The City of Edinburgh Council

After a second by election win in Edinburgh in two years, and following what they regard as a successful result in the General Election,...

The result of the Colinton/Fairmilehead by-election has been announced just before midday. Following voting on Thursday, the votes were counted electronically on Friday morning at...

Today is the day for voters in Colinton/Fairmilehead to go to the polls and elect the third councillor for their ward. The by-election has...

A consultation which seeks views from businesses and residents on the proposed visitor levy ends on 15 December. More than 3,000 people have already...

Work at the 122 year-old Granton Gasholder is moving apace. The scaffolding has just been removed taking the multi million pounds project a step...

An Edinburgh councillor has been chastised for swearing during a debate after accusing his opponent of talking “utter p*sh”. The SNP’s Neil Gardiner was reminded...

Plans to make someone involved in Edinburgh’s disastrous initial tram project the director of a council-owned transport company have been scrapped over concerns about further...

Calls to make it easier to control Edinburgh’s “menacing” seagull population have been rejected after the RSPB raised concerns over “serious recent declines” in...

Edinburgh councillors have raised concerns they are a “rubber stamp” for decisions taken by officers behind closed doors, after it emerged the temporary closure of a museum...

To mark the centenary of Ebenezer James MacRae being appointed as City Architect in Edinburgh, SNP planning spokesperson, Cllr Neil Gardiner, proposed that the...

The council has announced that The People’s Story Museum will reopen to the public on Monday 2 December after a temporary closure. This matter is...

Candidates vying to become Edinburgh’s newest councillor have set out their stalls ahead of a by-election next week. Voters living in the Colinton/Fairmilehead ward will...

Leith Walk Ward is home to the most densely populated neighbourhood in Scotland. If we are serious about promoting urban living, then one of...

An election hustings is being organised in Colinton/Fairmilehead. The hustings which has been set up by The Scottish Libertarian Party will be held on...

The Edinburgh Integration Joint Board (EIJB) met on Friday and approved the terms of a cross party proposal - which means there will be...

The Edinburgh Integration Joint Board is heading into what could be a lively meeting on Friday. It was only on Friday of last week...

Neil Cuthbert is standing in the 2024 by-election in Colinton/Fairmilehead as Scottish Conservative candidate. As a chartered PR practitioner, he has been involved in...

The People’s Story museum has been temporarily closed due to "staffing pressures", but the council will continue the discussion at a meeting of the...

David Henry is an independent candidate in the by-election to be held in November in Colinton/Fairmilehead. He explained that he does know the area quite...

I first met the Labour candidate, Sheila Gilmore, some years ago at Westminster, when she was an MP from 2010 to 2015. Now she...

Mev Brown, an independent candidate in the Colinton/Fairmilehead by-election, has accused The Scottish Government of creating a crisis in Scottish policing while the opposition...

A village on the outskirts of Edinburgh is to get a new direct bus service to the city centre to serve its growing population. Lothian Buses’...

Edinburgh’s Liberal Democrats have been accused of using “deceptive” campaigning tactics in the run up to a council by-election. A leaflet distributed to voters in Colinton/Fairmilehead...

The leader of the City of Edinburgh Council, Cllr Cammy Day has been shortlisted for the Churches, Charities and Local Authorities (CCLA) Investment Management...

The council officer who has led the Culture and Wellbeing department at The City of Edinburgh Council for four years has intimated that she...

The by election in Colinton/Fairmilehead will take place on 14 November and all candidates who will stand have now lodged nomination papers with the...

An Edinburgh community which fought against plans to turn their local pub into student flats is facing having more built directly next door. A controversial...

Labour has said victory in an upcoming Edinburgh Council by-election will be “crucial” to the party clinging onto power in the City Chambers. Voters in...

Residents of Colinton/Fairmilehead will choose a new councillor next month to represent the ward which also includes Bonaly, Dreghorn, Oxgangs and Swanston and has...

The coalition of the four community councils which cover the areas along the Trams to Newhaven extension from Picardy Place to Newhaven have release their analysis...