Unique Assembly, the company behind Edinburgh’s renowned Christmas markets, has submitted an application to the City of ...

The 46m high Big Wheel has been a major attraction in Edinburgh in the run-up to Christmas and Hogmanay - and now it could be ...

Nostalgia returns once again in 2025, with the return to the live front of Scottish alternative rock act Idlewild - ...

Edinburgh’s South Bridge is a monumental, albeit fundamentally flawed, feat of 18th century engineering and design. The city itself straddles seven major hills. Only two of these high points are ...

Deep in Dean Cemetery in Edinburgh, there's a grey obelisk, around 2m (6ft) high, its inscription faded. It commemorates Colonel Robert A Smith, a Scot who was struck down in Kentucky during the ...

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Belfast could be ringing in the new year with City Hall Hogmanay celebrations in the future, as the city council examines the possibility of a December 31 party. At a Belfast City Council ...

The dome has been built next to two rows of houses in Edinburgh's Stockbridge A giant inflatable dome which has been likened to a huge bouncy castle has caused uproar in an upmarket area of Edinburgh.

Dawid Sienkowski, of Evan Barron Road, Inverness smelt of alcohol and tested positive in the early hours of Hogmanay 2023 with a reading of 83mcgs when the legal limit is 22mcgs. The 20-year-old ...

It’s 10pm on Thursday evening, and Edinburgh pub the Standing Order is pleasantly quiet. At its rows of two-seater high-tops and dark-wood dining tables, a scattering of tourists, students and ...

REPORTS made today suggest the Scots capital could see its iconic Hogmanay firework celebrations axed over concerns for animal welfare. New City of Edinburgh Council leader Jane Meaghar has ...