With the opening of the Christmas market and the Hogmanay line up announced, this year looks set to be the best yet for Edinburgh. The annual Christmas Market and a four day Hogmanay festival will create a combination of old favourites and new e...
Wed 24 Nov 2010 by Rosalind Brown | Read more »
Edinburgh council are considering proposals to make the city's Hogmanay street party free next year, with plans to get rid of barriers and tickets. This year, tickets cost £10, four times the amount of 2004. However, according to local counci...
Wed 11 Nov 2009 by Anna Fenton | Read more »
Edinburgh may no longer be able to call its Hogmanay festivities “the world’s best New Year’s celebrations”, as thousands of tickets to this year’s street party remain unsold. Whereas in ...
Mon 03 Dec 2007 by Paris Gourtsoyannis | Read more »
Plummeting Pensioner marks centenary A Scottish woman has marked her 100th birthday by paragliding off a 2,500 foot peak in northern Cyprus. Peggy McAlpine, a great-grandmother from Stirling, became the world’s oldest extreme sportswoman on 1 Nov...
Mon 05 Nov 2007 by Paris Gourtsoyannis | Read more »