You could argue that leading institutions such as national theatres should not be staging new work by untried writers. There are plenty of places less squarely in the public gaze for everyone involved to learn their craft. On the other hand, if you ...

Alistair Darling's VAT cut has come into effect, causing confusion in the high street. The Chancellor said last month that reducing the sales tax from 17.5 per cent to 15 per cent will pour £12.4billion into the economy through lower prices. But the ...

SHOWCASING complicated contemporary artworks by the likes of Tracey Emin can prove hazardous – as the National Galleries of Scotland has learned to its cost. Three sculptures by the artist worth tens of thousands of pounds were among 14 works that ...

nline gambling debts. He took the cash over a two-week period between January and February, just six months after being promoted to counter supervisor. White pleaded guilty to embezzling £18,120 from HBoS at Edinburgh Sheriff Court earlier this year ...

BEN CAIRNS has urged his Edinburgh colleagues not to let an opportunity to climb into third place in the table slip when the Celtic League resumes with a home clash against 2007 champions Neath/Swansea Ospreys on Friday. By signing off with a win ...

AN ADVERT featuring a word banned from being broadcast before the television watershed has been criticised after it appeared on city buses. Parents in Edinburgh hit out at adverts for the film Zack and Miri Make a Porno for exposing young children to ...

STEPHEN NAYSMITH A PRIMARY school where pupils can all run for two kilometres without stopping was last night named overall winner at the inaugural Herald Society Awards 2008, presented in association with the Big Lottery Fund. St Kenneth's Primary ...

A NEWLY built playground in Aylesbury that was targeted by arsonists is to open tomorrow (Thursday). The £80,000 play area in Somerville Way was vandalised on October 29 and AVDC engineers have repaired the damage so it can be opened as planned ...

Stand-up comedy lessons at a high security prison have been cancelled. Convicts at Whitemoor Prison in Cambridgeshire, England, had been learning how to tell jokes and funny anecdotes during the courses, which have been available since 1998. But the ...

"I was born and raised in Wandsworth, south-west London. I spent five years of my life in Scotland, studying mathematics at the University of Edinburgh. During this time, I started playing poker with friends and also founded the Edinburgh University ...