The City of Edinburgh Council

More than 58,000 counterfeit football shirts have been seized in Edinburgh alone throughout the World Cup. The City of Edinburgh Council’s Trading Standards Team intercepted...

Following the closure of Princes Street to all forms of traffic between Frederick Street and Castle Street, Edinburgh Bus Users Group say that the...

Edinburgh Council's Visitor Levy team is already in place to support businesses ahead of the tourist tax's launch in a couple of weeks. The levy...

In the first three months of the year, the Local Democracy Reporting Service has found a total of 65 companies have been paid at...

A COMMUNITY Council in Edinburgh has sounded the alarm on its future as it struggles to find the required number of members to operate. THE...

Planning applications lodged with the council’s planning department this week are detailed in the list below. 159 shipping containers appear at Saughton Mains site —...

A group of travellers have been forced out of St Margaret's Park in Corstorphine, Edinburgh after less than a week on the site. The encampment was first reported...

Uncertainty over the future of Westfield Court continues to linger as Historic Environment Scotland (HES) are now deciding whether to proceed with a consultation...

Edinburgh councillors claim that work on a development in Haymarket is causing loud and sometimes disgusting side effects for residents of a city neighbourhood.  The...

A new city centre policing unit fully funded by Edinburgh’s incoming visitor levy was wheeled out at the City Chambers on Thursday. After the announcement...

Cameron Toll roundabout will be partially closed for three days this weekend. Scottish Power is undertaking essential ducting work underneath the section of the roundabout...

EDINBURGH’S Council Leader has backed Andy Burnham’s plans to introduce greater devolution to the entire UK, taking power away from Westminster and the devolved...

The two candidates for the council by-elections being held in September have been announced. The party has selected a self-employed gardener and a homelessness campaigner...

An effort to study the impacts falling success rates of Adult Disability Payment (ADP) applications have had on Edinburgh residents in recent years has been...

On Monday there were nine new electric vehicles driven out of the Lothian garage on the number 36 route between the Gyle Centre and...

A West Lothian constable who has been named Police Officer of the Year has been congratulated by councillors.  Constable Scott McCulloch has developed and delivered a powerful...

After two bleed kit options found by officers failed to meet expectations., Edinburgh Council will explore procuring the ‘most appropriate’ bleed kits it can  In a vote at last Thursday’s...

The City of Edinburgh Council has called for a review of all exemptions for blade carrying and purchasing from the Scottish and UK Governments. The call comes as the...

Edinburgh residents are being urged to have their say on plans to expand firework control zones (FCZs) across the capital. A six-week public consultation has...

A petition launched by a group of independent businesses asks The City of Edinburgh Council to re-evaluate the cost of its tables and chairs...

AN award-winning garden has opened permanently in Edinburgh after a community fundraising drive brought it home from a flower show in Yorkshire. Drakkar's Drift, created by Leith...

Edinburgh Council will explore some form of compensation for staff missing out on the World Cup bank holiday.  Some councillors – though not all – backed the...

Planning applications lodged with the council’s planning department this week are detailed in the list below. Applications which are of interest this week include: An application...

The winners of the fourth annual Saroj Lal Awards were announced at an awards ceremony on Thursday at the Edinburgh International Festival Hub. Primary and...

A consultation held last year between 25 August and 17 November by the council about the options for the north-south tram extension has returned...

The capital's bike hire scheme is currently the most successful in Europe, in terms of the trips per vehicle per day. The rental e-bikes were...

Edinburgh schools will become mobile phone free after councillors voted to ban the devices during school hours. The ban will come into effect from...

Edinburgh will have ten new firework control zones (FCZs) introduced this autumn, taking the total to 14 as efforts to reduce the negative impacts...

Cllr Dan Heap, the Green councillor for Sighthill/Gorgie, asked the council to consider whether private garden spaces in the city could be opened up...

Residents of a block of flats in Craigleith in Edinburgh have been advised of huge sums for common repairs, some of which have only...