The Latest Breaking News from Sighthill

Prior Approval from the council is needed before the site can be razed, which covers the method of demolition and the treatment of the cleared plot.

KATS has been operating out of Sighthill Community Centre since 2008 but its future is now uncertain after a £480,000 funding bid was unsuccessful.

Officers were called to the Powerleague pitches in Sighthill, Edinburgh, after the alarm was raised at around 6.45pm on Saturday, May 28.

Stunned onlookers spotted the cops swarm the popular football pitches in Sighthill around 7pm. Police Scotland told Edinburgh Live they are continuing their enquiries to try and establish the circumstances around the incident.

Residents within the Broomhouse and Sighthill communities are growing tired of the increasing antisocial behaviour they are being subjected to by youths on dirt bikes.

The ward takes in Dalry, Parkhead, Saughton and Stenhouse, and had the lowest turnout at the last council election - with candidates hoping promises to upgrade parks and tackle housing issues will get people out to vote.

Locals around Sighthill Park in Edinburgh say joyriders have been racing off-road bikes through the area with the problem getting worse.

Emergency crews from the Scottish Ambulance Service and Scottish Fire and Rescue Service have rushed to the scene in Sighthill amid fears over the parcel

Former employees of Burton's Biscuits at Sighthill give us the lowdown on what it was really like working at one of Edinburgh's busiest factories - dizzy staff, broken biscuits and all.