The Latest Breaking News from Edinburgh

Heroin kingpin Sean McGovern reportedly fled prison near Dundee, Scotland, on Sunday evening after being told by police that somebody was plotting to kill him

Police in Edinburgh are looking for help from the public after a 39-year-old man was seriously assaulted in a park in the middle of the day, before he was taken to the Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh.

A woman was seen entering the Clermiston driveway with her face covered by a light scarf. She was then recorded bending down and stealing a plant from outside of the home.

The fire continues to rage – but previous concerns about the welfare of the building's occupants have been allayed.

Melanie says that the seagulls can become very defensive every year when their chicks hatch. She filmed one aggressive bird swooping at her small dog in her back garden.

Edinburgh Leisure have said that they looked at their own figures regarding historic usage to find a time that would least impact their users as maintenance work was carried out.

Sophie, the Duchess of Edinburgh, previously went by the title of Countess of Wessex, which was given to her as she married husband Prince Edward.

Luxury brand trainer Carmen, 35, is none-the-wiser as to the whereabouts of her personal belongings more than a week later.

The Scottish Fire and Rescue Service had previously said that several people were unaccounted for from a blaze that broke out at Craigievar House in East Craigs in the west of Edinburgh but it is understood that everyone is now accounted for.