Less than an hour into the backshift at Edinburgh's Howdenhall police station, a call comes through about a man armed with an axe and knife and in a state of distress. The police race to the scene ...

Community Sergeant Jen Macgregor, from Howdenhall Police Station, said: “We’d like to thank the public for their assistance in this matter. This is great example of proactive police work ...

Dr Allan Jamieson has quit his post as the head of the Lothian and Borders Police forensic science department, despite being cleared ... a-year post at the force's £2.5m science facility at Howdenhall ...