The Edinburgh Evening News is a local newspaper based in Edinburgh, Scotland. A newspaper is a written Publication containing News, information and Advertising, usually printed on low-cost paper called Newsprint. Edinburgh ( ˈɛdɪnb(ərə Dùn Èideann) is the Capital of Scotland and is its second largest city after Glasgow. Scotland ( Gaelic: Alba) is a Country in northwest Europethat occupies the northern third of the island of Great Britain. It is published daily (except on Sundays). It has a circulation of 68,000 (2005 figures) and is owned by Johnston Press, which also owns The Scotsman and many regional titles throughout the UK. Johnston Press plc ( is a newspaper publisher based in Edinburgh, Scotland. The Scotsman is a Scottish national Newspaper, published in Edinburgh.
Much of the copy contained in the Evening News concerns local issues such as transport, health, the local council and crime in Edinburgh and the Lothians.