The City of Edinburgh Council

The plaque on the monument to Henry Dundas, The Viscount Melville which towers above St Andrew Square has been replaced with a new one...

Edinburgh Council is being urged to officially recognise Queensferry as a ‘town centre’ amid concerns over the “death of the high street” through retail...

Edinburgh to lose its only dedicated adult learning centre as Fringe move approved The future of Edinburgh’s adult learning and education services is 'at risk',...

Plans for 256 flats on Ferry Road were brought back before councillors after the developer questioned the decision being made on a coin toss. Developers...

Local councillor calls for restrictions at key travel times, following the tragic death of an 11 year old whose bike was hit by a...

Plans for the development of 525 Ferry Road can now proceed after approval for the 256 homes and commercial space was granted after council...

The leader of Edinburgh Council’s SNP group has announced he will step down next month. Adam Nols-McVey, who was leader of the authority’s first-ever SNP-led...

The proposal to close two care homes comes as part of a new raft of cuts to health and social care services, to help...

Call for action after latest police figures show 118 suspected drug deaths in Edinburgh in 2023, a rise for the third year running The Scottish...

Edinburgh residents to be asked what services could be reduced or scrapped, in the face of a projected £150 million deficit. Engagement with the public...

Councillors reflected on the actions needed to improve safety following the tragic death of an 11 year old boy hit by a bin lorry 11-year-old...

SNP councillor Vicky Nicolson hopes the council will be able to make a difference to an area in her Inverleith Ward, and also to...

Edinburgh’s new bus tracker screens are not expected to provide real-time service information until summer, the council has said. Issues with the roll-out of the...

New price structure agreed after organisers of Edinburgh's gala days warned some events were “close to folding” Sky-high ‘amusement device’ licence fees for bouncy castles...

Edinburgh’s councillors will urgently look at safety improvements needed following the tragic death of an 11 year-old boy who was hit by a bin...

A more "ecological and wildlife friendly" approach to maintenance will see a small number of parks and green spaces being mowed less often in...

An Edinburgh historian fighting to stop the Meadows’ Jawbone Arch from being “thrown into a garbage tip” says he has been “stonewalled” by the...

A year on from its closure, an Edinburgh councillor has called for Gorgie Farm to be re-opened “as soon as possible”, as it was...

Plans for an 87-room block on Westfield Road were rejected by Councillors, with concerns over flood risks. Councillors refused the developers’ bid to bulldoze the Murrayfield...

A sculptor with family links to the jawbone arch which was gifted from Shetland to Edinburgh in the late 1800s has offered to pay...

The proposal for council tenants to record disturbances from their neighbours to help with noise complaints is set to be rejected, amid concerns it...

Calls for the public to help redesign the replacement for the Pride Bridge at Lindsay Road. The local landmark was a popular route over...

Signs installed along Edinburgh’s Water of Leith Walkway urging people to ‘pick up after your horse’ are to be removed by the council. Bearing the local...

There was never any possibility that other political groups would support the Green group's budget as it was the only one which did not...

The City of Edinburgh Council has agreed to retain council tax at the same rate in the capital for the next year, ensuring that...

Just before the day that The City of Edinburgh Council agrees its budget for the next year the Deputy First Minister, Shona Robison, has...

Council chiefs in Edinburgh are set to overhaul the system used to allocate social housing in a bid to make it ‘fairer.’ Council chiefs in...

An award-winning painting depicting what Edinburgh would have looked like under a 1949 plan for an inner city motorway is to be purchased for...

Greens in Edinburgh have proposed ending free meals for councillors, continuing free tram travel for youngsters, and boosting funding for projects aimed at addressing...

Homeless charity Streetwork receives 50 all weather coats bought by the council from a not-for-profit outdoor clothing firm Edinburgh Council have partnered with Livingston's...