Edinburgh, New Zealand Travel News

CYCLISTS can saddle up and take part in an exhilirating 50-mile charity night ride through the streets of Edinburgh to raise funds for the Primrose Hospice.

All of ScotRail's class 380 trains will also have wifi by March next year, according to a joint announcement by ScotRail and Transport Scotland.

Scotland's three main airports saw more passengers last month than at the same time a year ago, new figures show.

SHOPS are to be asked to stay open late every day, all year round, in a bid to boost the city centre.

COUNCILLORS believe Princes Street has to offer more than just shops if the decline in visitor numbers is to be halted.

Edinburgh is rated the second-best placed region in the UK after London's West End.

Transport and tourism bosses in Scotland have called on the UK Government to devolve Air Passenger Duty to encourage visitors to come to the country for the Ryder Cup and Commonwealth Games.

Las Vegas is still an affordable getaway. This three night stay is at the exciting Monte Carlo Resort & Casino in the heart of the world famous Las Vegas Strip.

The pupils from the Conrad Graf Preising Realschule joined in the celebrations in the Market Place following the appointment of Standard Bearer Martin Rodgerson, and later impressed the assembled company in the Conservative Club with a rendition of "Auld Selkirk". They also had a unique experience of archery with a Borders longbow at Thirladean, ... (more)

IF ARLENE Clark and the dedicated band of friends and colleagues she calls her '10K Chicks' have their way, Glasgow's streets will turn a vivid shade of green next Sunday.

The couple have launched a business, offering a beehive rental and management service to clients with domestic gardens, lifestyle blocks or rural land.

The company behind the internationally successful chain has applied to the city council for permission to use the A-listed former Athenaeum Theatre as a licensed restaurant.

A picturesque square in the Scottish capital has been cleared of tram works as the long-delayed transport project clears a key milestone.

Which city has two central if extinct volcanoes, one of which is topped by the most precariously positioned castle imaginable? It is not somewhere high in the Andes or on an Indonesian island, instead it is the elegant and laidback Edinburgh.

Simon Calder is Travel Editor at Large for The Independent, writing a weekly column, various articles and features as well as filming a weekly video diary.

TRADERS have savaged proposals to remove at least half of the parking bays from George Street under an ambitious revamp of the city centre.

But one silver lining form the economic downturn is that jams have actually eased over the last year as cash-strapped motorists hit with rising fuel prices have cut their driving.

EDINBURGH'S giant pandas may not be showing much sign of interest in one another.