Historic Green gain: Lorna Slater won Edinburgh Central, delivering the Scottish Greens their first constituency seat and defeating senior SNP figure Angus Robertson. Robertson’s setback: Robertson, ...

Edinburgh's old port town, Leith, is just about a couple miles north of Princes Street and rests on both the harbor and the ...

ALMOST a third of Conservative candidates have lost their deposits after receiving less than 5 per cent of the vote.

Six months from now, the American public will have delivered its verdict on the Trump 2.0 presidency in the. In this ...

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With nine days to go until the Holyrood election, opinion polls show the SNP on course for a record fifth term. Tonight’s STV debate at the Signet Library in Edinburgh - featuring the six party ...

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The Scottish Conservatives will be attempting to avoid electoral Armageddon in Edinburgh in May. In 2016, the party elected four MSPs in the region, three on the list and one, leader Ruth Davidson, in ...

The cheerful mum-of-two and local councillor has been knocking on doors for fourteen months, eager to flip this seat from yellow to orange. She faces a tall task - the SNP has historically been strong ...

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The monarch of the United Kingdom spends one week every year at Holyrood Palace in Edinburgh. Queen Elizabeth II’s private apartments within the palace will be opened to the public for the first time ...

Queen Elizabeth II’s personal apartments at the Palace of Holyroodhouse have been closed to the public during her 70-year reign—but now they’re finally being unsealed. Between May and September 2026, ...