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‘Scotland is an exciting place to do business’ – meet the whisky makers shaking up a traditional industry

Two lifelong friends and whisky fanatics have brought innovation to Scotland’s thriving food and drink scene with the UK’s first vertical distillery

The Guardian - UK

Scotland has its first curator of archaeological human remains

The collection is based in Edinburgh.

Evening Standard

Scotland officials weigh up smoking ban exception for supervised crack use

Move follows increase in drug users switching from injecting heroin to smoking crack in Glasgow and Edinburgh

The Guardian - UK

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Budget train company launches London to Scotland service with £33 tickets

The Glasgow route will be linked with Falkirk, Edinburgh and London King’s Cross

The Independent UK

University lecturers suspend strike action after compulsory job cuts ruled out

University of Edinburgh staff have already walked out for nine days in 2025 in a dispute over the institution’s plans to make £140 million of cuts.

Evening Standard

Scottish government confirms cost bringing Tour de France to Edinburgh

Scotland secured the Grand Départ of the 2027 men’s Tour de France nine months ago

The Independent UK

Hitman to serve at least 26 years in jail for Hogmanay shooting

Grant Hunter grinned and gave a thumbs-up to the public gallery as he was taken down from the dock after sentencing.

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Paid assassin to be sentenced for Hogmanay murder of suspected gangster

Marc Webley, 38, died after he was shot by Grant Hunter outside a pub in Edinburgh on December 31, 2023.

Evening Standard

Bob Geldof ‘delighted’ Live Aid musical will tour UK and Ireland

Just For One Day – The Live Aid Musical will visit cities including Cardiff, Manchester and Edinburgh in 2027.

Evening Standard

Editor of Times and Sunday Times in Scotland is charged over ‘indecent communications’

David McCann, 43, was arrested after police searched his flat in Edinburgh

The Guardian - UK

Preclearance for travel to the US – how does it work and what do you need?

Travellers from nine Canadian airports, Dublin and Shannon in Ireland and Abu Dhabi already benefit from passing checks before departure

The Independent UK

This UK airport could be first to offer fast track to America with ‘preclearance’

Exclusive: Airport boss Gordon Dewar says if Scottish and US governments can agree, ‘we’ll start building the next day’

The Independent UK

Man fired live ammunition through window amid ‘personal dispute’, court told

Nicky Robertson, 39, has admitted targeting the property in Edinburgh in March this year.

Evening Standard

Mary Queen of Scots’ final letter written hours before her execution to go on display

The fragile document rarely leaves its vaults due to conservation

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Evening Standard

Mary Queen of Scots’ last letter to go on show for first time in nearly a decade

The last time the 1587 letter went on display people queued along George IV Bridge in Edinburgh for the chance to see it.

Evening Standard

Boy tells trial of Yousaf’s brother-in-law he ‘can’t remember’ police interview

Ramsay El-Nakla is on trial at the High Court in Edinburgh along with co-accused Stephen Stewart, Victoria McGowan and Jennifer Souter.

The Independent UK

Storm Bram: Flights, trains and ferries cancelled across UK after severe weather warning

British Airways delays first wave of departures from London Heathrow to Belfast City, Dublin, Edinburgh and Manchester

The Independent UK

Edinburgh airport suspends all flights after emergency landing shuts runway

A ‘technical issue’ diverted the British Airways aircraft back to Scotland

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The Independent UK

United flight made emergency landing in Edinburgh after ‘burning smell’ detected on board

More than 100 passengers were diverted to the Scottish capital

Evening Standard

In Pictures: Dashing through the streets, charity Santas on the way

Thousands of runners were dressed in festive attire for fundraising runs in Liverpool and Edinburgh.

Cycling Weekly

'This is an issue for everyone' – cyclists urged to join solidarity rides with trans community after exclusion from Cycling UK list

Three rides will take place in Bristol, Edinburgh and London on 14 December

The Guardian - UK

Nigel Farage was once run out of Edinburgh. Now Scottish voters are embracing his rabble-rousing

The Reform leader is exploiting growing resentment towards migrants and hosting a sold-out event - something unimaginable just a few years ago, says freelance columnist Dani Garavelli

Evening Standard

Ramsay El-Nakla, 37, Stephen Stewart, 52, Jennifer Souter, 39, and Victoria McGowan, 43, are on trial at the High Court in Edinburgh.

The Guardian - UK

Edinburgh airport resumes flights after services suspended due to IT problem

EasyJet, British Airways and Ryanair passengers among those caught up in cancellations caused by air traffic control problems

The Guardian - UK

Flights resume at Edinburgh airport after air traffic control issue – as it happened

Services had been grounded due to a technical issue with air traffic control

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