Firefighters in Scotland have been working to extinguish a wildfire at Arthur’s Seat, a famous hill near the center of the ...

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The Balmoral's Palm Court has been crowned the UK's best destination for traditional afternoon tea at the 2026 Afternoon Tea Awards.

Edinburgh is nothing if not greedy when it comes to festivals and August is when things reach fever pitch. Over the course of the month, the city hosts the International Festival (1-24 August 2025), ...

The Edinburgh attacks on five Muslim men received seven times less coverage than a comparable antisemitic attack in London ...

Scotland is to be the home of the UK’s first exascale-class supercomputer. The UK government this week announced the University of Edinburgh had been selected to host the country's first exascale ...

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Edinburgh is a growing city with a congestion problem. The volume of traffic has bounced back from the pandemic in a way that public transport use hasn't. The city council has previously set a target ...