All news on the topic: Edinburgh

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Scottish Wildlife Trust secures £17.5m donation to transform Highland estate into rewilding haven
Scottish Wildlife Trust plans to create rainforest, restore peatland and end deer stalking on Highland sporting estate
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Boris Johnson enthusiasts offered a £121 handshake and photo opportunity
Tickets to hear the former prime minister speak at Edinburgh’s Usher Hall cost up to £160, not including the meet-and-greet.
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Girl, 6, and man discovered dead in house following ’major incident’
The bodies of a man and a six-year-old girl were discovered after a ‘major incident’ in West Lothian, Edinburgh.
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Man and woman taken into custody after missing family located ’safe and well’
A family of five which disappeared in Scotland have been found safe and well, police said.
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Man ’decapitated’ in late-night bus accident identified
A pensioner who was decapitated after being hit by a bus in Edinburgh has been named.
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Edinburgh club owner responds to ’severed head’ rumors after bus crash
John ’Mick’ McWilliams is the owner of Edinburgh’s Liquid Rooms and has been drawn into the online rumours surrounding an horrific incident in the city’s Cowgate on Saturday night
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Horror in Edinburgh as a ’severed head’ is discovered on the street, with ’gruesome images’ shared widely
Eyewitness claimed the gruesome find was discovered in a street and one said "I almost laughed because it’s Halloween weekend and I thought it was a prank"
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Man who confessed in a YouTube video to raping a woman at an Edinburgh property has been jailed
A man who raped a sleeping woman in Edinburgh before confessing during a YouTube interview a decade later has been jailed.
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Met Police officer charged over death of woman hit by motorcycle escorting Duchess of Edinburgh
Christopher Harrison, 67, will appear in court charged with causing death by careless driving after 81-year-old Helen Holland suffered serious injuries in the collision and died two weeks later.
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The wife of rugby star Scott Hastings is missing after swimming in the Firth of Forth
Jenny Hastings, who ‘loved the water’, failed to return from Wardie Bay in Edinburgh
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Afghan women arrive in Edinburgh to complete medical degrees after Taliban restrictions cut their studies short
Three-year campaign by parents of aid worker killed in Afghanistan brings 19 trainee doctors to Scotland
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Mohammed Akram sentenced to life in prison for multiple convictions of sexual and physical abuse
Mohammed Akram, 64, denied any wrongdoing but was convicted of nine charges involving the serious sexual and physical abuse of three women across Forth Valley, Glasgow and Edinburgh.
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’Kafkaesque’: Bank blocks cash transfer, citing potential AI scam concerns
Starling’s fraud team repeatedly refused to allow UK man to send £12,800 to friend in Austria, then froze account
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Man arrested over attempted murder of police officer
A man has been arrested in connection with the attempted murder of a police officer using a stolen car.
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King Charles has launched a shortened Holyrood Week
The King and Queen have begun two days of events for a Holyrood Week shortened this year by the general election.
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Suspect in court charged with murder and obstruction of justice after man’s death in Edinburgh
Police Scotland officers were called to Westfield Road on Friday afternoon following concern for a man within a property. The 53-year-old was pronounced dead at the scene.
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Baby killer who brutally murdered tiny daughter beaten up in prison and left with broken leg
Craig Jamieson, 44, who was caged for the murder of his four-month-old daughter Abbie, was attacked while in HMP Edinburgh and left with injuries including a broken leg
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Tenants told 'pack your bags' after rejecting landlord's huge rent hike
Emma, 24, had lived in a flat in Edinburgh with Tara since April 2022, but said they were forced to look elsewhere after they were given an eviction notice for refusing a 30 per cent rent increase
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Cyclists left furious at 'ridiculous' pole blocking route for nearly 6 months
The 'ridiculous' lamppost was erected in the middle of a major cycling route in the Edinburgh, and local bike riders have been urging the council to have it removed for the past five months
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Fawziyah Javed's final hours and desperate last words before husband killed her
A collection of police interviews, witness statements, chilling CCTV and phone records piece together Fawziyah Javed's final moments before she was killed by her abusive husband Kashif Anwar
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Boy, 11, killed in bin lorry crash while riding bike named as 'perfect son'
"Perfect son" Thomas Wong, 11, was riding his bike on Friday when he was hit by a bin lorry in Edinburgh, Scotland, on Friday, leading to a sweet tribute from his family
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Tributes to boy, 11, killed by bin lorry in tragic bin lorry accident
The little boy was truck by a bin lorry while riding his bike in Braepark, Edinburgh, on Friday and, despite the best efforts of paramedics, he was declared dead at the scene
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New 'road signs' suddenly appear on busy UK street – but have 'sinister meaning'
Drivers initially thought the placards were genuine road signs but a closer inspection shows a quite different reason for them being erected. Locals have now spoken of their concern
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Name of iconic UK attraction to be reviewed after huge social media backlash
The newly refurbished Redcoat Cafe at Edinburgh Castle has sparked a social media backlash with politicians calling for the name to be changed after some were left unhappy
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Dark history of one of the UK's most iconic bridges that claimed scores of lives
The construction of the rail bridge required 53,000 tonnes of steel and 120,000 cubic yards of concrete - but building the famous landmark took a major toll on human life