A review has also found that the university raised the equivalent of £30m in gifts which were linked to the slave trade and colonialism.

The University of Edinburgh has published a review into historic links to slavery and colonialism following four years of research, and issued an apology.

A landmark inquiry found the university had an 'outsized' role in creating harmful scientific theory and profited greatly from the slave trade

Kafe Kweer opened back in 2020 at the height of the COVID-19 pandemic, but with their lease set to end on Monday, September 1, they have made the decision to close for good after five years of service.

The owners of Edinburgh LGBT+ friendly shop, cafe and art space Kafe Kweer have announces its closure. The Viewforth venue opened in 2020 just as the earth-shattering Covid pandemic hit the world, forcing businesses to close their door and people to stay at home.

It is a problem that seems to grow each year, with Edinburgh Festival Fringe officials warning of an “accommodation crisis” in the city during festival season. Now a new report has claimed a coordinated approach to housing visitors to a string of events - combined with an expansion of late night and evening transport services - could solve the problem of finding somewhere to stay in the city and south east Scotland in peak tourist season.

The Sixteen Films team, Ken Loach, Paul Laverty, and Rebecca O’Brien, will give a session on 20 August, while filmmaker Kevin Macdonald and his brother, producer Andrew Macdonald, will deliver the EIFF Keynote on 17 August. Scroll down for the full industry lineup.

A bin lorry driver has admitted causing the death of a child who was cycling to school by failing to carry out proper checks as he pulled out of the car park of the world’s oldest golf club.

Banshee Labyrinth last night axed Simon’s solo show Shall I Compere Thee in a Funny Way? after fellow PBH Free Fringe venue Whistlebinkies pulled the plug on a Jewish line-up show he was due to host earlier in the week.

This is the sixth in a series taking stock of where each of Johnson County’s high school athletic departments stand heading into the 2025-26 school year. We continue with a look at Edinburgh.

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