Tag: Dreghorn Barracks

“Productive, but uncertainty remains” – Dreghorn residents meet with the Ministry of Defence and Edinburgh City Council about potential evictions.

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Alekia Gill - March 14, 2025

RESIDENTS living in the Dreghorn housing estate met with the Ministry of Defence (MoD) and Edinburgh councillors yesterday, to discuss their threatened eviction. Those living...

Veterans on Dreghorn housing estate allegedly face eviction by Ministry of Defence, as more homes set to be sold to council

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Alekia Gill - February 4, 2025

IT has been alleged that multiple residents in the Dreghorn Estate have been notified of possible eviction by the Ministry of Defence (MOD). The housing...

Hunt for Army assault rifle missing from Dreghorn Barracks launched

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Deadline News Journalist - April 17, 2013

ARMED police are searching soldiers’ homes for an assault rifle which went missing from a secure armoury at a Scots barracks. Civilian and Royal Military...

Scots troops armed with Israeli ‘fight and bite’ techniques before going to Afghanistan

Scottish News

Guest - December 20, 2012

SCOTTISH troops heading to Afghanistan to battle the Taleban have been given life-saving lessons in an ultra-violent Israeli martial art. Soldiers were taught how to...

Soldier with Dreghorn-based Royal Scots Borderers killed in Afghanistan

Scottish News

Deadline News Journalist - November 12, 2012

A SOLDIER with the Royal Scots Borderers, based in Edinburgh's Dreghorn barracks, has been killed in an "insider attack" in Afghanistan. The Royal Scots Borderers,...