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Edinburgh funniest fringe joke award scrapped for 2025

TV channel U&Dave has announced its award for best joke at the fringe, launched in 2008, won’t be given this year

The Guardian - UK

Out, damned shot! Macbeth becomes a cutthroat netball musical at Edinburgh fringe

Lady Macbeth Played Wing Defence combines comedy, songs and athleticism as a young netball player reckons with her own ambitions against an electro-pop score

The Guardian - UK

Billy Joel breaks silence on health crisis admitting alcohol may have triggered brain issue

This comes after the 76-year old singer cancelled all his scheduled concerts, including a show in Edinburgh and Liverpool

Evening Standard

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Two women charged over 'breaching arms factory' released on bail

TWO women who were charged under the Terrorism Act after a van was driven into the fence of an Edinburgh defence factory have been released on bail

The National (Scotland)

Three men arrested under Terrorism Act after national Palestine demo in Edinburgh

ANOTHER two men have been arrested in Scotland under terror legislation for "showing support for Palestine Action" at a march in…

The National (Scotland)

Police Scotland investigating national Palestine demo in Edinburgh

POLICE Scotland have issued a statement after activists defied the Labour Government’s ban on Palestine Action by wearing illegal T-shirts outside…

The National (Scotland)

‘Robin Williams said: “I’ll buy the club!”’: how The Comic Strip set the UK comedy scene ablaze

It started in a strip joint and ended up bringing alternative comedy to our TV screens. Ahead of a new Edinburgh show, Peter Richardson tells us why his riotous creation still makes audiences laugh 40 years on

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Three women charged under terror law after van driven into defence factory fence

The incident happened at the Leonardo facility in Edinburgh.

Evening Standard

3 women charged under Terrorism Act after breaching Edinburgh arms factory

Three women have been charged under the Terrorism Act after a van was driven into the fence of a defence factory in Edinburgh.

The National (Scotland)

More than 100 Palestine Action protesters arrested across UK

Demonstrations were held in London, Manchester, Edinburgh, Bristol and Truro on Saturday.

Evening Standard

'Time to take action': What it was like at the national Palestine demo in Edinburgh

At Saturday's national demonstration in Edinburgh against the UK Government and the media's complicity in the genocide in Gaza, there was a…

The National (Scotland)

Dozens of Palestine Action protesters arrested across UK

Demonstrations were held in London, Manchester, Edinburgh, Bristol and Truro on Saturday.

Evening Standard

TransPennine Express to run up to 3 additional services during Edinburgh Fringe

TRANSPENNINE Express (TPE) is set to run up to three extra services a day for festivalgoers at this year’s Edinburgh Fringe.

The National (Scotland)

Pro-Palestine protests across the UK as police warn over banned group support

Demonstrations will be held in Manchester, Edinburgh, Bristol, Truro and London on Saturday as part of a campaign coordinated by Defend Our Juries.

Evening Standard

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Munya Chawawa to give Alternative MacTaggart lecture at Edinburgh TV Festival

Comedian Tina Fey and Black Mirror creator Charlie Brooker will also feature during the four-day event next month.

The Guardian - UK

Eight hours, 250 singers… and as many bananas as it takes: Tavener’s Veil of the Temple

Who’d be brave enough to programme John Tavener’s choral epic? We talk to the team behind the staging that’s opening this year’s Edinburgh international festival, and veterans of its 2003 premiere remember the challenges and rewards

The National (Scotland)

Musician and model Eunice Olumide on her career so far and new Fringe shows

Eunice Olumide has crammed a lot into her life so far. A huge amount of work, a wide range of achievements and a lot of contradictions ...

Evening Standard

Scotland will be at ‘forefront of UK’s technological revolution’, says Murray

The UK Government plans to site an AI Growth Zone north of the border and make Edinburgh home to the first National Supercomputing Centre.

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Edinburgh-based kiltmakers enters administration after 18 years

An Edinburgh-based kiltmakers has entered administration after 18 years

Evening Standard

Queen Camilla's birthday: When are all the royal birthdays?

It’s Queen Camilla’s birthday - but who else has a celebration coming up?

Euronews

Wife demands answers after husband's body found in Scotland council toilet six days after death

48-year-old Julie Stephen said she believed her husband Sean's body had been lying in the toilet at Edinburgh City Chambers for almost a week.

Reason

Tracking a Unicorn in Adam Smith's Edinburgh

Edinburgh was the Scottish economist's home and a place for anyone interested in a rich, varied, and liberal life.

Digital Camera World

Association of Photographers celebrates 40 years of emerging talent by announcing the 2025 Student Award winners

This year’s top prize goes to Ritchie Elder for his powerful portrait series exploring faith in Edinburgh

The National (Scotland)

Edinburgh to host free festival on Scotland's colonial past, languages and gaming

A series of talks and workshops on health, the creative arts and video games will be held during a festival on knowledge in Se…

Evening Standard

Paintings once owned by Rolling Stones drummer to be sold in dog art auction

The Dog Sale takes place at Bonhams in Edinburgh on July 23.

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