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Edinburgh secures £38.4m loan to kickstart Granton Waterfront regeneration
The City of Edinburgh Council has received a £38.4m loan from the National Wealth Fund to prepare the Granton Waterfront site for developme…
Three-week-old pygmy hippo Piper takes her first swim at Edinburgh Zoo
Piper, a pygmy hippo born early at Edinburgh Zoo last month, has successfully completed her first swim alongside her mother, Gloria. While …
Edinburgh festivals provide a global stage for Scottish talent
Deputy First Minister Jenny Gilruth has highlighted the city's festivals as a platform for local artists to share their work with an intern…
Heriot-Watt University researchers turn cheese production waste into bioethanol
Scientists at Heriot-Watt University have partnered with Take Root Bio to convert salty whey—a difficult cheese byproduct—into usable bioet…
Edinburgh student Alfred Drummond-Herdman identifies new fungi species using timelapse photography
Trainee lawyer Alfred Drummond-Herdman has turned his Edinburgh bedroom into a laboratory for studying coprophilous fungi, using timelapse …
Edinburgh's North Bridge to fully reopen after eight years of restoration
Edinburgh's North Bridge is set to fully reopen to all traffic and pedestrians following an eight-year restoration project. The completion …
Antique silver collection found in an Edinburgh attic sells for nearly £60,000
A family clearing their home in Edinburgh discovered over 100 pieces of antique silver that had been stored away in chests for nearly a cen…
Thirteen-year-olds Kearyn and Adrianna build a woodland den during outdoor learning session
Pupils from the Royal Blind School in Edinburgh visited the nearby Astley Ainslie hospital gardens to construct a den using ropes and tarpa…
£750m supercomputer construction starts at Edinburgh University site in Midlothian
Work has begun on the UK's new £750m supercomputer at the University of Edinburgh's site in Midlothian, with completion expected by autumn …
Innovative wind turbines installed alongside UK railway to capture energy from passing trains
In a UK first, LNER has installed three wind turbines next to the East Coast Main Line to turn the wind from passing trains into clean elec…
Edinburgh named Europe’s most walkable city
The Scottish capital has been ranked as the best city in Europe for exploring on foot, according to a major new survey of over 24,000 resid…