Live Edinburgh News

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…

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…

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…

A section of Forrest Road has been closed after a bus mounted the pavement and crashed into a building. The number 7 Lothian Bus is said to have been traveling at a slow speed when the accident happened earlier tonight.…

Police in Edinburgh have identified a further witness they wish to trace as part of the ongoing inquiry into a fatal road collision at the Maybury Roundabout on Friday 25th May. The investigation recently established that a small hatchback vehicle…

Police in Edinburgh are appealing for witnesses following an assault in the Fountainbridge area. The incident happened at around 1.05am on Sunday 27 May near to the Fountain Park complex. A 35-year-old woman was spat at and then assaulted by…

Police in Edinburgh have launched a criminal investigation following a fatal road collision that took place in the early hours of Friday 25th May. At around 12.30am, a grey Audi A3 was seen travelling at speed from the Barnton area…

Police in Edinburgh are appealing for witnesses following an attempted robbery in the Royal Mile area. The incident happened at around 10.50pm on Wednesday 23 May, at the top of Cranston Street where it joins the Royal Mile. A 64-year-old…