The Edinburgh Reporter

30/04/2025

Eilidh Adams has described being nominated for two separate PFA Scotland awards as a "special feeling". Already selected in the PFA Scotland Team of the Year alongside goalkeeper Erin Clachers, Hibernian Women's number nine is now up for both the Young Player of the Year award and Player of the Year award. Scoring 24 goals and providing five assists has, unsurprisingly, earned Adams a spot on the two shortlists - a feat she takes a lot of pride in. ...

Eilidh Adams has described being nominated for two separate PFA Scotland awards as a “special feeling”. Already selected in the PFA Scotland Team of the Year alongside goalkeeper Erin Clachers, Hibernian Women’s number nine is now up for both the Young Player of the Year award and Player of th...

30/04/2025

Murray demands action on e-scooters and e-bikes Ian Murray MP has written to Angela Constance, the Scottish Government Cabinet Secretary for Justice and Home Affairs, demanding urgent action to tackle the misuse of e-scooters and e-bikes across South Edinburgh. The Edinburgh South MP said he has been contacted by a growing number of concerned residents about the dangerous and antisocial use of these vehicles, which are often seen travelling at high speeds on pavements or tearing up grass in public parks like the Meadows. ...

Murray demands action on e-scooters and e-bikes Ian Murray MP has written to Angela Constance, the Scottish Government Cabinet Secretary for Justice and Home Affairs, demanding urgent action to tackle the misuse of e-scooters and e-bikes across South Edinburgh. The Edinburgh South MP said he has bee...

30/04/2025

In a Scottish Conservative-led debate on Wednesday, MSPs will highlight both the importance that road transport plays in fuelling Scotland’s economy and the damage which the Tories allege SNP policies are causing. Shadow transport secretary, Sue Webber, will point to what she describes as the negative impact of Low Emission Zones (LEZs) on businesses and individuals in big cities in Scotland, as well as the "proliferation of controlled parking zones and exorbitant fines"....

In a Scottish Conservative-led debate on Wednesday, MSPs will highlight both the importance that road transport plays in fuelling Scotland’s economy and the damage which the Tories allege SNP policies are causing. Shadow transport secretary, Sue Webber, will point to what she describes as the nega...

30/04/2025

From Narnia to Paris, a former mining town to a hotel in Memphis, journey far and wide courtesy of Edinburgh’s stages this month, where fantasy, politics, private lives and an explosive can-can await Eight weeks, it’s a long old season for any show coming to Edinburgh these days, but if anything can put bums on seats for that length of time it’s Moulin Rouge!...

29/04/2025

It's a Saturday night in Edinburgh's Cowgate and the streets are buzzing with revellers. Jah Wobble walks on stage and gives a strongman pose while sporting a 'Dub Specialist' T-shirt. There will be no argument from the trade descriptions act there. For opening number Albatross the East-End Londoner plonks down in a seat with the Fender P like punk royalty. He was after all one of the originals and given his name by Sid Vicious because the late S*x Pistol couldn't say John Wardle....

It’s a Saturday night in Edinburgh’s Cowgate and the streets are buzzing with revellers. Jah Wobble walks on stage and gives a strongman pose while sporting a ‘Dub Specialist’ T-shirt. There will be no argument from the trade descriptions act there. For opening number Albatross the East-End ...

29/04/2025

Wealthy Edinburgh residents could be asked to chip in more money to help with projects around the city, after councillors agreed to look into setting up a fundraising team. The proposal brought forward by Liberal Democrat councillor Lewis Younie, who highlighted frustration at major projects aimed at improving the city for residents, often being delayed or scrapped due to a lack of funds....

Wealthy Edinburgh residents could be asked to chip in more money to help with projects around the city, after councillors agreed to look into setting up a fundraising team. The proposal brought forward by Liberal Democrat councillor Lewis Younie, who highlighted frustration at major projects aimed a...

29/04/2025

West Lothian may yet have to find millions to meet the increase in National Insurance Contributions introduced last month, it has emerged. An update on the Chancellor’s Spring Statement and its effects on West Lothian’s finances delivered to councillors at the Executive suggested some of the cost would be met but there was no clarity as to how much. And while certainties were in short supply there was no shortage of political flak around the chamber....

West Lothian may yet have to find millions to meet the increase in National Insurance Contributions introduced last month, it has emerged.  An update on the Chancellor’s Spring Statement and its effects on West Lothian’s finances delivered to councillors at the Executive suggested some of the c...

29/04/2025

Communities in West Lothian should benefit financially from solar farms and all other forms of new net zero energy, councillors have agreed. The county has been a pioneer in community benefits from wind farm technology having dispensed millions in payments from energy suppliers occupying the county’s five wind farms. Now those who live next to newer technologies such as solar farms could see community benefits as Holyrood looks to standardise the practice begun by wind farm owners....

Communities in West Lothian should benefit financially from solar farms and all other forms of new net zero energy, councillors have agreed.  The county has been a pioneer in community benefits from wind farm technology having dispensed millions in payments from energy suppliers occupying the count...

29/04/2025

An Edinburgh pub owner who violently assaulted a patron he blamed for a campaign of harassment against staff has been allowed to keep his licence. Murray McKean, who owns and manages The Tourmalet pub on 25 Buchanan Street, was convicted of assault after confronting the barred patron who he said had engaged in an 18 month campaign of harassment against the venue’s staff....

An Edinburgh pub owner who violently assaulted a patron he blamed for a campaign of harassment against staff has been allowed to keep his licence. Murray McKean, who owns and manages The Tourmalet pub on 25 Buchanan Street, was convicted of assault after confronting the barred patron who he said ha...

29/04/2025

A cafe plan which split a tiny rural village has been given the go ahead despite opposition. Residents in the village of Carrington, which has just 39 households living in it, submitted more than 20 objections and a petition of 30 signatures in an effort to stop the business opening on the edge of the community. They argued it would ruin the amenity of their home with a car park planned to be built outside some of their gardens and claimed suggestions it would benefit locals were nonsense....

29/04/2025

Police are appealing for information to help trace a missing 16 year old boy from Aberdeen. Ibrahim Njie was last seen on Saturday, 19 April 2025 leaving his home address in Aberdeen and it is suspected that he has then travelled to Edinburgh. When last seen he was wearing a black North Face jacket, grey joggers and black trainers. Anyone with information that may assist in tracing Ibrahim is asked to call Police on 101, quoting incident number 0816 of Wednesday, 23 April 2025.

Police are appealing for information to help trace a missing 16 year old boy from Aberdeen. Ibrahim Njie was last seen on Saturday, 19 April 2025 leaving his home address in Aberdeen and it is suspected that he has then travelled to Edinburgh. When last seen he was wearing a black North Face jacket,...

29/04/2025

How often have you walked past them without a glance? � Throughout Scotland, in towns and villages from Whithorn to Stonehaven, from Inveraray to Kilwinning, there are pillars and obelisks symbolising the unique provenance of individual communities. Yet they mostly go unnoticed or are taken for granted.� Largely medieval in origin, what is their purpose? Why are they there in the first place?�...

How often have you walked past them without a glance? 
 Throughout Scotland, in towns and villages from Whithorn to Stonehaven, from Inveraray to Kilwinning, there are pillars and obelisks symbolising the unique provenance of individual communities. Yet they mostly go unnoticed or are taken for gr...

29/04/2025

Police are appealing for the help of the public to trace a 13-year-old boy reported missing from Clydebank. Jamal Neves, who has previously been known to travel to Edinburgh, was last seen around 12.30pm on Saturday, 26 April, in the Crown Avenue area of the town. He is described as black, around 6ft, of slim build with black braided hair. When last seen he was wearing a black Nike fleece, a black body warmer, black jogging bottoms and black shoes....

Police are appealing for the help of the public to trace a 13-year-old boy reported missing from Clydebank. Jamal Neves, who has previously been known to travel to Edinburgh, was last seen around 12.30pm on Saturday, 26 April, in the Crown Avenue area of the town. He is described as black, around 6f...

29/04/2025

Hibernian Women's striker Eilidh Adams has been nominated for two prestigious awards at the 2025 PFA Player of the Year awards. The 21-year-old has been shortlisted for both the Player of the Year and Young Player of the Year award. With 24 goals and five assists to her name this season across all competitions, Adams has been a standout performer in the SWPL....

Hibernian Women’s striker Eilidh Adams has been nominated for two prestigious awards at the 2025 PFA Player of the Year awards. The 21-year-old has been shortlisted for both the Player of the Year and Young Player of the Year award.  With 24 goals and five assists to her name this season across a...