The Latest Breaking News from Edinburgh

Fire crews to remain on Princes Street for some time after building gutted

A blaze broke out at the former Debenhams store on Edinburgh’s main thoroughfare in the early hours of Thursday.

Evening Standard · Jul 9

Firefighters tackle large Edinburgh blaze as historic building left in ruins

Video footage circulating on social media shows huge orange flames and black billowing smoke rising above the building, which is on Princes Street in the heart of the city.

Euronews · Jul 9

What a clusterpuck! Race to parody hockey hit Heated Rivalry results in multiple musicals

The horny TV series has inspired a whopping four comedy shows this summer. Their makers explain why musical theatre and steamy action are such good bedfellows – and why there’s no rivalry between them

The Guardian - UK · Jul 9

Huge emergency response as major fire engulfs historic building in Edinburgh

FIREFIGHTERS are tackling a major blaze at an historic building on Princes Street in Edinburgh ...

The National (Scotland) · Jul 9

Firefighters battle huge overnight blaze at historic Edinburgh building

Tram services are disrupted and some buses diverted

The Independent UK · Jul 9

Firefighters tackle blaze at historic building on Edinburgh’s Princes Street

The alarm was raised in the early hours of Thursday.

Evening Standard · Jul 9

Lord Mackay of Clashfern obituary

Highly principled Scottish lawyer chosen by Margaret Thatcher to serve as lord chancellor in 1987

The Guardian - UK · Jul 8

Lindsey Santoro: ‘The problems I have are my own – I’ve caused them, I’m the issue!’

The standup on bad gigs at motorway service station hotels, her nan’s reviews and the pressure to be ‘prize pig’ at the Edinburgh fringe

The Guardian - UK · Jul 8

‘It still haunts me’: the puppet show Dracula that’s definitely not for small children

The dreaded bloodsucker will be getting his fangs into the Edinburgh fringe this year – in a deeply creepy, liberty-taking show with a sisterly twist. We meet its director

The Guardian - UK · Jul 7

Man admits stabbing ex-partner in ‘sustained’ attack on city street

Osarenkhoe Atutie, 26, attacked his estranged wife in Edinburgh on November 11 last year.

Evening Standard · Jul 7