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George Street has been closed due to a fire at the Opal Lounge. A spokesperson for the Scottish Fire and Rescue Service said “We were called to a report of a strong smell of burning at the Opal Lounge. “We…

Armed police officers swooped on two cars in Duke Street in the early hours of Saturday morning. The armed officers were called in following a call from a member of the public at around 1.30am.   One eyewitness, who didn’t…

The Scottish Fire and Rescue Service attended a fire in a flat in north Edinburgh earlier today. It’s understood around six appliances were at the fire on East Pilton Farm Place at around lunchtime. A spokesperson for the Scottish Fire…

A man has died after entering the water at Leith harbour in last night. Emergency services were called to Leith after the man was spotted in the water. Frantic efforts were made to save him but paramedics were unsuccessful following the…

Emergency services including the HM Coastguard are currently in attendance at an ‘ongoing incident’ near Ocean Terminal. Several vehicles including a fire brigade boat are all involved in the incident. A spokesperson for HM Coastguard confirmed the incident was ongoing…

Primary school children in Edinburgh have been creating vibrant 20mph-themed artwork in support of the ongoing rollout of slower speeds to residential, shopping and city centre streets across the Capital. As work begins to install signs and lines for the…

A killer freed after just three years for killing a takeaway driver admitted battering a woman and carrying out a knife robbery in the city. John Reid, 23, repeatedly punched the woman after she confronted him over a motorbike that…