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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.

Evening Standard

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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

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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’ 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

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

The Independent UK

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.

Evening Standard

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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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

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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

Evening Standard

No sign of 8ft nutcracker stolen outside bar by thief caught on camera

CCTV footage shows a hooded man on a bike picking up the £900 statue outside Copper Blossom in Edinburgh, almost falling off while doing so.

The Independent UK

Thief steals 8ft Christmas nutcracker statue from Edinburgh cocktail bar

The manager Paul Baxton said he was disappointed no witnesses had alerted bar staff to the theft outside

The Independent UK

Police officer narrowly avoided petrol bomb during station attack

One petrol bomb exploded near a police officer

Evening Standard

Man pleads guilty to police station petrol bomb attack

Jamie Taylor pleaded guilty at the High Court in Edinburgh.

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