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The Capital Cars taxi office and garage in Gorgie, which would be demolished under the plans.

Plans to build 28 serviced apartments to meet tourism demand

The PSNI is asking retailers and the public to exercise caution when dealing with Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS) polymer/plastic £50 notes, after a number of counterfeit notes were recovered across Northern Ireland recently.

Police warning about counterfeit £50 notes being used

Specialist officers have been drafted in to help with the investigation into an ongoing gang war in Edinburgh.

What we know about local 'gang war' as specialist officers drafted in

I visited the town named best place to live and want to go back soon

The Gower Peninsula in Swansea is one of the best places to live in the UK, according to the Sunday Times. This fabulous four-bedroom house looks out over Langland Bay, with its lovely sunny beach, and the nearby golf course.

11 remarkable homes as best places to live in the UK are named

This team from Royal London volunteered at Tall Oaks Community Hub last week, helping with a number of tasks ranging from painting, fencing, building steps, cleaning and installing netting.

'We opened a community hub which we hope will benefit our community'

Among the eight community councils without enough nominations is the one in Old Town

8 community councils at risk due to low nominations

The local postcodes with the most sex offenders

Prestonfield club captain Lynn Abernethy and other members of the team at the Capital venue celebrate winning the 2025 Scottish Golf Club of the Year Award in Glasgow

Community-driven course picks up Scottish Golf Club of Year Award

Business owners in the area are frustrated with the break-ins

Business owners living in fear of break-ins after spate of incidents

Travellers have returned to a regular Edinburgh stop-off earlier than normal this year, with two caravans appearing at Drumbrae Park next to Drumbrae Leisure Centre in Clermiston at the weekend.

Residents call for action to stop park being taken over by travellers

HMS Victory, Lord Nelson's flagship during the Battle of Trafalgar, is now in Portsmouth Historic Dockyard home

National Lottery Open Week is back and it's bigger than ever

Edinburgh councillors have gone against officers in approving a new site for homeless charity Social Bite

Councillors approve new site for homeless charity village

The 10 Edinburgh neighbourhoods ‘to avoid living in’

The grocery store and canteen at Dalry Road will now be transformed into a new buffet restaurant.

Shop to become new buffet restaurant despite 19 objections

Edinburgh-based Helen Gillanders was at the helm of Dunbar Primary School for 15 years before stepping down in the summer of 2023.

Tributes paid to popular Edinburgh-based East Lothian headteacher
Tributes have been paid to the former headteacher of Scotland’s biggest primary school who has died less than two years after retiring.
Marie Sharp, LDR

An artist's impression of the proposed new 1,300 home Edinburgh village at Redheughs to the west of the city.

Masterplan for new village with 1,300 homes unveiled

Pictured are members of Queensferry Tennis Club, with its treasurer warning that increased fees at its home base of Queensferry Sports Community Hub could see the end of the 10-year-old sports club.

Tennis club warns of being priced out of playing at sports hub

Harry's Hounding Around uses a field at Thorntonfield, Thorntonloch, in East Lothian

Woman suffers anxiety from dog walkers after friend's tragic death

Jane Rutherford with her cat Hugo.

Much-loved cat to be remembered with wall memorial statue and plaque

Powerleague Sighthill in Edinburgh, which will see padel tennis courts added either side of the pictured pavilion after the plans were approved by the council.

Football complex to get four new padel tennis courts after plans pass

Bikers wreak havoc amid 'worrying rise' in antisocial behaviour

The funeral cortege of six-year-old Livingston schoolgirl made its way through the West Lothian town on Monday, February 10.

11 photos as community pays tribute to tragic six-year-old schoolgirl

Lynsey Pirie from Currie in Edinburgh has turned a daunting challenge into a life-changing opportunity.

Local mum with Muscular Dystrophy uses redundancy to launch business

Newliston Arms, located on Kirkliston's Main Street, is looking for a new tenant and is set to be refurbished.

Village pub with 'olde worlde feel' to be refurbished with new look

The 1970s building in London Road, Edinburgh could be transformed into hundreds of student flats and homes

Charity building could become student flats and new homes

The former Bunker Bar at Calton Road would be transformed under the plans.

Plans lodged to turn former bar into a new artisan micro-distillery
Plans have been lodged to turn a former Edinburgh city centre bar and nightclub into a new artisan micro-distillery.
Kevin Quinn

Veterans can have their independence and continue living comfortably in their own homes

Ad Feature UK veterans can claim 'discount' for more affordable mobility care

City Cabs chairman Gary McFarlane, City Cabs managind director Lewis Rae and City Cabs secretary Imran Saeed.

City taxi firm looks back on 100 great years

Tom Hudson, BP’s project director, offshore wind, Ian Robertson, Friends of Inch Park (FOIP)'s secretary and Shireen Chambers, Future Woodland Scotland's chief executive.

Local projects set to receive funding to plant more trees

Hero firefighter retires after serving hometown for four decades

Head of grounds team, Kevin McNab (right) and twin brother George McNab, deputy head of grounds, who both celebrate 40 years of working at Fettes College, Edinburgh.

'He's my right hand': Twins celebrate 40 years of working together

PLATFORM_ in Edinburgh is built with you in mind. Lifestyle included.

Ad Feature New Edinburgh apartments offering residents a year’s free rent

Gen Z is increasingly turning to the divine to help them cope with an ever-complex world

Young people are bigger believers in God than their elders, study

The scene at Harburn Drive, West Calder.

Police update following deaths of 36-year-old man & six-year-old girl

Avant Homes plans to build 174 new homes in East Lothian.

Housebuilder acquires land with plans for 147 houses in East Lothian

The fire is understood to have started in a factory at Brucefield Industrial Estate shortly after 1pm on Saturday, December 7

New West Lothian gymnastics club to launch after catastrophic fire

Councillor Val Walker said:“Gorgie City Farm has been an integral part of the local community for decades and it’s heartbreaking to see it lying empty"

Gorgie City Farm secures its future with 25 year lease agreement

The Ball Room sports bar and pool hall at Jock's Lodge in Edinburgh could make way for student flats in the future.

Giant sports bar and pool hall responds to 'closure' rumours

The applicants, who run East Link Family Park, in West Barns, described the move as a ‘relocation’ of their popular attraction

Plans for East Lothian theme park rejected on appeal

Kidzeco, on George Street in Bathgate, will close on January 31, 2025.

Beloved local children's store announces sad closure

The woodland owner wants to extend the fence nearly 100 metres along road at Whitecraig, Musselburgh

Woodland owner appeals over fence ban

Tributes made to ‘legendary’ hairdresser who 'was there for everybody'

Colin Richards owner of T.V.L Allstar Video rental store in Haverhill, Suffolk.

People bring grandkids to my DVD rental shop for the retro experience

Otto the cat being rescued from a 40 feet-tall tree by Knighton Countryside Management in Weymouth, Dorset.

Heartwarming moment terrified cat gets rescued by workmen

New park opens in local landmark

Football club launches fundraiser after pitches vandalised

Happy Piranha store owner Martin Gaunt (centre) outside his store with sons Sam and Josh.

Shopkeeper makes 50 citizen's arrests to tackle town crime "epidemic"

Historic sports club gets new tennis courts after major investment

An artist's impression of flats planned for the former hospital site in Haddington

First look at new East Lothian ‘village’ in former hospital site

Cala Homes (East) and Allanvale proposed a mixed use site of homes and commercial units on farmland at Old Pentland

Plans lodged for huge Midlothian housing development

The Salvation Army charity shop on Lindores Drive in Tranent has closed its doors.

'Sad day' as local charity shop is forced to close

Paul Roberts created an interactive display which sings and talks to visitors.

Our village has over 200 snowmen...including a newlywed snow couple

The Leith Collective opens new shop in West Lothian

Hibs honouring charitable roots 150 years on with Christmas Appeal