Police investigating a massive fire which engulfed a Leith flat last night have confirmed no one was injured in the blaze.

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Former first minister Henry McLeish has outlined a six-point plan for Scottish Labour to adopt after its triumph in Hamilton.

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A woman dropping off her mother has been slapped with a £100 fine for driving into a car park for 73 seconds. Catherine Warmerdam was taking her 80-year-old mother to Edinburgh's Waverley station and ...

Edinburgh fire crews rushed to Cables Wynd House in Leith on Friday evening after a blaze ripped through a section of the ...