The Latest Breaking News from Edinburgh

New plans for student flats in the city have been submitted to the Edinburgh Council, including affordable housing and commercial space, which would be constructed off Sibbald Walk in the Holyrood area.

Brian Brown, who lives in the Restalrig area of Edinburgh, is the face of a new campaign from Help for Heroes which looks to ensure everyone in the UK Armed Forces community is living well after service.

Thousands of guests visited Buckingham Palace for a garden party on Tuesday where William and the Princess of Wales represented the King, alongside the Duke and Duchess of Edinburgh

A study by the council has highlighted that the three areas in the city with the highest number of damp and mould complaints are the three ward with the greatest number of council tenants.

The UK’s ‘first gay male dating show’ is set to begin on BBC Three on May 13, with 10 contestants looking for love, set in Italian farmhouse - with one of the contestants hailing from Edinburgh.

The house is now occupied and maintained by the National Trust for Scotland, the historic building has seen spates of vandalism before and has been targeted again.

Beggar who used a pet porcupine to tout for cash was locked up as well

Captured from the window of a flat off the Royal Mile, it shows Edinburgh city centre as it was a little over 180 years ago. We take a look at Thomas Davidson's ground-breaking Daguerrotype, which is thought to be the earliest permanent photograph of Edinburgh ever produced.

The abandoned Hertz car rental building on Picardy Place is set to be demolished, to make way for a 51-bed hotel - with plans to reinstate the Georgian facade and keep the ‘character’ of the street.

The Edinburgh MP has threatened legal action against The Stand comedy club after the venue cancelled her scheduled Fringe show in August.

Scottish artist Karen Bones was commissioned by a regular of the Dreadnought pub in Leith to build a miniature version of the popular public house to gift to its owners.