The City of Edinburgh Council

Two by-elections will be held in Edinburgh on 3 September - in Portobello/Craigmillar (Ward 17) and in Southside/Newington (Ward 15) wards. The electorate in...

An Edinburgh business leader has joined forces with her Glasgow counterpart to warn the Prime Minister that Scotland faces a £7bn annual shortfall without...

EDINBURGH'S transport convener admitted to a moment of "Trumpian weakness" after suggesting the fire-affected building be knocked down and its owners pay for the...

The Scottish Tourism Alliance (STA) has said that their member businesses are reporting difficulties in calculating the five per cent tourist levy. This is the...

Edinburgh Bus Users Group (EBUG) are keeping up the pressure on the council by making a deputation before the meeting of all councillors on...

A planned memorial for Sean Connery in Edinburgh could be delayed or even scrapped as the council says Dr No to new art installations. Last...

Green councillor and co-convener Alys Mumford has tabled a motion to close part of Edinburgh’s New Town to through traffic until Princes Street is reopened.  Ms Mumford...

Jim Wyke is the Scottish Labour candidate in Portobello/Craigmillar Ward at the by election on 3 September. He has lived in Edinburgh for 25 of...

At next Thursday’s full council meeting, councillors will consider signing off on a delayed launch of higher council tax rates for second homes and...

According to papers going before next week’s housing committee meeting, Edinburgh’s council housing freeze could be lifted in October.  In a report before councillors, officers...

Planning applications lodged with the council's planning department up to this week are detailed in the list embedded below. Applications which are of interest this...

Ruth Elliott is originally from rural West Cumbria, but moved to Edinburgh to study politics at university. She arrived in 2020 and admitted that...

Edinburgh Council has approved a temporary ban on public art projects in Princes Street Gardens in a drive to move new statues away from...

Transport Scotland has today announced that they will work with Network Rail to complete a high-level feasibility study on the proposal to reintroduce passenger services on...

Proposals to run tram-trains on a railway line crossing the south of Edinburgh have taken a step forward. A ‘high-level’ technical study expected to be...

A proposal has been lodged by The City of Edinburgh Council with their planners to erect the knife angel sculpture at the foot of...

Lorenzo Martinico is a candidate in the upcoming by-election, who lives in the council ward he wants to represent and has been a member...

Edinburgh Festival chiefs have warned that, without further support, the city’s eleven festivals may have to scale back their “reach and impact” due to rising...

The Scottish Liberal Democrat candidate for Southside/Newington fits the current political mould. He is a Cambridge graduate (like Andy Burnham) and English (like Andy...

Plans have been lodged for the demolition of a vacant Hearts Supporters' club to construct temporary housing for homeless people. Unum Partnership and FK100 have...

While people living in Edinburgh continue to be amazed that they are forced to live without the tram past the West End stop, the...

Edinburgh Council could approve a temporary ban on public art projects in Princes Street Gardens when it meets on Thursday. Council officers have proposed a...

Locals and members of The Causey campaign group hold a "sit oot" at the junction of West Crosscauseway and Buccleuch Street most weekends, but...

With two by-elections coming up at the end of the month, the Edinburgh Greens are working on continuing their period of success in the...

Edinburgh's Transport Convener is taking a grip of an active travel project in Edinburgh which has been dormant for at least a decade. Ten years...

Aly Bain is the latest name to receive Edinburgh's highest civic honour, after decades in the traditional music scene. The Shetland-born fiddler, who celebrated his...

A split has emerged between the City of Edinburgh Council and The Scottish Government over funding to support the council and businesses in the capital following...

The new Summerhall junction layout in Edinburgh has struck up a debate from road users online, with the council saying the changes make it “safer and easier.”  The...

The City of Edinburgh Council leader met with Deputy First Minister, Jenny Gilruth on Wednesday 5 August as a package of £5 million funding...

On Wednesday the Deputy First Minister, Jenny Gilruth, met with Edinburgh Council leader, Jane Meagher at 109 Princes Street, the site of the fire...