It was a grand day for the opening of Granton Station...

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There was a grand opening of Granton Station Square on Saturday, the first major milestone of the Granton Waterfront regeneration. Locals, including S3 pupils from...

Royal visit to the capital by the Duke and Duchess of...

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The King conferred the title of Duke of Edinburgh on his younger brother, Prince Edward, on his 59th birthday on Friday. As part of...

Ex-council leader says SNP will contest budget decisions

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Edinburgh’s former council leader has said SNP councillors will seek to reverse a “whole host” of spending and saving decisions if the administration tables plans to overturn...

Bookshop café avoids closure after councillors grant appeal

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An Edinburgh bookshop café has avoided being shut down by the council amid a planning row after councillors agreed it is “supported by the community”. Krem Karamel...

Household Hardship Fund has helped Oxgangs Neighbourhood Centre

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The council leader was in Oxgangs on Wednesday to promote the Household Hardship Fund. This is a £2.5 million fund provided by the National...

Ratho Primary celebrates 40th birthday today

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Ratho Primary School opened its doors 40 years ago today. To celebrate there is a week of events and later today there is a...

Haymarket Terrace to close to traffic for seven months

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Temporary changes to the road layout at Haymarket will be necessary firstly to divert a gas main to allow for the City Centre West...

Community centre may be saved with council grant

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A ‘life-saving’ Edinburgh community centre threatened with closure has been given fresh hope for the future as the council is set to award a...

Eyre Place residents being ignored says Choudhury

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Foysol Choudhury Labour MSP for Lothian has been supportive of the residents in Eyre Place Lane and the flats which front Rodney Street who...

Planning news in Edinburgh this March

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We have taken a look at some of the significant planning applications lodged in Edinburgh this last month. Plans have been lodged by Gray MacPherson...

Trams to Newhaven – parking and loading restrictions will be effective...

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When using Leith Walk or indeed any street in Edinburgh between York Place and Newhaven along the tram route, drivers need to be know...

Council to begin work on Controlled Parking Zones on Monday

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On Monday work will begin on a street by street basis to implement the changes around Leith Walk, Pilrig and Leith/North Leith, where the first...

Roadworks in Edinburgh next week

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The report below is prepared by the council's EdinTravel team to advise of any traffic hotspots in the city in the coming week. One of...

Hanover Street phone boxes to be removed

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City centre councillor, Finlay McFarlane, asked at the last full council meeting for some answers on the damaged and disused phone boxes which are...

EVOC to lead on finding a future for Gorgie City Farm

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One of Edinburgh's leading third sector organisations, Edinburgh Voluntary Organisations Council (EVOC) will manage a community led project to discover a sustainable future for...

Planning consent to remove slavery plaque granted

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Plans have been approved to remove a slavery information plaque under Edinburgh’s Melville Monument dedicated to Henry Dundas after a battle from his descendants...

Edinburgh council’s budget – a handy guide

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The City of Edinburgh Council has set its budget for the year ahead after wrestling with a £79 million gap in funding. After a long...

Drama at the City Chambers as Labour budget fails to pass

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The Labour administration proposed a budget today which was not adopted by the council, leaving the council leader facing calls from the SNP Group...

Following the budget – administration will speak to other political groups...

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By 32 votes to 29 it is the Liberal Democrat budget which was passed in the City Chambers in Edinburgh on Thursday afternoon. The 32...

The budget for Edinburgh is set by an opposition group

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In a shock move it was the Liberal Democrat budget which was approved at the City Chambers on Thursday afternoon. Following a complicated sequence of...

Bitter disappointment for residents at Eyre Place Lane as developer ducks...

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In what locals regard as a disappointing turn of events, the council hearing scheduled for the planning application at Eyre Place Lane will no...

Conservatives suggest 4% increase in council tax

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The Conservative group have put forward their suggestions for the council's budget in a paper published online. The group agrees that Edinburgh is underfunded,...

Liberal Democrats protecting school budgets

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The Liberal Democrats published their own headlines earlier today on Twitter saying that they would table a full costed council budget to stop cuts...

Council administration set out their stall ahead of tomorrow’s budget meeting

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The Labour administration in Edinburgh have published their proposals for setting the budget at the City Chambers on Thursday. The overarching theme is that this...

SNP and Greens coalesce around budget proposals in Edinburgh

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In a move which SNP and Green councillors were not able to make just after the election last May, there is a new coalition...

Bin hubs would have “significant adverse impact” on New Town

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The New Town and Broughton Community Council commissioned a report into the installation of bin hubs in the World Heritage Site which finds that...

SNP plans to raise council tax deemed unlawful

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Plans tabled by Edinburgh SNP councillors to raise council tax by 20 per cent for people living in the highest band properties have been...

Cost of repairing school swimming pool rises by £22,000

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Concerns over the rising cost of fixing-up an Edinburgh school’s swimming pool have been raised by a councillor after it emerged another £22,000 will...

SNP council group propose to do a lot with increases in...

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The SNP group on Edinburgh Council have lodged their plans for the budget to be set later this week, and these include a partial...

Concrete roofs on council-owned buildings under investigation

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A potentially dangerous building material linked to cases where school roofs have collapsed without warning may have been used in the construction of up...

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