on his father’s alcoholism

Joanne Barlow in waders clearing up after the floods at her caravan park.

Fishing: First Ladies Home Tri Nations Event to take place in March
Joanne Barlow has been waist-deep in flood water at her caravan park after extensive flooding but, at the same time, she has been organising the first ever Ladies Home Tri Nations Event from March 3 to 5 at Wyreside Lakes, Lancaster.
Nigel Duncan

Jason Rennie, chairman of West Lothian Angling Association (left) discusses a point with Scot (cor) Muir at the club's monthly fly tying session. Picture Nigel Duncan

West Lothian – "best value for money" fishing in Scotland

Edinburgh Dog and Cat Home has seen a "dramatic increase" in the number of pets being surrendered by owners.

Edinburgh Dog and Cat Home seeing 'dramatic increase' in surrender of pets

The Met office warning has been extended

Amber ‘extreme heat’ warning extended to east including Edinburgh

New caps Joanne Barlow (left) and Gill Coutts with flounders. Picture contributed

Fishing: Three new Scotland caps in the women's Home Internationals team

Monica Lennon has urged the chief medical officer Gregor Smith and national clinical director Jason Leitch to give assurances there is no evidence to support John Mason’s claims on abortion care.

MSP urges Jason Leitch to fact check John Mason abortion comments

John Mason has made claims against abortion services as First Minister Nicola Sturgeon says his comments are 'wrong'. (Photo: ED Jones/AFP via Getty Images)

MSP claims 'considerable scepticism' around abortion consent

Free nappies call: Monica Lennon MSP

Labour MSP calls for country-wide free access to reusable nappy schemes

Kenny Blair, Managing Director at Buzzworks Holdings.

Buzzworks charity initiative in aid of Ukraine

Asda is extending its rewards loyalty scheme scheme to an extra 32 UK stores (Photo: Shutterstock)

Asda extends rewards loyalty scheme to 48 stores - full list of locations

Tom Lambert on the pontoon at Linlithgow Loch with Linlithgow Palace in the trees behind him. Picture by Nigel Duncan

Fishing: Falkirk footballer leading the line as top trout boss

Heavy seas and storms buckled and broke the railings on Portobello promenade in 1965.

20 pictures from the 1950s and 1960s showing stormy Edinburgh weather
As Edinburgh residents dealt with Storm Eunice and Storm Dudley, these photographs show that (unsurprisingly) bad weather is nothing new.
David Hepburn

Looking towards the main car park at the new Drumtassie coarse fishery. Picture: Nigel Duncan

Fishing: Wide range of carp to catch at Drumtassie by end of March

Jackson says: "Go check out our Christmas appeal!"

Ad Feature Help ensure dogs and cats won’t be lonely this Christmas

Edinburgh Dog and Cat Home has been gifted 26 Ethereum by Pawthereum.

Animal shelter receives £87k cryptocurrency donation

Leigh Baxter is one of around 1,000 volunteers helping at the UN Climate Change Conference of the Parties, COP26, in Glasgow (Picture: Jane Barlow/PA)

The unsung heroes helping to make COP26 climate summit happen – Angus Robertson

The Scottish Environmental Agency has issued five flood alerts and 17 flood warnings.

SEPA issues flood warnings for parts of Scotland

Sky internet: Prominent wifi providers down across east central Scotland

Prominent internet providers appear to be down across east central Scotland

'I thoroughly enjoy my job, and the key driver of that is the people I have the privilege to work with,' says Mr Graham. Picture: Lisa Ferguson.

Patrick Graham of BGF images

Paddy Graham

The Big Interview: Paddy Graham of BGF

Deputy Prime Minister John Prescott punched a protester after being hit by an egg as he arrived to address a Labour Party rally in Rhyl, North Wales. PA Photo: David Kendall.

20th anniversary of 2001 general election

Joanne Barlow, captain of the Scotland women's carp team.

Wanted: Anglers for Scotland’s first-ever women’s carp team

Tourists are vital to Edinburgh's economy

Edinburgh has to 'work harder' this year to make a profit from tourists

Travel disruption, flooding, and property damage could be expected.

Scotland's weather: Amber and yellow warnings for rain and wind

Here’s how long the snow is predicted to last across the UK (Photo: Shutterstock)

Here’s how long the snow is predicted to last across the UK

More snow expected across the UK thanks to Storm Darcy - the forecast near you (Photo: Shutterstock)

More snow expected across the UK thanks to Storm Darcy - the forecast near you

Monica Lennon will face Anas Sarwar in the upcoming Labour leadership contest (Getty Images)

Who is Monica Lennon MSP?

Lloret MacKenna Dunn

New blockbuster to be shot in Edinburgh next summer

Snow is set to fall in some parts of Scotland, including Edinburgh, from 2 December (Shutterstock)

Scotland's hour-by-hour forecast as Met Office extends snow warnings

Edinburgh during the first national lockdown, which John Swinney said he could not rule out a return

'Foolish' to rule out Scotland national lockdown

Murrayfield Ice Rink will be closed for the foreseeable future.

Beloved Edinburgh ice rink has announced that it will be closing

Ben Steer caught this fine wild trout on the Water of Leith

Demand to go fishing on the rise across the Lothians

Falkirk are experiencing some losses of water supplies (Pic: Mike McBey)

Burst pipe leaves residents in Central Scotland with no water

Wintry showers are forecast for Edinburgh and the Lothians

Edinburgh snow: hour-by-hour weather forecast as yellow warning issued

Snow is set to hit parts of the UK on Monday (24 Feb), with Met Office weather warnings in place and temperatures dipping to below freezing in some areas (Photo: Shutterstock)

Will it snow in the UK today? Here’s everything you need to know

Alison Johnstone is a Green MSP for Lothian

Edinburgh airport path changes just won’t fly – Alison Johnstone

Scotland's higher plains have already had their first snowfall of 2020. Picture: Shutterstock

Will it snow in February 2020? Scotland long-range weather forecast for the star...

Met Office meteorologists cautioned the public againstinjuries from slipson frozen surfaces and urged drivers to take care of icy patches on untreated roads. Picture: JPIMedia

General Election 2019: Ice warnings in place for Scotland on polling day

Some of the members from Australia's leading circus troupe 'Casus' celebrated the final week of the Edinburgh Fringe by performing excerpts from their acclaimed show DNA on top of the Royal Mile's 'Fringe' sign. Picture: Jane Barlow/PA

Outlander tour guide honoured alongside Edinburgh Festival Fringe for contributi...

Allandale Tarn

Angling: Allandale Tarn proving its worth to all its visitors

Edinburgh had severe flooding on 24 June. Picture: Andy O'Brien/TSPL

Scotland weather latest: Thunderstorms set to bring month's worth of rain

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