Fri, 03 Sep 2010
Festival ticket sales boom? It's all show
ORGANISERS of the Edinburgh Festival Fringe have admitted inflating its box office numbers by including thousands of free shows in the ticket sales figures. [more]

Fri, 03 Sep 2010
45p-per-unit drink prices are attacked as a tax on the poor
PLANS to impose a 45p a unit minimum alcoholic drink price would be a "tax on the poor" and cost customers hundreds of millions of pounds, it has been claimed. [more]

Fri, 03 Sep 2010
20/20 vision to slow down city motorists
EDINBURGH is set to become a huge 20mph zone under radical new plans to cut accidents revealed today. [more]

Fri, 03 Sep 2010
Mass disruption warning on Pope day
DRIVERS face widespread chaos across central Scotland during Pope Benedict XVI's visit in two weeks' time. [more]

Fri, 03 Sep 2010
Scrapping free collections 'has created more blazes'
THE NUMBER of rubbish fires is on the rise because of the city council's move to scrap free collections, it was claimed today. [more]

Fri, 03 Sep 2010
City appoints first female to key chief executive job
EDINBURGH City Council is to get its first female chief executive. [more]

Fri, 03 Sep 2010
Teenager arrested over power drill attack on man
A TEENAGER has been arrested after a man was allegedly assaulted with a power drill. [more]

Fri, 03 Sep 2010
Scots give £300k more in flood aid
Alex Salmond has announced an extra £300,000 for the flood victims in Pakistan and praised the aid efforts of the Scottish people so far. [more]

Fri, 03 Sep 2010
106-year-old says resisting romance made her stronger
MOST girls worry about turning sweet 16 and having never being kissed. [more]

Fri, 03 Sep 2010
Man found dead in Glasgow home was victim of violent attack, police confirm
A MAN found dead in his Glasgow home was the victim of a violent attack, police said today. [more]

Fri, 03 Sep 2010
Teenager badly injured in gang attack in Erskine
A TEENAGER was seriously hurt in an attack by a gang of youths who chased him along a footpath, police said today. [more]

Fri, 03 Sep 2010
Cash-strapped council gives bosses £13m in pay-off deal
A CULL of senior managers at Scotland's biggest city council will result in 103 executives each receiving £128,000 in pay-offs and payments to their pension funds, it emer [more]

Fri, 03 Sep 2010
'How many more?' asks mother as dog savages face of 10-year-old girl
A MOTHER whose daughter was killed by a rottweiler is to write to Prime Minister David Cameron, calling for all powerful dogs to be muzzled, following the second serious dog a [more]

Fri, 03 Sep 2010
Rangers riot police 'never saw such ferocity'
What should have been a "celebration of football" ended in mayhem and violence as Rangers hooligans went on the rampage on one of the biggest nights in the club's [more]

Fri, 03 Sep 2010
Senior officers hint at part-time policing to deal with cutbacks
RURAL areas would be served by part-time police officers under controversial proposals to cope with severe budget cuts faced by Scottish forces. [more]

Fri, 03 Sep 2010
Margo MacDonald wins backing in bid to permit 'dignified dying'
MARGO MacDonald's bid to legalise assisted suicide has been given a boost after the Humanist Society of Scotland launched a campaign backing her proposal. [more]

Fri, 03 Sep 2010
Cold beats climate change protest
Greenpeace switched its attention to the Atlantic frontier off Shetland yesterday after four activists were arrested at the end of their three day occupation of a Scottish oil [more]

Fri, 03 Sep 2010
Tesco's secret property developer repeatedly pushed for superstore
THE front company that secretly bought a rundown town centre on behalf of Tesco repeatedly tried to get permission to create a superstore on the land, documents obtained by Th [more]

Fri, 03 Sep 2010
Potting compost to carry warnings after gardener gets Legionnaire's
Bags of potting compost are to carry health warnings after an elderly Scot contracted Legionnaire's disease through a cut on his hand. [more]

Fri, 03 Sep 2010
Edinburgh is the best place to visit in UK, reveals poll
SCOTLAND's capital has reclaimed the crown as Britain's best city in the annual poll compiled by a leading travel industry bible. [more]

Fri, 03 Sep 2010
Discovered in a New Town attic, the 205-year-old news of Nelson's victory
A RARE poster proclaiming Nelson's historic victory at Trafalgar is expected to fetch more than £10,000 at auction next week after being discovered in the attic of a home [more]

Fri, 03 Sep 2010
Video: The ghostly history of Edinburgh's Greyfriars Kirkyard
Greyfriars Kirkyard's rich history makes it a magnet for tourists to Scotland's capital ever keen to be snapped next to the grave of the legendary Greyfriars Bobby an [more]

Fri, 03 Sep 2010
A new way to see the silvery Tay
A massive oil rig towers over the Firth of Tay while maintenance work is carried out - with locals flocking to get photos of the new addition to the skyline. [more]

Fri, 03 Sep 2010
Images of Scotland: Waterfall in Ayrshire
Alastair Jackson sent us this photo of an unmarked waterfall in spate, taken in Ayrshire last weekend. [more]

Fri, 03 Sep 2010
Conflicting reasons cited as ex-finance boss exits tram role
THE man once charged with holding the purse strings of Edinburgh's tram scheme has left the project as part of a cost-cutting drive. [more]

Fri, 03 Sep 2010
Posters to outline police's 'community commitment'
POSTERS of dozens of community beat officers are set to be mounted in public buildings across the Lothians as part of the force's new "community commitment" scheme [more]

Fri, 03 Sep 2010
Primaries to blow whistle on hiring out sports halls
PRIMARY schools could stop hiring out gym halls and facilities to community groups after hours under new plans being considered by education chiefs. [more]

Fri, 03 Sep 2010
Gorgie Farm set to host market
EDINBURGH'S community farm is set to host a new farmers' market - and may eventually sell meat they have reared. [more]

Fri, 03 Sep 2010
Ancient church will become arts base after £3m upgrade
NEW images released today have revealed how a £3 million upgrade will turn one of Edinburgh's most historic buildings into a national literary quarter. [more]

Fri, 03 Sep 2010
Jockey unseated by car ban
A JOCKEY banned from driving for causing a motorway smash on his way to a race launched a legal bid to win his licence back after claiming a police officer told him he would e [more]