Edinburgh Evening News

scotsman.com — THE man at the wheel of ­Edinburgh's main bus operator saw his pay increase by 26 per cent to £265,000 last year, The Scotsman can reveal. Lothian Buses chief executive Ian Craig won the rise as part of the firm's expansion to run the city's trams, and extend its bus services into East Lothian and Midlothian.

scotsman.com — SURVIVORS of the Piper Alpha Tragedy relive the full horror of the disaster in a searing new documentary set to get a high-profile world premiere this week at the Edinburgh International Film Festival. Fire in the Night is being shown at the Edinburgh International Film Festival on Thursday ahead of being shown on network television to coincide with the 25th anniversary of the tragedy.

scotsman.com — In 1951 a deaf factory worker from Aberdeenshire embarked on a solo cycling trip from his home to the Arctic Circle - 3000 miles away. Now the story of his remarkable journey has been made into a film set for its UK premiere at Edinburgh International Film Festival tomorrow.

scotsman.com — Thanks to Glasgow's summer weather for playing a part, because a three-hour epic of a stadium set from Bruce Springsteen wouldn't be complete without a glowing orange sunset bleeding into dusk in the background.