Getty Images Miriam Margoyles, Jenny Eclair and Bill Bailey are among the performers appearing in more than 3,000 shows at this year’s Edinburgh Festival Fringe. The programme for the Edinburgh Festival Fringe has been launched, including 3,352 shows across 265 venues. Comedy, music, dance, children’s shows, magic and cabaret will all be part of the...
Getty Images Parents have been sent texts telling that them students’ passwords have been reset as a precaution Pupils in Edinburgh have been cut off from revision resources ahead of key exam dates after an attempted cyber attack on the council’s education department. Staff spotted a suspicious invitation to a meeting earlier on Friday and...
BBC Lewis Capaldi has not gigged since 2023 Scottish pop star Lewis Capaldi has made a surprise appearance on stage during a charity gig in Edinburgh. The chart-topping singer performed six numbers at the city’s Assembly Rooms during a benefit gig for the Campaign Against Living Miserably (CALM) – which works in suicide prevention. The...
BBC The skulls were handed to Masaru Okawa of the Hokkaido Ainu Association Three skulls from Japan that were given to Edinburgh University in 1913 have been returned to the indigenous community where they originated. The remains of the Ainu people – donated by Scottish anthropologist Dr Neil Gordon – were held in the university’s...
Police Scotland Raymond McCourt absconded from HMP Castle Huntly on Tuesday A convicted murderer who went on the run from an open prison in Dundee has been found in Edinburgh. Raymond McCourt was arrested by plain clothes officers after being removed from a Lothian Bus in the city’s London Road area on Friday morning. He...
Edinburgh head coach Sean Everitt has revealed the club are trying to sign Scotland hooker Dylan Richardson. The 26-year-old, who has six caps, has spent his entire club career with Sharks in South Africa and can also play in the back row. After reports emerged earlier this week touting the possibility of a move, Everitt...
Watch highlights as Edinburgh secure a six-try victory over Dragons to boost their play-off hopes in the United Rugby Championship. Read article in full at source...
Edinburgh: Goosen, Graham, M Currie, Lang, Van der Merwe, Thompson, Vellacott, Schoeman, Harrison, Rae, Sykes, Gilchrist, Ritchie, Watson, Bradbury. Replacements: Cherry, Venter, Sebastian, Young, Douglas, Price, C Scott, McCann. Dragons: Anderson, Dyer, Westwood, Owen, Hewitt, Reed, R Williams, Martinez, Dee, Latu, Davies, Cummins, Lewis-Hughes, Keddie, Wainwright. Replacements: Coghlan, Kelleher-Griffiths, N Evans, Langton-Cryer, Basham, Blacker, J...
Edinburgh: Wes Goosen; Darcy Graham, Matt Currie, James Lang, Duhan van der Merwe; Ross Thompson, Ben Vellacott (co-capt); Pierre Schoeman, Paddy Harrison, D’arcy Rae, Marshall Sykes, Grant Gilchrist (co-capt), Jamie Ritchie, Hamish Watson, Magnus Bradbury. Replacements: Dave Cherry, Boan Venter, Javan Sebastian, Glen Young, Freddy Douglas, Ali Price, Cammy Scott, Ross McCann. Dragons: Huw Anderson;...