Police in Edinburgh are appealing for the public’s assistance after a community garden was vandalised at the weekend. The incident occurred at the Lochend Secret Garden on Restalrig Square sometime between 12noon on Friday, March 13, and 11am on Saturday, [...]
March 17, 2015
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Local Brown Owl Susan Jeffrey will be awarded the Tam Tierney Award for good citizenship at next weeks Drylaw and Telford Community Council. The award was set up following the death of Tam who was a community activist for many [...]
March 17, 2015
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Local Police are investigating a report of shots being fired at a house in West Pilton March. The incident occurred in the early hours of this morning at around 1am. It is understood nobody was injured in the incident and enquiries [...]
March 3, 2015
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Weather warning for snow and ice across Scotland has been issued for Sunday night right through until Monday morning An inch of snow is expected at lower levels, with up to four inches forecast for areas over 400m. The Met [...]
March 1, 2015
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A MAN has pled guilty to possessing explosive substances after a significant number of items were found in two local flats last year. Faris Al-Khori, aged 62 has today pleaded guilty under the Explosive Substances Act 1883, Section 4, following [...]
February 26, 2015
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Two men have pleaded guilty at the High Court in Glasgow for attempting to murder a Chinese man in Pilton. Garry Reid (19) and James Hogg (24) both pleaded guilty of the attempted murder of Jie Yu, who was attacked [...]
A LOCAL primary school have been identified by the City of Edinburgh Council as potentially having accommodation issues for August 2016 due to rising rolls. The Primary School Estate Rising Rolls report highlights possible pressures for P1 places for August 2016 at [...]
February 25, 2015
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A LOCAL man who subjected two vulnerable women to a campaign of sexual abuse has been branded a “predatory beast”. Kenny Ramsay, who lived in Pilton, faces a lengthy prison term after being convicted of targeting the victims at locations [...]
February 18, 2015
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A local man has been found guilty of the “brutal” murder of an 85-year-old woman in her Edinburgh home. Robert Buczek, 24, killed Eleanor Whitelaw, known as Norah, by stabbing her seven times in the neck with a pair of [...]
February 9, 2015
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Police in Edinburgh are appealing for witnesses following the assault and robbery of a 32-year-old man in North Junction Street. [...]
January 27, 2015
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