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Edinburgh's kid-friendly activities for families to enjoy during the Fringe

The Fringe festival is packed with shows for all the family, with their own child-friendly list of shows available on their site, but we have created a list for the families that may wish to mix up their activities this August.

Edinburgh Live · Jul 23, 2022

Edinburgh named most unfit city in Scotland and UK according to new study

Research carried out by DNA Lean found that Stockport was the fittest city in the United Kingdom and that Edinburgh came in last place. Scottish cities did not particularly fair well in the league table.

Edinburgh Live · Jul 23, 2022

Scots Morrisons staff bring store to standstill in moving tribute to 'loving' dad

Peter Owens Gilbertson passed away aged 65 in Edinburgh and colleagues honoured caring grandad and celebrated prankster.

Daily Record · Jul 23, 2022

Homebase garden furniture randomly bursts into flames and sets mum's house on fire

The mum was petrified when her new rattan garden furniture burst into flames but believes her bulldog pooch saved the family’s life when he alerted them to the danger

Edinburgh Live · Jul 23, 2022

The real reason some Edinburgh New Town tenements have their windows boarded up

Commonly, people often think the practice of concealing windows links back to a 1696 tax called the window tax, and some inventive tax-dodging by the property owners of the day.

Edinburgh Live · Jul 23, 2022

New Edinburgh delicatessen selling sweet, savoury and gourmet products to open soon

Anna's Delicacies is due to take over the former Digital Axis grocers, repair shop and newsagents on Earlston Place, with a colourful blue mural being painted over the metal shutter to tease passers by.

Edinburgh Live · Jul 23, 2022

Missing man from Edinburgh who 'may have been barefoot' traced safe and well

Michael Meehan, 41, vanished from Rose Street in the city centre on Thursday afternoon but has now been found.

Daily Record · Jul 23, 2022

Edinburgh local and world's most pierced woman hits out after Festival Fringe license decision

The Edinburgh local first broke the world record back in 2000, when a Guinness World Records official examined her and found 462 piercings on her body, including 192 on her face

Edinburgh Live · Jul 23, 2022

Edinburgh man who may be barefoot with sunburnt blisters on face reported missing

Police Scotland have now appealed for any information that could help police track him down as they are concerned for his health and well-being, having not been seen in two days

Edinburgh Live · Jul 23, 2022

Edinburgh nursery play hut next to popular beach 'destroyed for firewood'

Civerinos at Portobello took to Twitter to report the incident, saying that the local nursery hut was vandalised for firewood to burn on the beach during the heatwave last week

Edinburgh Live · Jul 23, 2022