The City of Edinburgh Council

Passenger numbers have doubled on Edinburgh’s trams since the first part of the line was extended to Newhaven, the city’s council leader has revealed. Cllr...

Edinburgh councillors have voted to protect the Jock's Lodge site, refusing the application for student accommodation after local residents feared the development would “change...

The “most controversial” Edinburgh active travel measures brought in under the UK Government funded Covid measures, Spaces for People, are to be put to the public...

Melville Street remains closed from the Queensferry Street end while the cycleways are completed and the road resurfaced. The option is to go via...

A taxi boss has suggested legal action could be taken against Edinburgh Council’s “ludicrous” plan to ban private hire vehicles from George Street once...

New Jock’s Lodge images show ‘High Street’ vision. New images of the proposed Jock’s Lodge food and drinks venue have been released by developer Alumno...

Work is to begin to fix an Edinburgh cycle path described as “an accident waiting to happen” as snagging for Trams to Newhaven gets underway. Some...

Residential properties make a greater contribution to Edinburgh’s economy than short-term lets, a study has found. The ‘gross value added’ (GVA) calculated by homes is...

The Running Out of Time relay passed through Edinburgh on Thursday, meeting up with members of the Cargo Bike Movement in Tollcross and members...

The Scottish Government Reporter has refused the application by the developer CA Ventures to build student flats on a site in Eyre Place as...

Cuts of £33 million have been made to Edinburgh’s health and social care budget amid a crisis in funding and staffing essential services for...

The council has plans to introduce new machinery and crew to maintain the paths and cycleways in Edinburgh all year round. This is in response...

The council's plans for George Street and First New Town have advanced a little further with the council making some concessions to feedback -...

A fresh approach to delivering Edinburgh’s Christmas and Edinburgh's Hogmanay has been agreed which the council says will avoid the contract chaos of previous...

An interim Edinburgh Council boss is to leave his job less than a month after he started, after councillors criticised his £160,000 salary. Alan Adams...

Some city centre streets closed in the next day or two to allow cars in the Gumball Rally to park on George Street while...

A councillor for the city centre ward was ‘shouted and pointed at’ by a coach driver after he pulled them up for parking in...

The City of Edinburgh Council’s licensing scheme for short-term lets has been branded unlawful by the Outer House of the Court of Session –...

The new part of the tramline from Picardy Place to Newhaven is now well and truly open. Samba drumming bands, a piper, and a...

Ahead of the meeting of the Culture and Communities committee on Thursday the SNP group on the council have lodged an amendment to the...

A bid to build a new Edinburgh student accommodation block near Leith walk is set to get the go ahead. Plans to demolish former garages...

Passenger services on Edinburgh’s new part of the tram line to Newhaven will be launched with the help of the community along the route...

A scheme which helps people in Edinburgh with complex mental health needs into work is to be shut down as part of a £33...

The part of the line between Picardy Place and Newhaven opens to the public on Wednesday 7 June 2023, nine years after the original...

The leader of The City of Edinburgh Council has called on The Scottish Government to “let us decide” what the proceeds of a tourist...

An employment tribunal has found that a former social worker for Edinburgh Council was left ‘humiliated and traumatised’ after being discriminated against by bosses because...

It is now a year until Edinburgh can begin to enforce the Low Emission Zone (LEZ) which is in place in the city centre. The...

At Thursday's council meeting Cllr Vicky Nicolson has questioned the "indefensible" salary being offered to an interim appointee who will be recruited to Director...

An Edinburgh MP is putting pressure on the city council to pay for portable toilets at Portobello Promenade this summer to avoid beachgoers using ‘alleyways...

Self-employed tour guides working in Edinburgh have criticised an “unfair” hike in charges to take groups into cemeteries. The council has been urged to have...