Portobello

Work by Christina Riley for Art Walk Porty PIC: Sally Jubb

Art review: Art Walk Porty, various locations, Portobello

Edinburgh has been staging a Hogmanay festival since 1993. Picture: Keith Valentine

Edinburgh's Hogmanay street party and fireworks could be dropped under shake-up

A typical Saturday at North Berwick Swimming Pool in August 1959.

Portobello, Dunbar and North Berwick outdoor pools in their heyday

Environmental campaign group Surfers Against Sewage is calling for people to take part in a series of protests taking place around the country on 20 May to demonstrate anger at spills of toilet waste which are contaminating seas and rivers. Picture: Karl Mackie

Poo-poo: Dirty protest over sewage spills in seas and rivers

The funeral procession of legendary Scottish boxing world champion Ken Buchanan MBE passes the Ken Buchanan statue ahead of a memorial service

15 pictures of memorial service for Ken Buchanan

Adelphi Place, Portobello

Property: Distinctive Portobello dwelling sure to throw viewers a curve

A protest outside the Scottish Parliament by campaigners concerned about its transgender legislation (Picture: Rebecca McCurdy/PA)

Parents concerned about girls identifying as male have right to free speech

How much to you know about where the names of areas of Edinburgh come from?

How 12 areas of Edinburgh got their names – from Sciennes to Stockbridge

Winter vegetables grown in this country could fill these empty supermarket shelves (Picture: Jane Sherwood/Getty Images)

Expectation to eat summer produce in winter is behind empty supermarket shelves

The Forthfast Hovercraft from Kirkcaldy to Portobello in 2007

Pic Neil Hanna

Plan for Kirkcaldy-Leith ferry crossing in new transport report

Mum's the Word. Pic: Adobe Stock

Janet Christie's Mum's the Word

May East, UN House Scotland Director of Cities Programme

Have a wild time in the 20-minute neighbourhood - May East

Daphne Godson pictured during her time performing with the Scottish Early Music Consort

Scotsman obituaries: Daphne Godson, accomplished violinist and founder member of...

When We Come Out Of The Water, by Tanatsei Gambura

Art review: Art Walk Porty Festival, various venues, Portobello

Free home report and no up-front marketing when you put your Portobello property on the market

Ad Feature Where to buy your next home

Ruth Davidson has criticised politicians and journalists around the trans rights debate

Ruth Davidson: 'Rights of trans people and women do not need to be in conflict'

Rich Howells was diagnosed with MS in 2017.

Edinburgh seabird expert can no longer handle wild birds due to MS

Turkish Baths, Portobello Swim Centre
Pic by: Bill Henry

From Towel Boys to tea in the sauna - Porty's historic Victorian Turkish Baths

Francesca Hill is senior property valuer at Coulters, a leading independently-owned estate agency and solicitors across Edinburgh and the Lothians.

Cafe culture with a dash of oat milk points the way to areas that are on the up ...

Cairn Estate and Letting Agency MD David Rowand: 'Lockdown led many people to re-evaluate their lifestyles.'

Glasgow lettings agency looks to double up on properties and turnover

Joe Cruickshank with the Iron Brew beer

Brewery creates special beer for Burns Night

Pavement parking may continue to be permitted on narrow streets to provide access for emergency vehicles. Picture: The Scotsman

Pavement parking ban ‘threatened by Trojan horse loophole’

VE Schwab

Why No 1 New York Times best-selling author swapped Nashville for Portobello

Selection of Eleanore dishes

Interview with Roberta Hall-McCarron of The Little Chartroom

Ewen outside the Shrimpwreck Seafood Hut

Shrimpwreck take over The Little Chartroom's spot on Portobello Prom

Sophia Gourlay: Concerns raised as 14-year old goes missing and is thought to be in Portobello or East Lothian

Concerns raised as 14-year old goes missing

A new documentary explores the life and work of arts impresario Richard Demarco.

Richard Demarco considers burning art archive as ‘no-one gives a damn about it’

Steven Smith-Hay, Vault City Brewing, and Hannah Van Thompson, of The Van T's. Picture: Jeff Holmes

Edinburgh beer maker launches music venue after tie-up with iconic Glasgow name

dook soaps

Edinburgh-based artisan soap brand, dook, opens its first shop in Portobello

Front of building.

For sale: Magnificent 5-bed on doorstep of one of Scotland's most famous beaches

Cramond Island: RNLI called out three times in one day as they urge the public to take care

RNLI called out three times in one day as they urge the public to take care

3 Bridge Street, Portobello, the birthplace of Sir Harry Lauder.

Unique Portobello cottage where Sir Harry Lauder was born on sale for offers ove...

Michele Civiera and son

Day in the Life: Michele Civiera from Edinburgh's Civerino Slice

The return of Edinburgh school children to classroom teaching could be for as little as a half day a week - putting ‘huge pressure’ on teachers and making life ‘very, very difficult’ for working parents.

Half-day week for Edinburgh pupils branded 'inadequate, unclear, and likely to m...

The surface of Mars – or could it be Portobello beach? (Picture: Nasa/JPL-Caltech/AFP via Getty Images)

How Leith faked the Mars landing – Susan Morrison

Harem Murdochy, owner of Oscar's Gelato, poses with Guiseppe and Cecilia of Monny's Ice Cream as he secures a new lease of life for their site on Brighton Place in Portobello

Oscar’s Gelato ice cream business lands new site in Portobello

Footage from Edinburgh's Hogmanay fireworks display is normally seen by millions of people around the world.

Edinburgh stages public poll on whether to axe future winter festival events

Come on in! The water's lovely!

In pictures: The wild swimmers of Portobello

Gary and Nicholas Passey

We chat to restaurant owners about working with their partner

The kitchen by Edinburgh-based Nick McNally featured on Channel 4's property show, 'Love It or List It' last month (Photo: Channel 4).

Edinburgh kitchen designer’s work features on hit Channel 4 property show

The graveyard property located on Milton Road, Portobello (Channel 4).

Edinburgh property appears on hit Channel 4 home show

A fresh proposal to redevelop the former George Cinema has been submitted to the council.

Striking new plans to restore art deco façade of former Portobello cinema

The Braids, one of the top municipal courses in Scotland, had proved particularly popular with pay-and-play golfers over the past six months

Huge increase in number of rounds on Edinburgh's municipal golf courses

The property market has remained buoyant despite the Covid-19 restrictions. Pic: Hamish Campbell.

Last quarter of 2020 sees significant year-on-year increase in homes coming to m...

Sue Marshall (right) with one of her students.

Blind woman from Edinburgh who now teaches braille on how it changed her life

Lukas, Tadas and Mantas from Edinburgh

Pictures show Loony Dookers braving the freezing cold water at Portobello beach

Picture Credit: Brenna Jessie

Edinburgh duo raise over £17k by jumping in the sea

Fishing has proved to be one of the main stumbling blocks in the talks over a post-Brexit trade deal with the European Union (Picture: Oli Scarff/AFP via Getty Images)

After Brexit, does Scotland really want bitterness of Indyref2? – John McLellan

Caitlyn from Portobello was one of 32 winners chosen out of over 18,000 entries which poured in from around the globe.

Edinburgh schoolgirl's design wins spot in JK Rowling's new book

Hospital visits have been restricted due to Covid

'I don't know if I've held my mum's hand for the last time'

Civerino's: New sites planned for one of Edinburgh's favourite pizza brands

Civerino's plan to expand across Edinburgh with two new Slice locations

The Scotsman Sessions #130: Maeve Gilchrist

It is believed by marine experts that the naval sonar waves may have frightened the whales and surfaced them too quickly

Did naval sonar cause Lothian beaches whale strandings?

A nice day for a green wedding - a new organisation has been set up to help couples say 'I do' to saving the planet while pledging their vows to each other

Why Scots are choosing ‘green’ weddings – and what they involve

Sir Harry Lauder was born August 4, 1870 and took on the world with his sweet, innocent songs of Scotland and tartan-clad routines.

On this day 1870: Harry Lauder, world's first superstar, is born

Peter Dibdin’s picture Sound System Dude is among the prints by 50 top Scottish photographers to feature in Support in Mind’s Studies in Photography sale

We’re rising to the lockdown challenge, and so are our generous supporters – Col...

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Scotland has failed to meet its latest target for reductions in greenhouse gas emissions, the latest official figures show. Picture: John Giles/PA Wire

Fail: Scotland misses climate target

Pro-independence protesters with Scottish Saltire flags (top) march for Scottish independence. Picture: Andy Buchanan/AFP via Getty Images

Yousaf: Growing popular support for Yes the only way to Scottish independence

Nadine Dorries. Picture: Dan Kitwood/Getty Images

SNP MP cleared of bullying Nadine Dorries