Sir Geoff, chancellor and professor emeritus at Heriot-Watt University, moved to the UK from Jamaica as a teenager and became known as both an academic and a human rights advocate.

Tributes have poured in following the death of trailblazing Edinburgh professor and activist Sir Geoff Palmer. Sir Geoff, who was Scotland's first black professor, sadly died this week aged 85, as ...

This came after many years as a human rights activist including campaigning for a reinterpretation of the Melville Monument in Edinburgh honouring Henry Dundas.

Sir Geoff Palmer a distinguished scientist, academic and human rights activist has died aged 85. He was an adopted son of Edinburgh, originally coming to the UK from Jamaica where he had been born ...

Over the past 12 months Melville’s dedicated team made a huge positive impact on the lives of some 900 struggling households across the Lothians, Edinburgh, and Lanarkshire by ensuring they ...

Princess Anne has been spotted in Edinburgh as she commemorated the unveiling of a new monument honouring the late Queen. The Princess Royal was seen in Princes Street Gardens as she unveiled the ...

Princess Anne was spotted in Edinburgh on Saturday, June 7 to commemorate the unveiling of a new monument honouring Queen Elizabeth II. The Princess Royal unveiled a bronze medallion depicting Queen ...

The monument, originally unveiled on July 26, 1952, commemorates the service of The Royal Scots (The Royal Regiment) to 16 monarchs from its founding in 1633 under a Royal Warrant from King ...

It's that time of the year again, when you need to dig out your waterproofs and water pistols, as the 77th Edinburgh Taxi Outing gets underway this Tuesday.

The vandalism of the National Holocaust Monument in Ottawa has drawn condemnation from Jewish leaders who say government needs to do more to quell antisemitism in Canada.

A group of Jefferson County, Illinois taxpayers have filed a lawsuit in a push to remove a Ten Commandments monument from the lawn of the county’s courthouse, citing concerns over religious n… ...

After pulling the plug on plans by the previous government to build a supercomputer in Edinburgh, the Department for Science, Innovation and Technology commits £750m to a very similar initiative.