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• Tributes paid to councillor after sudden death

  17-04-2025 18:10 via bbc.com
  
  Culture convener Val Walker was described as a "tireless campaigner" by a former colleague.
  
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• Lewis Capaldi plays surprise set at mental health charity gig

  03-05-2025 13:24 via bbc.com
  
  Although it was the singer's first performance in two years, the BBC understands he has no plans to return to gigging.
  
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• Jailed killer ordered gun attack on prison officer

  02-05-2025 19:14 via bbc.com
  
  Paterson admitted ordering other people to obtain a handgun and ammo to attack the prison officer.
  
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• Police make four more arrests linked to gangland feud

  02-05-2025 18:43 via bbc.com
  
  Police have now arrested 24 people after series of assaults, shootings and firebombing attacks in Glasgow and Edinburgh since March.
  
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• Police charge 23 youths after gang attacks in Fife

  02-05-2025 17:22 via bbc.com
  More than 20 teenagers have been arrested and charged over separate incidents in which fellow youths were hospitalised.
  
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• Maternity staff given apology for 'toxic' workplace culture

  02-05-2025 07:13 via bbc.com
  A whistleblowing report revealed staff shortages and workplace relationships had compromised patient safety.
  
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• St Andrews rector wins appeal over Gaza 'genocide' claim

  01-05-2025 18:40 via bbc.com
  Stella Maris was removed from her role on the university court over comments she made on the Israel-Gaza war.
  
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• Beltane Fire Festival marks arrival of summer

  01-05-2025 14:48 via bbc.com
  Thousands gathered to see performers light up Calton Hill with striking fire displays.
  
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• Edinburgh University returns indigenous skulls to Japan

  30-04-2025 19:01 via bbc.com
  
  Three skulls donated to the university by a Scottish doctor in 1913 have been returned to Hokkaido.
  
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• Police name biker killed in Borders crash with car

  30-04-2025 16:44 via bbc.com
  
  Stuart Brandon Donald, from East Lothian, was pronounced dead at the scene on Saturday afternoon.
  
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• Laughing gas driver who killed frail woman is jailed

  30-04-2025 14:53 via bbc.com
  
  Washe Manyatelo was speeding in a borrowed Mercedes after a party when he struck Annette Dixon in Edinburgh.
  
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• Billion year old meteorite 'influenced early life'

  30-04-2025 14:01 via bbc.com
  
  New research suggests a meteorite hit north-west Scotland 200 million years later than previously thought.
  
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• Call for rich Edinburgh residents to fund city projects

  30-04-2025 13:32 via bbc.com
  
  Councillors in Edinburgh are looking into launching a fundraising team to support specific projects.
  
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• Plea to block wind farm over thousands of forecast bird deaths

  30-04-2025 07:04 via bbc.com
  Five conservation groups write to the first minister opposing the Berwick Bank development.
  
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• Chair of Sheku Bayoh inquiry to consider stepping down

  29-04-2025 18:59 via bbc.com
  The Scottish Police Federation has raised concerns about Lord Bracadale's meetings with the family of Mr Bayoh.
  
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• Four guilty over £6m NHS contracts corruption

  29-04-2025 18:26 via bbc.com
  The founders of a telecoms company received inside information from two NHS employees when bidding for lucrative deals.
  
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• Primary pupils told to use separate gender toilets

  29-04-2025 18:02 via bbc.com
  Wallyford Primary School and Letham Mains Primary School will now have signs identifying the toilets as boys and girls.
  
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• New Edinburgh airport scanners allow liquids to remain in bags

  28-04-2025 13:46 via bbc.com
  A £24m investment in scanners is designed to speed-up security gate times and cut use of plastic bags.
  
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• Three brothers drive tiny bus from Land's End to John O'Groats

  26-04-2025 00:22 via bbc.com
  James, Andrew and Will Emerton from Cheshire took it in turns to drive the miniature petrol-powered bus.
  
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• Emergency measures to tackle Edinburgh homelessness crisis

  25-04-2025 18:59 via bbc.com
  Edinburgh City Council confirms new local authority lets will be suspended in all but a few exceptions.
  
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• St Andrews 'eyesore plot' owner loses sales appeal

  25-04-2025 13:41 via bbc.com
  The sale of a plot of ground in St Andrews would be the first of its kind in Scotland.
  
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• Lorry driver jailed for killing pregnant nurse in crash

  25-04-2025 13:02 via bbc.com
  Trevor Norgate, of Bellshill, was also banned from driving following Evelyn Brown's death on the M8.
  
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• Boss Gray agrees new three-year Hibernian contract

  25-04-2025 12:04 via bbc.com
  David Gray signs a new contract as Hibernian head coach, which runs until the summer of 2028.
  
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• Missing convicted murderer caught on Edinburgh bus

  25-04-2025 11:23 via bbc.com
  Raymond McCourt, who shot a shopkeeper in 1993, was reported missing from HMP Castle Huntly on Tuesday.
  
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• Grande dame hangs up her ballet shoes aged 89

  25-04-2025 07:25 via bbc.com
  Some of Sheena Gough's students travelled hundreds of miles for her classes in Edinburgh.
  
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• Hundreds take voluntary redundancy at Edinburgh university

  24-04-2025 16:17 via bbc.com
  The university in the midst of a huge package of cost-cutting measures designed save £140m.
  
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• Two teens charged over masked gang attack in Fife

  24-04-2025 13:53 via bbc.com
  
  They are alleged to have been part of the gang of 20-30 youths who attacked four teenagers in Kinghorn.
  
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• Convicted murderer missing from open prison in suit and tie

  24-04-2025 10:40 via bbc.com
  
  Raymond McCourt was given a life sentence in 1993 for killing a shopkeeper and wounding two other people.
  
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• Private prison first in Scotland to be prosecuted over Covid death

  23-04-2025 17:46 via bbc.com
  The lord advocate launched the move over alleged failures to properly manage the medical care of Calum Inglis in HMP Addiewell.
  
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• The battle to ban greyhound racing in Scotland

  23-04-2025 10:57 via bbc.com
  The country's last track is closed indefinitely, but campaigners are determined to outlaw the sport for good.
  
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