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• Hundreds join protest at flats after knife incident

  07-03-2026 12:22 via bbc.com
  The protesters gathered outside the tower block in the Calders area of Edinburgh where two people were allegedly stabbed on Monday.
  
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• More than 100 jobs go as brewer Innis & Gunn is bought by Tennent's owner

  06-03-2026 20:06 via bbc.com
  Innis & Gunn's bars and breweries will close after the company was sold to the C&C Group in a £4.5m deal.
  
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• Late Queen's private rooms at Scottish palace to open to visitors

  06-03-2026 17:48 via bbc.com
  Visitors will be able to tour the rooms at the Palace of Holyroodhouse in Edinburgh for a short period.
  
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• Fife Council staff will not get World Cup public holiday

  06-03-2026 11:58 via bbc.com
  Councillors agreed to refuse the public holiday at a cabinet committee meeting on Thursday.
  
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• British Science Week with Simpson Primary School

  06-03-2026 09:00 via bbc.co.uk
  Made by pupils from Simpson Primary School
  
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• Scotland facing escalating threat from wildfires - report

  06-03-2026 07:27 via bbc.com
  Climate change is driving an increase in the number and intensity of wildfires, a new Scottish government report warns.
  
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• Buildings designed to care: 30 years of Maggie's Centres

  06-03-2026 07:27 via bbc.com
  A new exhibition at the V&A Dundee highlights the links between architecture and health to mark 30 years of Maggie's Centres.
  
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• Why is Scotland seeing big council tax rises again?

  06-03-2026 07:25 via bbc.com
  Councils are seeking new ways to raise money and make savings - but big tax rises are coming too.
  
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• Huge ship carrying wind farm parts docks in Leith

  05-03-2026 17:32 via bbc.com
  The heavy lift vessel Hua Yang Long arrived in Edinburgh late last month carrying parts for a wind farm planned off the coast of Angus.
  
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• Woman, 24, killed in crash had 'beautiful spirit'

  05-03-2026 16:38 via bbc.com
  The family of Taylor Jenkins, who was killed on the A19, say her memory "will live on".
  
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• Man admits part in machete attack on businessman

  05-03-2026 15:09 via bbc.com
  The 21-year-old was the getaway driver for a group that targeted David McMillan in May last year.
  
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• Relief and tales of terror as stranded Scots arrive home from Middle East

  05-03-2026 13:01 via bbc.com
  A flight carrying 300 travellers who had been stranded in Dubai arrives back at Edinburgh Airport.
  
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• Second man charged in connection with Haddington death

  04-03-2026 22:49 via bbc.com
  It follows the death of a man days after police were called to an address in the town's Carlyle Gardens.
  
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• SNP candidate stands down after benefits fraud claim

  04-03-2026 18:18 via bbc.com
  Sally Donald, who was selected to stand for the party in May's election, has denied any wrongdoing.
  
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• Man charged with attempted murder after Edinburgh knife incident

  04-03-2026 18:09 via bbc.com
  The 23-year-old appeared at Edinburgh Sheriff Court in private, made no plea and was remanded in custody.
  
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• Family's fight for answers after prison death 'felt like torture'

  03-03-2026 19:40 via bbc.com
  Allan Marshall was on remand at HMP Edinburgh in 2015 when he was restrained face down by up to 17 prison officers.
  
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• Man charged in connection with stabbing in Edinburgh

  03-03-2026 17:47 via bbc.com
  Police, including armed officers, attended the Calder Gardens area on Monday morning following reports of a man with a bladed weapon.
  
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• Four homeless deaths in Scotland a week, data suggests

  03-03-2026 16:42 via bbc.com
  The new data was a slight decrease on the previous year's figures but "not statistically significant".
  
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• Scottish family in Qatar hid in cupboard during Iran missile attack

  03-03-2026 16:15 via bbc.com
  An Edinburgh man and his American wife have been sheltering with their children since the US-Israel war with Iran erupted.
  
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• Damp hall with mushrooms on its walls transformed by brass band

  03-03-2026 15:52 via bbc.com
  The former miners hall in Gorebridge was closed in 2020 for safety reasons.
  
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• Major gangland figures 'arrested in Bahrain' months after fleeing Dubai

  03-03-2026 15:24 via bbc.com
  Steven Lyons and Ross McGill are reported to have been detained by officers in the Gulf nation alongside an unnamed woman.
  
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• Apprentices sought for yards in Arnish and Methil

  03-03-2026 13:23 via bbc.com
  Apprentices will be offered the chance to specialise in electrical engineering, fabrication and welding.
  
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• Warning of police and military firearms exercise at Murrayfield

  03-03-2026 07:16 via bbc.com
  Blank ammunition and military helicopters will be used during Tuesday's training at the stadium.
  
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• Scots caught up in Middle East crisis 'just waiting for the next explosion'

  02-03-2026 16:37 via bbc.com
  Scots in the region - and beyond - have been telling the BBC how they have been affected by the military strikes.
  
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• Teen involved in Bonfire Night riots to be detained for 16 months

  02-03-2026 13:21 via bbc.com
  Finlay Burns launched rockets and missiles at officers and smashed up an unmarked police car on 5 November 2024 in Edinburgh.
  
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• 'Unprecedented resistance': The battle over North Berwick's parking meters

  01-03-2026 10:23 via bbc.com
  The picturesque East Lothian town has become a battleground between some residents and the local authority over parking charges.
  
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• Man arrested after leaving scene of A1 crash on foot

  28-02-2026 13:18 via bbc.com
  The crash, involving a black Peugeot 207 and a Land Rover Discovery, happened at about 20:50 on Friday.
  
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• Second man charged over death at house in Whitburn

  28-02-2026 11:30 via bbc.com
  A man has already been charged with murder over the death of Grzegorz Bialy at the house in West Lothian last year.
  
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• Self-portrait of Jack Vettriano to go on display in Edinburgh

  28-02-2026 00:00 via bbc.com
  Exactly one year after he died, a self-portrait of artist Jack Vettriano will go on display at the National Galleries in Edinburgh.
  
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• Teenagers charged after supermarket car park knife brawl

  27-02-2026 18:44 via bbc.com
  Police were called to a disturbance near Asda in The Jewel area of Edinburgh at about 16:20 on Wednesday.
  
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• Edinburgh and Fife council tax increases among lowest in Scotland

  26-02-2026 18:10 via bbc.com
  Edinburgh confirmed it will raise council tax by 4% - lower than originally planned - while Fife will go ahead with a planned 5% rise.
  
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• Grieving mother pushes minister on taking knives off the shelves

  26-02-2026 11:29 via bbc.com
  Lisa Petrie started to push for tougher restrictions following the death of her 22-year-old son in a stabbing incident in September.
  
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• 'I based horror game on working in a chippy'

  26-02-2026 07:23 via bbc.com
  Developer James Muirhead said his old job provided the perfect setting for his latest creation.
  
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• Woman taken to hospital after crash involving police car

  25-02-2026 16:00 via bbc.com
  The 54-year-old was taken to hospital as a precautionary measure after the crash on Grange Road.
  
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• Man charged over death of 54-year-old in Haddington

  24-02-2026 19:45 via bbc.com
  It follows the death of a man days after police were called to an address in the town's Carlyle Gardens.
  
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• Public holiday for World Cup 'would cost council £130,000'

  24-02-2026 19:18 via bbc.com
  Midlothian Council recommended rejecting plans to give workers a day off after Scotland's World Cup opener.
  
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• Council tax rise of 9% agreed in Midlothian

  24-02-2026 18:15 via bbc.com
  Councillors voted a nine to nine tie on the budget, giving Provost Debbi McColl the casting vote.
  
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• Council tax in East Lothian to rise 7.5% as budget approved

  24-02-2026 16:48 via bbc.com
  The cross party budget was approved by a majority vote duringthe special council meeting on Tuesday.
  
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• Locations of GP walk-in clinics to 'cut 8am rush' revealed

  24-02-2026 15:20 via bbc.com
  The first minister said the centres would ease capacity pressures on family doctors.
  
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• I met a depraved killer at a party - he burned down my house

  24-02-2026 13:54 via bbc.com
  Less than a fortnight after the fire Dylan Brister drugged, raped and killed father-of-four Calum Simpson.
  
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• 'Tragic beauty' as Zyw battles MND to make Winter Paralympics history

  24-02-2026 11:51 via bbc.com
  Edinburgh's Davy Zyw speaks of "the tragic beauty" of becoming what is believed to be the first snowsport athlete with motor neurone disease (MND) to compete at the Winter Paralympics.
  
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• Edinburgh pubs allowed to open late for all World Cup matches

  23-02-2026 13:32 via bbc.com
  The city's licensing board has granted an extension lasting until 30 minutes after the final whistle for all games during the tournament.
  
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• 'I put my bike up for sale - it went from Fife to Kenya'

  23-02-2026 07:08 via bbc.com
  Dr Carrie Ruxton was surprised when a Kenyan cyclist got in touch asking if the bike could help her country's paracycling team.
  
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• Scotland's mad for Oasis, Newcastle loves Sam Fender: Music tastes where you live revealed

  22-02-2026 01:29 via bbc.com
  Spotify and YouTube's streaming data for 2025 shows some interesting variations in listening habits.
  
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• From playing Glastonbury to running a cider festival

  21-02-2026 10:28 via bbc.com
  Grant Hutchison - who formed Frightened Rabbit with brother Scott - has left the world of music behind.
  
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• Firm fined £183,000 over death of worker in roof fall

  20-02-2026 17:34 via bbc.com
  Ross Hanratty died while working for Ipsum Drainage Limited at Seafield Industrial Estate in Edinburgh.
  
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• Police search home of teenager who disappeared 27 years ago

  20-02-2026 16:11 via bbc.com
  Kenneth Jones, who was 18 at the time, was last seen on 2 November 1988 in Glenrothes.
  
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• Police search home of teenager who disappeared 26 years ago

  19-02-2026 23:52 via bbc.com
  Kenneth Jones, who was 18 at the time, was last seen on 2 November 1988 in Glenrothes.
  
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• Police launch probe into man's death eight days after incident

  19-02-2026 18:39 via bbc.com
  A 54-year-old man has died eight days after he was taken to hospital following an incident in Haddington.
  
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• Man cut gas pipes and tried to blow up his neighbours

  19-02-2026 18:39 via bbc.com
  Gary McIntyre set fire to items in his home in Cowdenbeath and tried to prevent emergency services from entering the property.
  
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