UK's latest 5% tourist tax 'will make popular city more beautiful'
The co-leader of the Scottish Greens says Edinburgh's tourist tax will make the city 'even more beautiful and welcoming'.
Edinburgh attractions and venues remain closed following storm chaos
Several attractions and businesses in Edinburgh have announced they will remain closed on Saturday, as the clean-up from the ...
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Edinburgh and Lothian boundary changes: Latest proposals ahead of 2026 Holyrood elections
Plans to transfer two areas of West Lothian to the Airdrie constituency for the next Scottish Parliament elections have been ...
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Edinburgh council agrees Scotland’s first visitor levy charge at online meeting
Scotland’s first-ever visitor levy has been approved by councillors in Edinburgh. Members of the City of Edinburgh Council ...
New book honours the dreadlocked Scottish piping prodigy with Celtic Connections link who blazed a trail
A new book recalling the life of groundbreaking musician Martyn Bennett has been published 20 years after he passed away ...
Third adorable red panda dies at Edinburgh Zoo in just three months
The Record previously told how three-month-old kit Roxie died after choking on her own vomit from "stress" caused by ...
Scottish city to introduce country’s first tourist tax
A city in Scotland has voted to introduce Scotland’s first-ever tourist tax, adding a 5% surcharge to overnight stays. The ...
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Edinburgh council agrees Scotland’s first visitor levy charge at online meeting
Members of the City of Edinburgh Council agreed the plans ... (Jane Barlow/PA) Last year, the Scottish Parliament approved legislation giving councils the ability to introduce such a charge.
A fierce storm is lashing Ireland and Scotland with record winds, downing power lines
Ireland has been hit with record wind gusts of 114 miles (183 kilometers) an hour as a winter storm batters the country and ...
Pensioners challenging winter fuel payment cut ‘not eligible for it’, court told
Pensioners who are challenging a UK Government decision to cut the winter fuel payment would not have been eligible for it due to living in Scotland, a court has heard.