Support for Scottish independence is now neck and neck with remaining in the UK among Scots voters, according to a new poll today.

A humpback whale which washed up dead on an East Lothian beach had been tangled up in rope for several weeks - if not months - a national marine stranding organisation has said.

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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The SNP leadership is facing a key showdown with party activists today over its economic case for independence – with a stark warning that defeat could undermine the case for a Yes vote.

Did you see that University Challenge was won by Edinburgh Uni? Hip, hip, hooray for them.

Even when he’s in the squad, he’s out in the cold. The extent to which David Vanecek’s Hearts career has failed to get off the ground was emphasised last weekend as he sat in the stand 
and watched his side fall 3-1 to Rangers.

Brothers Scott and John Henry pulled off an unlikely feat as they both made a hole-in-one on the same day but more than 2,500 miles apart.