The City of Edinburgh Council

The "clothing optional" cycle has been given the go-ahead by the council. The event will take place in July and seeks to highlight the vulnerability...

Convener Jane Meagher reflects on what she describes as a constructive week for the Housing, Homelessness and Fair Work Committee. "Driving forward improvements to tenants’...

The council says that the first phase of its communal bin hubs has already led to a massive drop in the number of overflowing...

The council has received £806,600 from the Sustrans Places for Everyone Fund and Cycling Scotland's Cycle Storage Fund and will now roll out 200...

This article is based on the report below which is prepared by the council's EdinTravel team to advise of any traffic hotspots in the...

Edinburgh Council has defended its new rules for short-term lets, telling a court they “meet the test of lawfulness”. The council’s defence of its licensing scheme...

Plans for spending more than £500,000 on park and open space lighting improvements across Edinburgh have been approved by the council. A prioritisation framework has...

A court action concerning new rules for short-term lets in Edinburgh will begin on Thursday as operators claim the council has overreached itself. Holiday let hosts...

The council has begun the Corstorphine Connections project which aims to "create safer and more comfortable conditions for walking wheeling and cycling and a...

Ukrainian refugees on board a cruise ship in Edinburgh will be moved into new accommodation by July, the council has confirmed. Over 1,000 people are...

The report below is prepared by the council's EdinTravel team to advise of any traffic hotspots in the city this week. If you see anything...

Allowing raw sewage to be pumped into Edinburgh’s waterways has been compared to ‘re-legalising gardyloo’ – as calls are made for urgent action to address...

A month after a second scathing report by the Care Inspectorate of the council's performance in the Director, Judith Proctor, has announced her resignation. Executive...

An attempt by Green group councillors to officially “derecognise” the new Duke and Duchess of Edinburgh has failed to gather enough support in the...

The council is to trial a crack down on drivers parking in bus lanes with traffic wardens riding Lothian Buses to target city hotspots. Parking...

SNP councillor Martha Mattos Coelho called upon The City of Edinburgh Council to mark the contribution that single parents make and the unique challenges...

The Labour group will remain in control of The City of Edinburgh Council after a failed bid by opposition councillors to oust them from...

Scottish Ministers have been urged by Edinburgh’s councillors to step up efforts to devolve tourist tax powers it is claimed could raise up to...

Use of a toxic weed killer which threatens bee colonies and has been linked with cases of cancer has hit a six-year high in...

The City of Edinburgh Council has acquired Liberton Hospital and the grounds from NHS Lothian for £14.8 million and plans to build low carbon...

The report which is reproduced for you below is prepared by the council's EdinTravel team to advise of any traffic hotspots in the city...

A controversial student housing development has been given the green light for Edinburgh’s Leith Walk following a knife edge vote by councillors. Developers behind the...

Members of the largest union for local government workers, Unison Scotland, overwhelmingly voted to reject COSLA's latest pay offer, with 90% of those who...

A council decision to grant planning permission for a care home in a former Edinburgh village centre has been described as a “really bad...

A consultation on making Edinburgh’s Spaces for People measures permanent will have to be restarted due to “errors” by the council – costing thousands...

The ownership of Costorphine community centre will be handed from the council to local residents – a decade after the former building burnt down. The...

More cuts loom for Edinburgh's struggling social care services The deepening funding crisis in the city’s Health and Social Care Partnership (EHSCP) is set...

A plan to move bus stops away from Edinburgh’s most dangerous junctions has been branded as “worrying” by public transport campaigners. Councillors were warned that such...

The council is consulting with residents and businesses, and any other interested groups on the way that Seafield might be transformed and regenerated into...

The report which is reproduced for you below is prepared by the council's EdinTravel team to advise of any traffic hotspots in the city...