Comedian Andrew Maxwell famously once called the Edinburgh Festival Fringe ‘exams for clowns’, and each year it’s the comics ...

Comedians from around the world have made the pilgrimage to the Scottish capital to test out their new jokes at the largest arts festival on the planet, the Edinburgh Fringe.

Edinburgh Fringe's annual funniest joke award has been scrapped for this year's comedy festival, organisers have confirmed (no joke). The award, launched in 2008 - providing many humorous ...