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Police have sealed off an area in Granton and forensic officers have been seen in attendance.  Officers have spent the morning standing guard on Granton View and officers in white suits were seen entering a small wooded area.  A section…

Police Scotland has launched a murder inquiry following the death of a woman in the Seafield area of the city. Around 7.50am on Saturday, 18 April, the body of Jadwiga Szczygielska, aged 77, was found within her home in Pirniefield…

A drive-through coronavirus testing facility has opened at Edinburgh Airport as part of the Government’s UK-wide drive to increase testing for thousands more NHS and other key workers. The Edinburgh Airport site sits alongside a rapidly expanding network of testing…

Nurses working in covid wards at the Royal Infirmary have clubbed together and bought Easter eggs for their patients.  This morning a special Easter Bunny spent some time delivering the eggs to everyone on the wards who can’t see their…

Four people have been hit with fixed penalty for flouting lockdown laws after they had to be rescued form Cramond Island earlier today.  The Lifeboat from South Queensferry was called to rescue them after they got cut off by the…

Dr Catherine Calderwood, the Chief Medical Officer has resigned from the Scottish Government. It was reported today that she had ignored her own advice and took a trip to a second home in Fife at the weekend. At todays media…