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Former boxer and Trainspotting T2 actor Bradley Welsh has died after being shot near his home in Edinburgh’s West End.

The risk of Scotland being plunged into recession with a no-deal Brexit “remains high”, a stark report by leading economists today warns.

A group of teenage boys got a shock on Monday after they were surrounded by police officers, some armed, as they played on a building site.

Secret gardens, future drinking lounges and tasting flights will be the new additions to the UK’s leading cocktail festival as Edinburgh’s best bars battle it out in a contest of cocktail creativity next month

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Nigel Farage’s new Brexit Party has opened up a five-point lead in the next month’s elections to the European Parliament, according to a new opinion poll.

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The University of Aberdeen has revoked the Sultan of Brunei’s honorary degree in protest against the introduction of severe anti-LGBT laws.

A private conversation between three female SNP politicians criticising Nicola Sturgeon's stance on transgender rights has been leaked.

A CRACK cocaine gang battling for control of Edinburgh’s drug market may have been involved in the shooting of Bradley Welsh, it is feared.