Monthly Archives: November 2011

Violence against women and children in the capital is being highlighted by an international awareness campaign which starts later this week. The International 16 Days...

 The council's Culture and Leisure Committee meets this morning at 10a.m. The Edinburgh Makar, Ron Butlin, will present a report to the Council presumably...

The City of Edinburgh Council issues a weekly list of planning applications on its Planning Portal. The latest update shows that there are many...

The Brewin Dolphin Scottish Schools Cup under-18s final takes place at Murrayfield this Saturday, 26 November 2011. The game is an all capital affair...

 Previously is a history festival and if you hurry up you can still catch one or two of the 200+ events which have been...

Vidyo Inc, recent winners of the ‘Frost and Sullivan Global Differentiation Excellence Award’ and the ‘Wall Street Journal’s Innovation Award’ have created a strategic...

 Jeff Bland, Executive Chef at Rocco Forte’s The Balmoral, is pleased to announce the appointment of Billy Boyter as Head Chef at number one,...

A team of experts from Scotland, who have already worked on sites in Edinburgh, is digitally recording the sculptures and terraces of an ancient...

The Royal Scottish National Orchestra’s Naked Classics series has a laudable aim: to pick apart a well-known classical piece and explain its inspiration and...

Scottish model group ‘Perfectly Petite’ stepped in front of the camera this week to promote a healthier body image within the fashion industry. The Dreghorn...

Edinburgh’s Ocean Terminal and local theatre company, Siege Perilous, have joined forces to present Simon Jackson’s ‘Turning to the Camera’. The production will be...

Following the massive success of Skyscanner’s iPhone and Android apps, the flight comparison site now launches on iPad.Skyscanner’s mobile apps have received over four million...

This week is going to be busy at the City Chambers, so we bring you council news today. The council have two meetings on...

Scots patients are among the first taking part in a pioneering initiative to demonstrate how genetic tests could be used within the NHS to...

In many ways 2011 has been the year of protest with people taking to the streets in countries as far flung as Greece, Tunisia, Egypt...

Free family events take place on Friday 25 and Saturday 26 November at the Scottish Parliament to celebrate St Andrew’s day at the end...

The Morningside Community Council met this week on 16th November 2011 at The Open Door on Morningside Road. The meeting was chaired by Jean Thompson and 13...

What a game! If the sponsor had been a different brewing company "We don't do Rugby, but..." would have fitted nicely. 11 tries and 95...

It was reported in a few media outlets earlier in the week that locals have asked for a stay of execution on the trees...

Volunteers have presented the Sick Kids Friends Foundation (SKFF) with a staggering cheque for £7,700 after courageously scaling the dizzying heights of Britain’s highest...

Member of Parliament for Edinburgh South, Ian Murray, and local optician, The Opticians of Marchmont, are delighted to announce an exciting new Children’s Eye...

By Sunnah Khan Inlingua, a language school based in Edinburgh, is just one of the education providers currently fighting to save its reputation after the...

Mark Lazarowicz, MP for Edinburgh North and Leith, has been highlighting the campaign to cut VAT on building repairs and maintenance to 5% with...

WHO ARE YOU AND WHERE DO YOU COME FROM? I'm Jon Cooper and I'm from Edinburgh. I also live and work here, where I run...

Protesters against the planned Leith Biomass Plant have turned their attention to government subsidies in the hope that they will be the key to...

There’s something new on the horizon for the Scottish music scene. And that something is the fresh, contemporary sounds of Six Storeys High. The Edinburgh-based...

Organisers of Edinburgh’s Hogmanay 2011/12 are delighted to announce today, the launch of ‘Hog the Street’, the new bands competition which will see Scotland’s...

Scotland’s largest organic food retailer has launched an online petition protesting Edinburgh City Council’s demands that they remove their shop front signs.Real Foods on...

 Robert Graham has been convicted at the High Court in Edinburgh of the attempted murder of Leslie Cumming, the former Chief Accountant at The...

Reservist employers from across Scotland were treated to a glittering evening reception in The Great Hall of Edinburgh Castle earlier this month. The recognition event,...