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First Minister, Nicola Sturgeon, has announced a change from tomorrow to the current advice about essential exercise.  From tomorrow, the advice will be that people can exercise as much as they wish. This activity should continue to be undertaken close…

A man has been arrested following an attempted murder on Marine Drive last night.  Emergency services responded to the incident in woods on Silverknowes Golf Course at around 8pm.  One local said an ambulance left under police escort.  Officers were…

Police are appealing for information after an armed robbery at a store in the Warriston area.  The incident happened at a premises on Montagu Terrace around 7.40am on Saturday, 9 May, 2020. A man entered the store and presented a…

Two Typhoon jets roared over Edinburgh this morning to mark VE Day. The jets from Raf Lossiemouth flew over the castle then out over the Forth Bridge’s just after 10am to commemorate the official surrender of Nazi Germany to the…

Police officers were seen enforcing the lockdown at Portobello beach earlier today.  Around ten officers were on the beach at around 5pm and advising people who were sunbathing to stop and leave the area.  People had taken to the beach…

Police are appealing for the public’s help as part of their efforts to trace two teenagers reported missing from the south side of the city.  Shanelle Andrews (15) and Sophie Smith (14) were last seen around 6.30am this morning in…

A 20-year-old man has been arrested following a pursuit through the city earlier today. A red transit van failed to stop for officers at a standard vehicle check point on Calder Road and made off. The van was seen driving…

Police in Midlothian are appealing for information following the theft of over 100 wedding rings worth over £100,000 from a jewellers in Loanhead. The incident happened around 11.10pm on Friday, 1 May, 2020, at the Beaverbrook jewellery store within the…

Police Scotland can confirm that the body of a woman was found in Granton View around 11.15am today. The family of local missing woman Elaine McArthur, missing since Saturday, 18 April, have been made aware of the discovery. Formal identification…