Edinburgh

Kew’s rescue mission: arborists head to Scotland after hundreds of trees and plants felled by Storm Éowyn
Scotland’s botanic gardens suffer ‘unimaginable’ loss of rare specimens
Donna Ferguson
08, Feb, 2025 @4:00 PM

Andrew Erskine obituary
Other lives: History teacher who wrote for local newspapers and attended the Soviet-sponsored World Festival of Youth in 1953
Jonathan Erskine
14, Jan, 2025 @6:39 PM

Edinburgh to introduce tourist tax for overnight stays
Stays from July next year will be subject to 5% visitor levy in first mandatory city-wide scheme in UK
Severin Carrell Scotland editor
08, Jan, 2025 @3:02 PM

Director of Edinburgh international festival warns cuts put its status at risk
Nicola Benedetti calls for significant rise in public and philanthropic support to maintain its global reputation
Severin Carrell Scotland editor
05, Jan, 2025 @11:00 AM

Edinburgh cancels New Year’s Eve street parties and fireworks due to storm warning
Hogmanay festival organisers cancel outdoor events with high winds and rain predicted to hit city in coming days
Severin Carrell and Jem Bartholomew
30, Dec, 2024 @4:29 PM

Hogmanay plans at risk as severe weather warning issued for Scotland
Preparations for new year’s street parties under way as Met Office warns of ‘significant disruption’ due to heavy rain on 30 and 31 December
Robyn Vinter
27, Dec, 2024 @5:12 PM

Why Scottish students at Edinburgh University want more support to counter classism
Only 25% of institution’s students are from Scotland, and they are more likely to be from working-class backgrounds
Rachel Keenan
26, Dec, 2024 @6:13 PM

Starmer claims he cannot think of anything he should have done differently in first months as PM – as it happened
Comment came during PM’s afternoon facing questions from the liaison committee
Andrew Sparrow
19, Dec, 2024 @5:40 PM

‘Brad Pitt stand-in’ jailed for duping partner into sex without condom
Edinburgh court jails Luke Ford, who says he worked on World War Z, for 16 years for abuse against multiple women
Libby Brooks Scotland correspondent
18, Dec, 2024 @1:59 PM

Starmer says UK strengthening defence partnership with Saudi Arabia as charities criticise human rights record – as it happened
Amnesty International UK says prime minister needs to ‘challenge repression of human rights defenders’ as he meets crown prince
Andrew Sparrow
09, Dec, 2024 @6:05 PM

Charity Super.Mkt to open more pop-ups amid rising demand for secondhand clothes
Shop sites will include London, Edinburgh and Leeds, with young people driving preloved trend
Sarah Butler
01, Dec, 2024 @2:11 PM

Mourners honour ‘political genius’ Alex Salmond at Edinburgh service
Family and friends gathered for speeches and musical performances from the Proclaimers and Dougie MacLean
Kevin Rawlinson and agency
30, Nov, 2024 @3:52 PM
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