The City of Edinburgh Council

The Category B-listed Rose Theatre on Rose Street, in the New Town, will be converted into a 43-bedroom hotel with a rooftop cafe and...

The Edinburgh Health and Social Care Partnership has agreed to pay all adult social care workers the Real Living Wage from 1 April. All workers...

Two community groups on either side of the New Town are sharing notes in resisting large scale apart hotel and hostel developments in their...

Edinburgh Council has been forced to act once again after travellers occupied the historic millennia-old Huly Hill site. It appears that the group smashed their way through a fence...

A new scheme with rubbish bins for recycling takeaway cups are being piloted in Edinburgh following a successful pilot in Dundee and Glasgow.  There are new bins installed...

Council officers have confirmed that there will be improvements to waiting times at junctions. This follows work to improve the time pedestrians have to...

A ‘loophole’ allowing short-term lets to operate without planning controls will be explored after a decision by Edinburgh councillors. A motion at Thursday’s full council...

An Edinburgh private hire driver who kept his licence despite drug convictions has now been struck from the landlord register, meaning he can no...

Drivers were complaining that they are not allowed to access bus gates, and they do not get the professional recognition they think they deserve. Although...

Some traffic signals in Edinburgh have been changed to give pedestrians more time to cross. Timings of all individual pedestrian crossings have been checked and...

Edinburgh’s trams carried 12.5 million passengers in 2025, marking an increase of 3.3 percent from 2024. Almost 1.5 million passengers travelled on the tram in...

Councillors will consider plans to put dedicated coach pay-and-display parking in Edinburgh to keep buses from parking on city centre streets. Under proposals by officers,...

Green councillor, Chas Booth, has called for the next meeting of the Transport and Environment Committee (TEC) to reconsider an earlier decision on the...

Planning applications lodged with the council's planning department up to this week are detailed in the list embedded below. Applications which are of interest this...

Edinburgh Council has announced a partnership to plant 700 native trees in the capital as part of its ambition to become a Million Tree...

Edinburgh councillors approved a pay rise for 21 elected members but they spent most of the time for the debate arguing about the history...

Edinburgh councillors have voted against declaring 15 June a holiday in the capital as proposed by The Scottish Government. This means that as the Scotland...

Police Scotland is to be reprimanded by the leader of Edinburgh Council after blocking a footpath with an advertising board. Edinburgh Council’s leader said such a...

A new council-backed initiative is being launched to tackle litter in Craigmillar and Edinburgh. Set to launch at an event today at the White House...

The council will ask The Scottish Government for powers to regulate vape shops after the Union Street fire in Glasgow, which is thought to...

Councillors will vote on possible increases in salaries for 21 elected members at the council meeting on Thursday. Council tax is due to go...

Edinburgh Council is being questioned over the way it has handled the closure of the Calderglen Early Learning and Childcare Centre.  The nursery, which serves Sighthill, Edinburgh, was...

The City of Edinburgh Council today launched the latest phase of the Leith Connections cycle route and active travel infrastructure project.  The section launched today by the council...

A Morningside councillor says she rejects the decision of the Standards Commission to censure her, announced after a hearing last week. The hearing found that...

Councillors have approved around £12,000 in spending on international travel expenses for councillors and council officers. Councillors in the Policy and Sustainability committee signed off...

Two city councillors, Neil Ross and Marie-Clair Munro were censured by the Standards Commission on Wednesday after a hearing held at the City Chambers....

Licencees of fan zones in Edinburgh for the World Cup may be able to apply for similar late opening hours to pubs, according to...

The manager of a short term let has been told to hire a professional management firm for the property after making "uncomfortable" remarks during...

A city taxi driver has been warned after being caught smoking in his cab three times and having a confrontation with another driver. Councillors heard...

A former Edinburgh championship boxer who was convicted of domestic abuse after a campaign of harassment against his ex-partner, has been granted a window...