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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…

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…