Triple Olympic cycling gold medallist Chris Hoy has been awarded a Knighthood for services to sport following his triumph in Beijing while his mother, Carol Hoy, receives an MBE for services to healthcare.

On-street parking will be free on Christmas Day, Boxing Day and New Year's Day in Edinburgh this year.

Ferry operator Norfolkline is taking bookings for its new Rosyth-Zeebrugge service with sailings on the route due to begin on May 18, 2009.

Work to reduce journey times and increase frequency of the railway service between Glasgow and Edinburgh is ahead of schedule and key design contracts will be signed next month, Glasgow's Eleventh State of the City Economy Conference was told yesterday.

The exceedingly wet August which saw more than three times normal rain fall, and flooding in Edinburgh and around Scotland, is an example of climate change taking hold say environmental group WWF. The organisation, who provide a monthly Climate Change Update, say it was the 6th dullest and the 10th wettest August ever recorded.

Scotland's biggest bike ride takes place this Sunday, 14th September 2008. Edinburgh riders can get the bus from Craighall Road adjacent to the western side of Victoria Park in the early morning through to Glasgow (book ahead). The ride itself starts by the Winter Gardens at Glasgow Green between 8am and 10am and ends at Victoria Park, Edinburgh (feeding station open til 7pm).

As part of her ‘Farewell to the British Isles' tour the QE2 will berth off Edinburgh/Fife coastline on Tuesday 7th October from 10.00am, leaving the same evening to sail down to Southampton before

Budget flight operator Zoom Airlines was forced to ground planes and halt operations at 7pm GMT today after running out of money.

As part of her farewell British Isles' tour, The Queen Elizabeth 2, or QE2 as she is commonly known will make her final voyage in Scottish waters in the Forth Estuary on 7 October.

Glasgow City Council has paid tribute to Chris Hoy's Olympic success by announcing that the new National Velodrome being built for the 2014 Commonwealth Games will be named in his honour.

Edinburgh drivers of low emission vehicles could soon see the cost of their residents' parking permits fall under a proposed new "polluter pays" charging structure being considered by the City of Edinburgh Council. Under the new system, which would be the first to be introduced by a local authority in Scotland, drivers of the most polluting cars will see their parking permits double.

Edinburgh-based, budget airline Flyglobespan is to be prosecuted by the Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) for breach of safety regulations.

Edinburgh marks UK-wide Bike Week with commuter challenges, the SPOKES bike breakfast (18th), the Bicycle Film Festival, and various other events aimed at encouraging people to get on their bikes.

Some of the cheapest flights to Edinburgh are via Glasgow airport. The difference between flying direct to Edinburgh airport and via Glasgow is probably an hour or so.

The strike at the oil refinery in Grangemouth enters day two today. The strike has led to the unprecedented shutting off of the Forties pipeline, which provides a third of Britain's North Sea oil.

Over 1,000 cyclists will be pedalling for leprosy charity LEPRA in this 67 mile bike ride from East Market Street in Edinburgh City Centre to the links in the heart of St Andrews.

On the last Friday of every month, cyclists of every hue from around the world ride together through city streets in a show of biking solidarity.

Edinburgh has rain, wind, hills, and traffic is often heavy. So it may come as a surprise to learn that it is considered one of the better cities for cycling in the UK.

Plans to re-establish the old Waverley Rail Line that opened between Edinburgh and Carlisle in the mid-nineteenth century and closed in January 1969 were re-affir

The Waverley Project aims to re-establish a passenger rail link between Edinburgh Waverley, the capital's main railway station, through Midlothian to Tweedbank in t