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Updated 19:55, 7 May 2026

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Top story: Edinburgh Airport Grounded: IT Crash Halts All Flights, Thousands Stranded

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KNIFE ATTACK

Edinburgh Youth Killed Man After Earlier Knife Attack While on Bail

DRUG SMUGGLING

Influencer Ellie Crampsie Jailed 16 Months for Edinburgh Cannabis Smuggling

GRUESOME DETIALS

Former Company Director Locked Up for 13 Years Over Horrific Highland Abuse

LUCK RAN OUT

Scottish Influencer Busted Smuggling £150k of Cannabis Through Edinburgh Airport

HIGH PROFILE

Beauty Boss Ellie Crampsie Faces Jail After £151k Cannabis Haul Seized at Edinburgh Airport

DEMANDING CHANGES

Mum of Murdered Pregnant Fawziyah Backs New Scottish Crackdown on ‘Honour-Based’ Abuse

WAR ESCALATES

British Tourists Stranded as Deadly Iran Drone Strike Shuts Dubai Airport and Grounds Flights

STAND OFF

Man Charged After Shocking Edinburgh Stabbing Leaves Two Hospitalised

TERROR SPREE

Bloodied Knife Maniac Storms Edinburgh Nursery and Shop in Morning Attack Chaos

MIGRANT CRISIS

Knife Chaos at Edinburgh Calder Gardens: Two Hospitalised After Morning Attack

SCHOOL HORROR

Knife-Wielding Man Sparks Edinburgh Calder Lockdown as Schools Seal Doors

LOCKDOWN

Knife Chaos in Edinburgh’s Calder as Armed Police Swarm Area and Schools Lockdown

Duchess of Edinburgh Champions UK Aid Saving Nearly 130,000 Somali Women from Violence Ahead of International Women’s Day

POLICE STAND OFF

Hero Cop’s Cool Talks Baby Kidnapper Down in Edinburgh Siege—No Shots Fired

Sex Pistols Storm UK with Frank Carter for 50th Anniversary Anarchy Tour

FIND HIM

Urgent Search Launched for Missing 72-Year-Old Brian Johnstone in Edinburgh

POLICE CRACKDOWN

Fire Fury: Four Men Jailed for Organised Crime Arson Spree in Edinburgh and Stepps

AXE ATTACK

Axe Attack Horror: Brian Patterson Jailed 6 Years for Racial Assault at Edinburgh Waverley

EASYPERV

EasyJet Sex Attacker Nicola Cristiano Convicted After Mid-Flight Assault on Naples to Edinburgh Flight

ON THE RUN

Fugitive Sex Offender Husayin Simsek Flees Ahead of Sentencing in Edinburgh – Police Launch Urgent Manhunt

HORRIFIC ATTACK

Rapist Traian Covaci Jailed 9 Years for Brutal Attacks in Scotland

SEX PEST

EasyJet Sex Pest Jailed After Groping Woman Mid-Flight – Victim’s Bravery Saves Her from Worse

SERIAL ATTACKER

Man, 22, Charged Over Shocking Stockbridge Daylight Sex Assault Spree

PARK RAPE

Afghani Asylum Seeker Jailed for 9 Years Over Teen Rape in Elgin Park

FULL EMERGENCY

Ryanair Jet Crashes Into Fuel Truck at Edinburgh Airport – Passengers Evacuated, Flight Delayed

DEEP FREEZE

UK Faces Monster 510-Mile Snowstorm and -9C Freeze from January 3 – Blizzard Hammering Scotland to Cornwall

MANHUNT

Police Launch Manhunt for Chinedu Uwaoma in Early Morning Hull Robbery Probe

IT GLITCH

Edinburgh Airport Grounded: IT Crash Halts All Flights, Thousands Stranded

SERIOUS ATTACK

Edinburgh Man Ali Chikane Jailed for 8 Years Over Brutal Dalry Sexual Assault

DRUNK PILOT

BA Pilot Drunk on Flight Causes Emergency Return and Is Suspended Indefinitely