Edinburgh Castle hits back after tourist brands it 'ridiculously expensive' over £3.50 charge

The King joined former Royal Yacht Britannia sailors in reviving an old navy tradition – and drank a tot of rum.

Naman Ramachandran Music Box Films has acquired U.S. distribution rights to Richie Adams’ “The Road Dance,” the Scottish adaptation of John McKay’s 2002 bestselling novel. In the film, Kirsty MacLeod (Hermione Corfield) dreams of a better life away from the isolation that suffocates her in a small village on an island in the Outer Scottish Hebrides. Suppressing these aspirations, she sees her lover Murdo (Will Fletcher) conscripted for service in WWI, soon to set off and fight alongside the other young men from the village. A road dance is held in their honor the evening before they depart, and it’s on this fateful evening that Kirsty’s life takes a dramatic and tragic turn.

EXCLUSIVE: Music Box Films has picked up U.S. rights to director Richie Adams’ well-reviewed drama The Road Dance, starring Hermione Corfield.

A woman who was raped by a former aide to two Prime Ministers is desperate to stop her attacker being moved to an open prison.

Service users at the Change Mental Health Resource Centre in Castle Douglas have been working on a quilt project for Mental Health Awareness Week.

This year’s Edinburgh International Film Festival (EIFF) will close with the UK premiere of British Iranian filmmaker Babak Jalali’s well-received Sundance pic Fremont.

Broadcaster Nicky Campbell has hit out at delays in bringing an alleged abuser at his former school to justice while he lives in luxury.

A controversial new recycling initiative has been delayed for a second time.

Police dogs caught two alleged drug dealers in Edinburgh after cops responded to reports of a gang of armed men.

Police hunting for a notorious drugs baron who has gone on the run from an open prison say he may be in the Edinburgh area. Sean McGovern was reported missing at around 10pm on Sunday, June 11, after absconding from HMP Castle Huntly, near Dundee.

Prince William and Kate William will most likely take their three children to Balmoral Castle along with an early getaway during the summer holidays, a royal expert has shared. While The Prince of Wales is "super aware" of global warming, it is thought they won't jet off anywhere exotic.

A Scots dad has hit out at a council as sewage water flooded the basement of his barber shop months after a fire at a nearby shop.

This is the moment when a woman and pet dog were continuously attacked by swooping seagulls in her own back garden.

A Scots homeowner has been left baffled after a woman was caught stealing a plant from her driveway on her doorbell camera.

A body has been found in the search for missing Edinburgh man Zyrynyl Melendres.

Naman Ramachandran The world premiere of Scottish writer-director Johnny Barrington‘s debut feature “Silent Roar” will open the 2023 Edinburgh International Film Festival on Aug. 18. Billed as a “teenage tale of surfing, sex and hellfire” set in Scotland’s Outer Hebrides, the film stars emerging actor Louis McCartney as Dondo, a young surfer struggling to accept his father’s recent disappearance at sea. Caught up in grief, he is brought to his senses by rebellious crush Sas (Ella Lily Hyland), a high achiever who dreams of escaping the island. When an oddly-behaved new minister arrives on the island, Dondo begins to have cosmic visions. The film is produced by Scottish producer Chris Young (“The Inbetweeners Movie”) and was made with the participation of Screen Scotland, BBC Films and BFI. MK2 Films is handling sales.

This year’s scaled-down, “special one-year iteration” of the Edinburgh International Film Festival (EIFF) will open on August 18 with the world premiere of Silent Roar, the debut feature from Scottish writer and director Johnny Barrington.

Jane Park has hit out at trolls who said she had gained weight as she enjoys a holiday in Magaluf.

A call has been made to reopen a historic Perthshire castle closed to the public for over a year.

A man has appeared in court charged with the murder of a "much-loved" dad in Edinburgh.