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A burger joint’s ‘interesting’ signage will have to come down after an appeal by its owners was denied by Edinburgh councillors. The Chilo’s Burgers location on Clerk Street applied for the permission ...
A fire officer has expressed concern about the dangers of substandard charging of Lithium-ion batteries in charge electric scooters and bikes in West Lothian. Paul Harvey a Watch Commander with the ...
A car rental firm has been barred from parking on the streets around its site amid concerns about its impact on a busy highway. AMT Vehicle Rentals had applied for retrospective planning permission ...
Christine Jardine MP joined Humane World for Animals UK at its Edinburgh stop on its ‘Crate Britain’ tour last week. She used the opportunity to show her support for a ban on the use of farrowing ...
Scotland needs a “credible response” to combat the rising tide of violent crime not “quick-fix sticking plaster measures”, a top cop has warned. The president of the Association of Scottish Police ...
The future of arts in East Lothian’s biggest town would be ‘bleak’ if its mothballed theatre becomes a listed building, a council chief has warned. The Brunton Hall, in Musselburgh, has been closed ...
On Saturday a new £600,000 sports facility will open at Powerleague in Portobello with three new Padel courts opening for ...
On 23 August police officers attached to the Dalkeith Road Policing Unit conducted speed checks at Queen Margaret University Junction on the A1 in the 50mph area. Two drivers were driving in excess of ...
Police are appealing for information following a fatal crash in Edinburgh which took place around 2.10pm on Thursday, 21 August, 2025 on Dalkeith Road at the junction with East Mayfield. A 76-year-old ...
Police in Edinburgh are appealing for the assistance of the public as part of ongoing efforts to trace fifteen year old Ahmad Bader who is currently missing. The teenager left his home address in the ...
Police officers in the North West, together with Road Policing officers have continued to target antisocial behaviour driving at Hawes Pier in South Queensferry. Yesterday Monday 25 August 2025 the ...
When Scotland failed to emerge from the group stage of a rugby World Cup hosted by Japan in 2019 – only the second time that had occurred – disappointment was almost tangible. But now it is being ...