Archive - The Edinburgh Inquirer

From fighting on the Ukrainian frontline to the Old Town

The soldier on a mission to Edinburgh to help fund the war against Putin

16 hrs ago

On the road with the city's fly-tipping team

Picking up after the rubbish dumpers who cost the city £2 million a year

Jun 4 • David Forsyth

Putting a price on the Fringe

Professor Murray Pittock on measuring the value of world's biggest arts festival

Jun 2

Mobile phones set to be locked up in schools across Edinburgh

Plus: Edinburgh leapfrogs Dublin to be most expensive city for hotel accommodation in Europe

Jun 1 • Edinburgh Inquirer

May 2026

The last shift at the Paper Factory

Will Quinn takes a look at what to expect when the Hidden Door Festival returns next week

May 30 • Edinburgh Inquirer

The disability campaigner, the party switcher and the pilloried trans activist

Meet your Lothian list MSPs

May 28 • Edinburgh Inquirer

Handing power to the people in Edinburgh

Ten community projects awarded 10-year funding in radical £15m plan to transform lives from the grassroots up

May 26 • David Forsyth

Will Edinburgh adopt Sadiq Khan's "affordable" student housing plan?

Plus: Cycling surge in the Capital; teenager knocked down by tram; and Leith gears up for food fest

May 25 • Edinburgh Inquirer

Turning the town red, orange, yellow, green and blue

Emma Newlands meets the woman behind the city's unique Umbrella Festival

May 23

The businesses aiming to reverse the decline of the Royal Mile and Old Town

‘The place has looked less cared for and less safe’

May 21 • Edinburgh Inquirer

The NHS worker from Fiji, the Dutch environmentalist and the housing campaigner

Meet your new Edinburgh constituency MSPs whose backgrounds reflect the city’s diverse population

May 20 • Sarah McArthur and Jolene Campbell

Tram lawyers pay up to settle Scotland's biggest ever compensation claim

Plus: Tributes to Scott Hastings; anger and heartbreak for Hearts; and extra security for MSP after election backlash

May 18 • Edinburgh Inquirer

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