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Wednesday, 9 July 2025

Arrests made after firearm recovered on Roseburn path

Posted on 13th June 2025 by newsteam |

Detectives investigating the violent incidents in the East and West of the country have made two further arrests, bringing the total to 44. Following the recovery of a firearm in the Roseburn Path area of Edinburgh on Wednesday, 11 June, 2025, a 25-year-old man was subsequently arrested and charged in connection and was due to…
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Man arrested following alleged sex attack on teenager

Posted on 1st June 2025 by newsteam |

A man has been arrested following the alleged rape of a schoolgirl. The 15-year-old was allegedly targeted by the man, who was wearing a balaclava, at a bus stop in the city last week. Officers claim the girl was lured to a basement storage area in York Place after the man approached her in a…
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Police are continuing to probe linked organised crime incidents

Posted on 23rd March 2025 by newsteam |

A major investigation into the discharge of firearms and associated criminal incidents in Edinburgh is continuing, police have confirmed. A team of detectives, along with specialist and divisional officers, are working on this inquiry. Significant CCTV footage has also been collected which is being scrutinised and officers continue to gather additional information via door-to-door enquiries.…
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Crime prevention through better design advice to be given at Royal Highland Show

Crime prevention through better design advice to be given at Royal Highland Show

Posted on 13th June 2018 by newsteam | 0 Comments

Crime prevention advice on how farmers and the rural community in Scotland can make their businesses and properties more secure will be given by officers from Police Scotland attending the Royal Highland Show, at Ingliston Showground, next week (21-24 June).…

Design a Dinosaur at Dynamic Earth this summer

Design a Dinosaur at Dynamic Earth this summer

Posted on 13th June 2018 by newsteam | 0 Comments

Dynamic Earth is welcoming families for a draw-rassic adventure this summer as it brings dinosaurs roaring into the digital age. From July onwards, visitors to the attraction will have the chance to design their very own dino, choosing everything from…

Teenagers taken to hospital following collision with stolen motorbike and Police car

Teenagers taken to hospital following collision with stolen motorbike and Police car

Posted on 13th June 2018 by newsteam | 0 Comments

Two teenagers have been rushed to hospital after the motorbike they were riding collided with a police car early this morning. The collision occurred just after 4am on Salter Road, Dalkeith and it’s understood the bike was stolen. It’s been…

Costa displays rainbow cups to celebrate Pride parade

Costa displays rainbow cups to celebrate Pride parade

Posted on 13th June 2018 by newsteam | 0 Comments

Costa Coffee shops in Edinburgh are proudly displaying their true colours with the launch of the first ever limited-edition rainbow coffee cups to celebrate Pride across the UK. With Costa Coffee a founding partner of GLOW (Gay Lesbian Out at…

Man who killed his daughter at West Lothian care home jailed

Man who killed his daughter at West Lothian care home jailed

Posted on 12th June 2018 by newsteam | 0 Comments

A man responsible for killing his baby daughter has today been jailed. At Glasgow High Court on Tuesday 12th June, Traherne Wiliams was sentenced to six years and six months in prison for the culpable homicide of three-month-old Sophia Williams in…

Thousands take part in parade to mark suffrage centenary

Thousands take part in parade to mark suffrage centenary

Posted on 10th June 2018 by newsteam | 0 Comments

Thousands of women marched through Edinburgh today to mark the 100th anniversary of getting the right to vote. They gathered at the Meadows before heading off through the city, ending by marching down the Royal Mile to the sounds of…

Thousands take part in Edinburgh Moonwalk

Thousands take part in Edinburgh Moonwalk

Posted on 10th June 2018 by newsteam | 0 Comments

Edinburgh was touched last night by a huge sprinkling of Hollywood Glamour. A cast of thousands Walked the Walk of Fame at the spectacular MoonWalk Scotland, the costumes were decorated bras, which could have been straight out of Tinsel…

Man who hid his aunties body for eight months given community service

Man who hid his aunties body for eight months given community service

Posted on 9th June 2018 by newsteam | 0 Comments

A man who hid his aunt’s body for eight months while continuing to claim benefits for her care has avoided being sent to jail. John Macleod, 55, left the badly decomposed body of his aunt, Mina Macleod, in her bed…

Investigation launched after man dies in police van

Investigation launched after man dies in police van

Posted on 8th June 2018 by newsteam | 0 Comments

A man has died in the back of a police van in Edinburgh sparking an investigation. The 34-year-old man was being transported in the back of a van between Wardieburn and St Leonards police station. The incident happened just after…

Police in stand off with man on north Edinburgh building roof

Police in stand off with man on north Edinburgh building roof

Posted on 5th June 2018 by newsteam | 0 Comments

Police have sealed of a street in the North of the city and are currently trying to get a man off a roof. Emergency services raced to the scene on Wester Drylaw Row at around 3pm this afternoon. It’s understood…