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A Leith hotel’s bid to build an extension has fallen through following a dispute between owners and the council over a contribution of £55,000...

A public meeting was held last week when a planning application for student flats at Jock's Lodge was the main topic of discussion. The...

A councillor who has been inundated with emails from pupils, teachers and parents after access to YouTube was blocked in Edinburgh schools has called on...

Edinburgh residents fighting to have double yellow lines removed from a village road say they have resulted in motorists driving faster. Locals in Cramond also...

Hundreds of new waterfront homes in Edinburgh have moved a step closer to being built with proposals set to go before councillors again next...

A week of action has been launched this morning to clean up Wester Hailes. Residents will be encouraged to carry out a large-scale community clean-up...

The report which we have reproduced below is prepared by The council's EdinTravel team and will show you what to look out for on...

Edinburgh pupils have been blocked from accessing YouTube in school after some were caught viewing ‘concerning material’ on their devices. Following the move youngsters have called...

After a long tortuous discussion, mainly around procedural possibilities, the council's Culture and Communities Committee approved by a narrow margin to set terms and...

At the Culture and Communities meeting on Thursday, councillors discussed the recent demise of CMI, the parent charity for the Edinburgh International Film...

Plans to open a huge ‘swingers club’ in an Edinburgh industrial estate should be looked at “very closely” a local councillor has said. If given...

Edinburgh whistle blowers who were instrumental in exposing wrongdoing in the city council have called on MSPs to launch a public inquiry into the...

The winners of the first ever edition of the Saroj Lal Award for City of Edinburgh Schools were announced at a ceremony at the...

The trees in Princes Street Gardens will need more protection than is provided for in the current planning application for Edinburgh's Christmas, according to...

"Significant issues” have been exposed around how the council awards and manages contracts, opposition councillors have said following an emergency meeting held mainly in...

The council has appointed a new contractor to take over the running of its Christmas events from next month in place of the original...

World Homeless Day on Monday highlights the issues facing many people without a permanent home in local communities. With the cost of living rising, The...

by Donald Turvill Local Democracy Reporter The latest plans for the redesign of Picardy Place have been published. For much of the last five years...

Cllr Kayleigh O’Neill represents Forth Ward for the Scottish Green Group. In our series of getting to know you articles we spoke to her...

by Donald Turvill, Local Democracy Reporter Edinburgh’s leading heritage watchdog has urged the council to review the impact that temporary outdoor seating had on the...

A deteriorating Edinburgh bridge described as “a beacon of positivity” for the LGBT community could be saved from demolition after city councillors voted to send officials...

The Edinburgh Reporter has invited all councillors who were newly elected in 2022 to tell us a little about themselves. This profile features Cllr...

by Donald Turvill Local Democracy Reporter Technical problems with The City of Edinburgh Council’s website has forced a committee to be adjourned until December, as...

The Rt Hon Lord Provost of the City of Edinburgh, Robert Aldridge, was at the centre of events in the capital after Her Majesty...

The Edinburgh Reporter has invited all councillors newly elected in 2022 to tell us about themselves. This profile is of Cllr Stuart Dobbin who...

On Thursday a key walking, wheeling and cycling route in Edinburgh, QuietRoute 61 was officially "opened" by the Transport Convener and members of organisations...

Another rent freeze next year could mean that The City of Edinburgh Council’s affordable housebuilding programme is halted, leaving less than half of the...

Proposals for more than 200 new homes on the site of a Seafield car showroom have been backed by planners at Edinburgh City Council...

Multi record breaking endurance cyclist Mark Beaumont and Edinburgh resident arrived on his penny farthing bicycle, Cllr Scott Arthur, Transport and Environment Convener for...

The Cabinet Secretary for Net Zero, Energy and Transport, Michael Matheson, and Transport and Environment Convener, Cllr Scott Arthur met to take a look...