The largest arts festival on the planet is back. Every August, thousands of performers from around the world descend on Edinburgh’s cobbled streets. Pubs, libraries and even occasionally buses turn into pop-up theatres.

Jewish comedians Rachel Creeger and Philip Simon have spoken out after having their shows axed unexpectedly. Both were due to perform at the Whistlebinkies bar as part of this year’s Edinburgh Fringe, which runs from August 1 to 25.

The Sixteen Films team, Ken Loach, Paul Laverty, and Rebecca O’Brien, will give a session on 20 August, while filmmaker Kevin Macdonald and his brother, producer Andrew Macdonald, will deliver the EIFF Keynote on 17 August. Scroll down for the full industry lineup.

Students at the King’s former school have recreated the 28-mile hike through the Cairngorms which he completed as a teenager for his silver Duke of Edinburgh’s Award. Pupils at Gordonstoun School in Moray completed the four-day trek in June for their own Duke of Edinburgh’s Awards,

Edinburgh Film Festival industry lineup includes Andrea Arnold, Nia DaCosta, Jeremy Thomas and Ken Loach, writing, access, co-production sessions

People living in and around Hailesland Gardens in the Wester Hailes area of the city told Edinburgh Live about the incident which saw armed police swoop on their streets at around 3.40pm on Thursday,

Fire crews rushed to an Edinburgh city centre blaze at a block of tenement flats in the Old Town this morning.

This is the sixth in a series taking stock of where each of Johnson County’s high school athletic departments stand heading into the 2025-26 school year. We continue with a look at Edinburgh.

The play, written by New York Times bestselling author Rob Bell, made its world premiere in Cedar Rapids in 2024 with Tony-nominated director Kristin Hanggi. Now, it's headed overseas for one of the largest ticketed events in the world.

Turn the clock back six or seven decades and take a look at the traffic on Edinburgh’s roads in the 1950s and 1960s.