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JK Rowling has revealed that she had already started writing Harry Potter before she started visiting the Edinburgh café that claims to be ‘birthplace’ of the book series. The Elephant House café is widely regarded as the place where the author, 54, penned the first of the seven hit fantasy novels before it was published by Bloomsbury … Read more
Finnair will resume flights from Heathrow, Manchester and Edinburgh in July, gradually adding routes back to its global network. Between April and June, Finnair will have been operating at roughly five per cent of its normal 350-flight capacity – around 20 flights a day – maintaining critical air connections for Finland. From July it will … Read more
A coronavirus cluster of 25 cases in Edinburgh has been traced back to a Nike conference in the city in February. A BBC Scotland Disclosure investigation revealed more than 70 Nike employees from around the world attended a conference at the Hilton Carlton Hotel in Edinburgh on February 26 and 27. It is understood one … Read more
Edinburgh to London at over 3,000mph: Mesmerising speeded-up driver’s-eye footage of a train completing the capital-to-capital journey in SIX MINUTES LNER has released fascinating footage of the trip down the east coast of the UK During the six-minute clip, the train travels at the equivalent speed of 3,274mph Places it passes along the way include Newcastle, … Read more
Military personnel test NHS staff for coronavirus at Chessington, Brighton and Lincoln but huge testing centre in Edinburgh looks empty amid fears frontline workers will run out of PPE this weekend NHS staff are being tested for Covid-19 at Chessington, Brighton, and Lincoln Dozens of vehicles were seen queueing in Resort park today as members … Read more
Two Scottish doctors have tested positive for coronavirus after returning from a skiing holiday in Italy. The medics work at the private Murrayfield Hospital in Edinburgh. The two doctors have not treated any patients or attended the hospital since their return from holiday, as new figures show 36 people have tested positive for Covid-19 in … Read more
The journalist who introduced the Duke of Sussex as ‘just Harry’ at an Edinburgh conference yesterday has said she thinks he ‘doesn’t need a title to be a big deal.’ Former Labour advisor Ayesha Hazarika told crowds at the sustainable travel event in the Scottish capital yesterday: ‘He’s made it clear that we are all … Read more
Holidaymakers on a return flight to Edinburgh were taken off a plane at Gatwick and told the rest of their 450-mile trip would be completed by road. After a four-hour delay in Lanzarote the flight finally took off but because of the wait crew could not reach Scotland without exceeding their legal flying hours. The … Read more
7 Events: From ENB’s Le Corsaire to Deadwater Fell on TV and a Leonardo da Vinci exhibition in Edinburgh, Event picks the top things to do this week By Keeba Roy for The Mail on Sunday Published: 22:01 GMT, 4 January 2020 | Updated: 22:01 GMT, 4 January 2020 The Ballet: Le Corsaire English National … Read more
Expectant fathers are accused of treating an NHS maternity ward ‘like a hotel’ by sharing beds with their partners and ordering takeaways – leaving mothers too embarrassed to breastfeed New mothers said to be too embarrassed to breastfeed because so many men Staff at Edinburgh Royal Infirmary say their ability to deliver care is impacted … Read more