West Lothian Council has defended its funding decisions on private nurseries as a national campaign gets under way to firm up early years care finances. The national body representing private day ...

The draw for the group stage of the 2026/27 Premier Sports Cup was made at Hampden Park on Wednesday 27 May 2026 and resulted as follows. Both Hibs and Hearts are involved in European football so miss ...

The café – which has long claimed to be the “birthplace of Harry Potter” due to JK Rowling spending time there writing parts of the early books in the series – reopened its doors on 29 December 2025 ...

AT 8.55pm HM Coastguard coordinated the response to a report made at about 4.55pm on 28 May of two girls in difficulty in the water off Portobello beach. Two HM Coastguard helicopters were sent as ...

Gordon Marshall, the son of Hearts legend, Gordon Snr, will join the Tynecastle club as goalkeeping coach and the former Scotland goalkeeper will take up his position in June, leaving his current role ...

Leith Academy excelled by winning the East Emergent Girls under-14 rugby championship by beating Currie HS in the final at Peffermill. A squad of 13 players enjoyed seven-a-side action and came ...

The Polwarth Tavern in Edinburgh is making preparations for what could be one of its biggest nights so far this year.

The University of Edinburgh has announced the winners of this year's James Tait Black Prizes, one of the UK's oldest literary awards.

Chris Harris guests for Edinburgh Monarchs when they entertain outstanding Poole Pirates, a team with strength in-depth, in Friday’s first leg of the BSN Series semi-final. The Glasgow star (pictured ...

A licensed cafe bar boss who repeatedly allowed ‘irresponsible’ drink promotions to be offered to customers has been given a written warning. Cara Davies, premises licence holder for The Bear and Bull ...

Edinburgh Tradfest has revealed that this year's instalment saw audience numbers increase, despite "tough economic times".

Ian Findlay Path Fund celebrates four years transforming communities. A NEW walking and wheeling path connecting Newton and Duntarvie with existing paths in West Lothian has offic ...