Edinburgh Fringe Festival 'in danger' if social distancing rules not eased within two weeks

Royal Zoological Society of Scotland (RZSS) will place a herd of eight-foot-tall giraffe models across Edinburgh. It's part of a bid to help the city recover after lockdown and raise much needed funds for wildlife conservation.Set to arrive in Summer 2022, the RZSS stated that each sculpture will be designed and decorated by artists and communities to create the large-scale public art event.

Edinburgh beauty spot on a winter’s night has been jailed for 38 months. Ewan Fulton, 20, bit Mhari O’Neill on her breast and throttled her before leaving her in an intoxicated state on Calton Hill where her body was found by a dog walker.

UK Government for the likely delay of lockdown restrictions in Scotland. Speaking in the Scottish Parliament earlier today the SNP leader announced that she would make a statement next week on a 'Freedom Day'.

Edinburgh. The alarm was raised at around 4.10pm on Thursday, June 10, with emergency services called to the property in Hyvot Park.

Edinburgh have arrested a man in connection. A major probe was launched after a 16-year-old was reportedly attacked in Princes Street Gardens at around 9.50pm yesterday.

lockdown restrictions. In Tuesday's update, Nicola Sturgeon announced some local council areas could move to Level 1 on Saturday, while others will remain at Level 2.

five-year-old boy at a Scots zoo - with just a sheet of glass between them. The incredible footage shows little Evan Kennedy screeching in terror as Jayendra the lion tried to get his claws on the youngster at Edinburgh Zoo on Friday, 28 May.

music scene, having been at a standstill for the last year. But with things starting to get 'back to normal', a few gigs coming over the next few months have been announced and we cannot wait to tell you about them!Some of Scotland's greatest venues will once again have crowds stomping away at a live event - a feeling we are all looking forward to.So we've put together a handy month-by-month guide of gigs in Scotland that are (currently as it stands) going ahead.

Edinburgh Napier university student has died after a tragic fall from the window of his third-floor flat in the city.

Damon Albarn, Laura Mvula, Caribou, Anna Meredith, The Snuts and many more acts have been announced for Edinburgh International Festival 2021.This year’s event, which takes place amid the Scottish city’s other arts festivals including the Edinburgh Festival Fringe, is scheduled for August 7-29.

Leith, after 10pm last night when the alarm was raised by panicked neighbours. Six appliances and up to 30 firefighters battled the inferno on Sunday evening as locals evacuated the nine-floor block.

iOS - Android “While hospitality has opened up, we can embrace friends, have people into our homes, churches are still having to keep to a two metre distance."That means we cannot open our church building for worship on a Sunday as we can only fit 30 people in under this rule.“We are baffled as to why churches are under and will continue to be under some of the strictest restrictions and are prepared to take matters further if required.“We have spoken to other churches informally and we seem to

Piers Morgan has enjoyed a few days in Scotland golfing and drinking £700 bottles of wine, but his holiday nearly ended in disaster when he almost missed his flight. The 56-year-old shared the story on Instagram and said when he arrived at Edinburgh airport late, he wasn't sure if he would be allowed to board the flight.But three British Airways staff bargained with him and said they would only let him on if he returned to Good Morning Britain.

The Masked Dancer is hoping the series, which kicks off tomorrow, will become one of the most talked about shows of the year. The spin-off to the hugely successful The Masked Singer will be on every night for a week in the spot where the Britain’s Got Talent semi-finals usually happen.

100 days of government the First Minister told MSPs the "most important priority" is to lead Scotland safely out of the pandemic. She said an announcement will come in the next three weeks on how Scotland will look once the levels system is scrapped."As we come out of the pandemic, there will be bumps in the road - as we are experiencing in Glasgow just now," she said."But the vaccine rollout gives us firm hope that we are on the right track.

Edinburgh Castle every year (in pre-pandemic times) will have something to remember their trip by after a special new Scottish gin was created in its honour. The iconic visitor attraction has created the exciting new gin in collaboration with the award-winning Edinburgh Gin distillery.

Glasgow ’s hopes of seeing Covid-19 restrictions ease. The decision was taken to keep Scotland’s biggest city under Level 3 restrictions while the rest of the country – excluding Moray, which was then also moved down – went to Level 2 earlier this month.

Glasgow is the only part of Scotland still in level three, and some businesses have criticised the decision to keep it under stricter measures. The new Scottish Health Secretary said ministers wanted to ease restrictions as soon as possible and hoped after this week it would become clear whether case numbers had led to a rise in ICU patients.Yousaf said the “critical question” is whether infections caused by the new Covid variant, so-called Indian variant, lead to more severe disease.

Prince William enjoyed a beer with emergency workers over the weekend while watching the Scottish Cup final.The Duke of Cambridge, 38, sat at a rooftop bar in Edinburgh with first responders and their families as they all watched St Johnstone defeat Hibernian. Prince William, who recently spoke out about his mother Diana’s death, was on his second day of his Scotland tour at the time.