The Edinburgh Minute ⏰ Weekend edition: 15 - 17 May 2026
New details for Hearts' trophy parade (TBC), free outdoor summer cinema planned, pro surfers ride in for Lost Shore international contest + your weekend guide
New details for Hearts' trophy parade (TBC), free outdoor summer cinema planned, pro surfers ride in for Lost Shore international contest + your weekend guide
Carjacker hunt after daylight knifepoint robbery, Tynecastle tension as Jam Tarts teeter on title triumph, pop-up charity shop on George Street + Stockbridge colonies yard sale this weekend
Leith Short Film Festival, post-election 'concerns for Scottish culture', artists back basic income, TravFest26 line-up + all the new local creative jobs
High-rise stand-off halts Muirhouse flats demolition, closure fear for Wester Hailes Community Wellbeing Collective, safe school cycle route partially saved + plans for two new nature reserves
Illness outbreak linked to local farm, hundreds of Quartermile flats owned abroad, two local winners at British Book Awards + help to spring-clean the Foot of the Walk tonight
Safe school routes protest tomorrow, New Town hotel privacy fears, new life for bikes abandoned at Waverley + Trainspotting The Musical is coming
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Election results: how they affect Edinburgh + what happens next
Fringe venue defends controversial show, animals return to Gorgie Community Farm, Port O’Leith changing hands + swim in the ponds at Jupiter Artland
Hunt for Stockbridge hit & run van driver, Granton Beach pollution concerns, Summerhall to host Fringe Sauna Theatre + farewell to Easter Road eco shop
Edinburgh’s new people-powered community noticeboard is here. By popular demand, your events are now organised chronologically on citywide hyperlocal calendars and maps!
Uni staff claim they're 'locked out' from work, free bikes on election day next week, Neighbourgood Market returns to Stockbridge today + Porty Festival weekend
20C today and a high pollen warning, new rooftop bar & hotel for Rose Street, cannabis worth £895,000 seized + locals in culture 'power list' top-50
Ditch the doom on Mayday, Book Festival stars announced, see Mànran at Porty Festival this weekend + Strictly Come Dancing professionals in town
£15.5m to tackle homelessness, victory for campaign against Shore holiday flats, Tollcross clock to return, Water of Leith camera warning + local mum wins lunch with George Clooney
Uni marking boycott on Friday, five arrested over Easter Road disorder, Marchmont church for sale + Cher Lloyd headlining Pride
Stockbridge & Abbeyhill residents 'trapped in homes' by roadworks, no Spiegeltent for St Andrew Square, candidates on Roseburn Path tram extension plans + tributes to Morningside Oxfam bookshop manager
'Very high risk of wildfire' this weekend, bid to extend festival venue hours, budding filmmakers offered roles on Dept Q shoot + Focus skate shop rolls back the years
Artists criticise Leith Festival over AI-'art' posters, UoE marking boycott & QMU staff to strike, calls for more action on homelessness + join the Wardie Bay beach clean
Boards Of Canada confirm new album, Hidden Door festival line-up revealed, Ottolenghi opening on George Street, First Date romance festival + a big batch of new local creative jobs
Brewer owed £20m, Leith gaming firm staff take legal action, mum forces thief to change tune as VoxBox amp is returned + how should the council fund community projects?
Observatory on Blackford Hill 'at risk' of cuts, court workers 'sacked over walkout', Tollcross clock could return + Leith election hustings tonight
Roads redesign for Niddrie, Craigmillar and Greendykes, VoxBox Record Store Day robbery, local students in tonight's University Challenge final + let Rachel Sermanni sing you to sleep in Bruntsfield
South Gyle data centre rejection appealed, new home for Edinburgh Art Festival, Causewayside Lads' Institute building listed, Bannerman's bar closing for two months + your weekend guide