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Steph Kent and Jamie Gentleman with their daughter Flora when she was three

Mum calls for better end-of-life care for kids after daughter's death

The path's entrance has been closed off after structural problems were discovered with Powderhall Bridge

Council urged to rethink ‘unacceptable’ timeline for bridge repairs

The records store is closing shop after over 40 years in the business

Record collectors pay tribute to legendary music store

Christmas ice rink axed due to Princes Street fire and cost fears

Edinburgh’s most famously haunted location, Greyfriars Kirkyard.

City’s most haunted locations revealed ahead of Halloween

The training exercise took place at the Three Sisters bar and nightclub in Edinburgh's Cowgate.

Emergency services' hold nightclub training exercise

Picture: Lisa Ferguson.

Major roadworks set to hit drivers in Seafield and Leith

The legendary record shop first opened in 1983

Legendary Edinburgh record store to close after four decades

David Smith, 41, showed "complete disregard for his victims" according to Police

Livingston man found guilty of raping three boys

Blythe Ewert was hit by a vehicle on Hanover Street

'Thanks to strangers': Woman's heartfelt message after car collision

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Wooden park benches blown over by the winds from Storm Eowyn in Princes Street Gardens, Edinburgh (Jane Barlow/PA)

Parks to close due to strong winds as yellow weather warning issued

Extended festive trading hours get council go-ahead

The new secondary school is a replacement for Beeslack Community High School

Residents urged to attend public consultation on new Midlothian school

Education Secretary Mairi McAllan

Edinburgh PR firm branded 'winners' of £2.7m free school bag scheme

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Crime

Mark Knight sexually assaulted two children when he was a teenager.

Man who sexually assaulted two children when he was a teenager jailed

Edinburgh Sheriff Court is perhaps an unlikely place to spend your retirement voluntarily (Picture: Duncan McGlynn)

Teenager branded innocent man a paedophile during savage attack

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Teen taken to hospital after 'frightening' hit-and-run crash

Police Scotland said an 18-year-old female was arrested and charged after an electric motorbike was seen driving "in a dangerous manner" around Haddington in East Lothian.

Teen female charged after 'dangerous' electric motorbike incidents

What's On

Hit BBC daytime show to visit Edinburgh for live show

Singer Sam Fender has said he has removed a ticket category from sale after he said he was unhappy with pricing for his 2027 stadium tour.

Sam Fender cuts ‘astronomical’ ticket prices for Murrayfield gig

John Leader as Tristan and Nandi Bhebhe as Yseult. Picture: Steve Tanner

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Dai Evans was one of the Aberfan witnesses who told their stories in a new BBC2 documentary Aberfan: The Village that Fought Back. (Picture: BBC Studios/Mei Williams)

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Retro

People shopping in St John's Road, Corstorphine, September 1980.

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Student Andrew McGlashan is handed a pen by a robotic arm at Napier University, watched by Dr Des Bonnar of the Engineering department, October 1992.

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Evening News Obituaries

Phil Wheeler served first as transport convener and then as finance convener when the Lib Dems were in power at the City Chambers

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Opinion

Joanna Mowat is Conservative councillor for City Centre ward

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