AN MSP has called for “more urgency” in the bid to re-open Blackford Railway Station At Question Time in the Scottish Parliament last week, Dr Richard Simpson, MSP for Mid-Scotland and Fife ...

But the long-time Blackford resident and frequent train traveller struggles to find anything remotely funny about his town’s lack of a rail station. Recently drafted in as patron of local group ...

The worst of the blaze is over with fire crews managing to get it under control, but two pumps remain in attendance at the hill. Raging wildfire rips across Edinburgh’s Blackford Hill more than ...

A spokesman for the Scottish Fire and Rescue Service said: “The Scottish Fire and Rescue Service was alerted at 1.04pm on Thursday, July 26 to reports of a wildfire on Blackford Hill, ...

Footage has emerged of a major grass fire which has broken out on Edinburgh's Blackford Hill which has since been put out by firefighters. Did you know with a Digital Subscription to The Scotsman ...

with one major area affected on the Blackford side and another near the Royal Observatory. A spokesman said: “It’s a deep-seated, large scale grass fire on the hill, but our crews are in ...