The City of Edinburgh Council

Plans to allow taxis and coaches access to a busy Edinburgh city centre pedestrian area so that a new five-star hotel can “show off”...

After a day long hearing before the Standards Commission for Scotland, former councillor John McLellan has been - on the one hand - found...

Controlled parking is coming to Gorgie. I’m writing less than two weeks before the 23 October ‘live date’ for Controlled Parking Zone S6(E), which runs...

Police have warned Edinburgh Council against re-opening much-needed public toilets near the city centre over fears they would attract criminality and anti-social behaviour. Toilets at...

An Edinburgh cabbie living in one of the city’s most expensive postcodes has been refused permission to use his garage as a short-term let...

Abandoned World War One premises in South Queensferry which have stunning views of the bridges, will be converted into nearly 50 new affordable homes. Work will...

People in Edinburgh are invited to contribute their views on the creation of a new outdoor city skatepark as plans to transform a derelict bowling...

An Edinburgh couple’s controversial plan to turn a former bowling club into a family home has been given the go-ahead after a planning row...

Edinburgh Council has set out how it plans to enforce the new licensing rules in respect of short-term lets. But the council has admitted...

The City of Edinburgh Council has agreed to ban the use of glyphosate based weedkillers in the city’s parks in what is regarded as...

In the first full year since my election in 2022, the number of people who lost their lives from an overdose in Edinburgh rose...

A sense of “dread and fear” is being felt in Edinburgh as the city faces cuts in vital health and social care services – which bosses warn...

This is the most up to date list of roadworks and events leading to road closures in Edinburgh for the next week or so....

A large neon pink sign erected in Edinburgh city centre to attract food market customers will have to be ripped out and taken away...

Work is set to begin to demolish an Edinburgh high school to make way for an energy-saving ‘superblock’ with allotments, an orchard and outdoor gym. In a...

Police are investigating a missing bronze plaque taken from the base of Edinburgh’s Melville Monument. The plaque had been erected to clarify the involvement...

The City of Edinburgh Council has been ordered to apologise to one of its tenants moved into a home with broken heating and smoke...

At the Finance and Resources Committee on Thursday SNP and Green Councillors will propose plans to pay hundreds of pounds to the most in...

In light of the reports on the ever-rising cost of the Edinburgh Tram inquiry, we did wonder whether the report would ever be produced...

Lord Hardie has issued his report nine years after being appointed to lead on the Edinburgh Tram Inquiry by then first Minister Alex Salmond....

It was meant to be a “swift and thorough” investigation – but for nine years people were left waiting for answers.  Why it took so...

The Granton Gasholder restoration is at "high risk" of overspending due to a lack of budget oversight, it has emerged. Work to transform the landmark...

This is the most up to date list of roadworks and events leading to road closures in Edinburgh for the next week or so....

Blackhall Library is closing temporarily on Thursday after Reinforced Autoclaved Aerated Concrete (RAAC) was found during an initial survey. More detailed surveys are required...

Along with the unveiling of the Sherlock Holmes statue on Picardy Place comes the news that the public realm area in the middle will...

Pupils, families and teachers gathered on Wednesday to hear readings by pupils from two books, which have been developed as part of the North...

The council has told the owners of the ‘Festival Village’ at Waverley Mall to dismantle the venue within weeks – and warned they could...

Schools which are affected by reinforced autoclaved aerated concrete (RAAC) is a lightweight construction material that was used in the construction of some public...

A plan to demolish an Edinburgh village’s leisure centre so that a new school can be built to cope with the hundreds of new...

Scotland’s last council-run secure children's unit in Edinburgh has closed permanently following a string of failures – as council officers said it is no...