Edinburgh firefighters have scrambled to a block of flats to tackle a huge fire, forcing around 100 residents to evacuate. The Scottish Fire and Rescue Service (SFRS) sent 12 fire engines to the huge fire on Breadalbane Street in Leith. They got
Edinburgh Castle could be forced to change the name of its cafe after some claimed it is ‘deeply offensive’. The popular tourist attraction caused a stir after it recently shared pictures of the refurbished Redcoat Cafe. Edinburgh Castle’s official account wrote on
An EasyJet flight from the UK narrowly avoided crashing into Lake Geneva last year, an investigation has found. On November 5 last year, the Airbus A320 Neo, carrying 157 passengers from Edinburgh to Geneva, came dangerously close to the water as it
Cameras capturing two rare giant pandas at a UK zoo have been left heartbroken. Yang Guang and Tian Tian, Britain’s only pandas, will leave Edinburgh Zoo on a long-haul flight to China this morning under the watchful eye of vets from the
Sophie, Duchess of Edinburgh will have been left feeling “upset” after Omid Scobie’s ferocious insult. A royal commentator has claimed that Sophie, 58, will have reacted negatively to being called “casually bigoted” by Mr Scobie in his controversial new book Endgame. Mr
Visitors to the Edinburgh Zoo had their final chance to see and bid farewell Thursday to a pair of popular giant pandas who are returning home to China after more than a decade in Scotland. Yang Guang and Tian Tian are leaving
Protestors stormed Edinburgh Castle earlier this morning – resulting in the popular UK landmark being put on lockdown. A small group of cost of living protestors from This Is Rigged have been arrested after the protest. They are demanding Government action to
Police in Edinburgh were attacked with “fireworks, petrol bombs and other projectiles” as officers were on their duty to deal with a fire disorder on Sunday. The incident reportedly occurred in Hay Avenue as people gathered to celebrate Bonfire Night. The police
A total of 20 teaching staff at Edinburgh Academy were subject to allegations that included a child being beaten with a cricket bat, another pupil suffering a “small bleed on the brain”, a child being strangled, and boys being paid to swim
Holidaymakers hoping to get away for a late August break have seen plans temporarily placed on hold amid reports of emergency repairs at Edinburgh Airport this morning. Planes have been forced to hold or divert elsewhere because of emergency “runway repairs”.