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Detectives in Dalkeith are appealing for information after an elderly woman in Penicuik was targeted by a fraudster who stole a large sum of money from her. Around 11am on Monday, 6 December , the 78-year-old woman was at her…

Police are appealing for information after a 20-year-old man was assaulted in the city centre last night. The incident happened around 10.10pm in Meuse Lane when the man was involved in a conversation with four men. He sustained a head…

Two men have been arrested and charged in connection with the attempted murder of another man in Gracemount. The incident happened around 8pm near a supermarket at Gracemount Drive on Thursday, 11 November, 2021.      A 32-year-old man suffered serious but…

A man who was found fatally injured at Academy Park in Edinburgh can now be named as Douglas Forbes. The 78-year-old was discovered around 8.50pm on Thursday 2 December 2021. Detective Inspector Jonny Wright from Gayfield CID said: “We are…

A man has been convicted of murdering a dad following an incident in Midlothian earlier this year.  At the High Court in Glasgow today Jordan Dickson pleaded guilty to murdering Craig Sneddon, 42. The 25-year-old was jailed for 19 years. …

Police have launched an investigation after a man was found fatally injured in Leith last night.  Emergency services were altered after the man was found on the roadway in Academy Park just before 9pm.  However, the man was pronounced dead…

The Stockbridge Christmas Santa Parade takes place tomorrow morning.  The local Pipe Band will lead the parade to from Saunders Street to Inverleith Park. Santa will be pulled through the streets by his trusty Cairngorm Reindeer escorted by a team…

Police in Edinburgh are investigating following a road traffic crash which happened at Ravelston Dykes at the junction with Murrayfield Road. At around 1.25pm on Thursday, 2 December, 2021, a beige VW Golf being driven east on Ravelston Dykes Road,…