Valentine’s Day is on the horizon and this wee Yorkie is...
Max the Yorkshire Terrier has had successful heart surgery and is now ready to find an owner to fall in love with him.
He currently...
Prime Minister reshuffles the Cabinet
Following last week's departure of the Chair of the Conservative Party and Minister without Portfolio, Nadhim Zahawi, The Prime Minister, Rishi Sunak, has reshuffled...
Evidence to be heard at The Scottish Parliament on short term...
The Scottish Government's Local Government Housing and Planning Committee will hear evidence today from the Director of Festivals Edinburgh and also Professor Cliff Hague...
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Corstorphine/Murrayfield by election
The time for nominations for the by election in Corstorphine/Murrayfield has passed, and all candidates have now been disclosed.
They are:
Fiona BennettScottish...
Moves to install a memorial plaque at St Stephen’s Church
Cllr Vicky Nicolson is to lay a motion before the next council meeting which will ask that the council gives due regard to the...
Scottish Government awards funding for Granton Gasholder
The Scottish Government has announced awards totalling £10 million for projects to transform vacant and derelict land all over the country, and that includes...
Corstorphine/Murrayfield by election – all candidates now confirmed
All candidates have now confirmed that they wish to stand in the by election being held in Corstorphine/Murrayfield on 9 March.
There will be...
Work begins on Dunard Centre – a new concert hall for...
Work to clear the site for the first purpose built concert hall to be built in Edinburgh for a century began today.
The building designed...
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New exhibition
There is a new exhibition at Edinburgh Printmakers featuring works by Bernie Reid. The work is applied onto paper, onto a rug and...
Missing person – police seek help in tracing woman
UPDATE:
Police in Edinburgh confirmed at 3pm that 60-year-old Caroline MacNabb, who had been reported missing from the South Gyle area of the city,...
MSP urges everyone to learn CPR
A Lothians MSP is urging everyone living in his constituency to show their support for the British Heart Foundation this Heart Month, by helping...
Appeal for witnesses – man found seriously injured
Police in Edinburgh have issued an appeal for witnesses after a man was found seriously injured in the Granton Mains East area of the...
Fatal crash on Haymarket Terrace
A 79-year-old man has died after a collision with a bus driver on Haymarket Terrace.
The incident took place at around 5.35pm on Saturday,...
Computers for schools in Malawi
Firstport, the property services provider, has partnered with The Turing Trust to provide 1,300 laptops to students in Malawi.
FirstPort has donated 1,300 laptops, which...
West Lothian Council looking at scrapping bus subsidies and other cost...
Scrapping subsidised bus services, getting rid of lollipop staff and charging people to collect garden waste are among budget-cutting proposals set to go before West...
Kirkliston nursery owner asks council to take urgent action
A Kirkliston nursery owner spoke to councillors on Thursday explaining that she had to wade through flood water to get children to safety and pleaded...
Ding ding! Watch out for two-way traffic and trams on Leith...
The wait is almost over. Twoway traffic and trams will be out on Leith Walk very soon. The Trams to Newhaven Team have announced...
Time for respectful debate over council’s transport plans
A newly-approved consultation on roads and active travel in Edinburgh should not descend into another “cars versus bikes” debate, the city’s Transport Convener has...
Choudhury says enough is enough
In Edinburgh, the closure of The Filmhouse, Gorgie City Farm, The Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art’s Modern Two, The Prentice Centre and many...
Pride Bridge has been saved – for now
The council has decided to keep the matter of the Pride Bridge firmly in its sights, but no decision was taken at its meeting...
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Boroughmuir High School
Boroughmuir High School win first UK Young People in European Forests award.
A High School team from Edinburgh has been named the...
Letter from Scotland
They called it “Walkout Wednesday” and it is the nearest Britain, and Scotland, has been to a general strike for 40 years.
An estimated...
Big transport ideas passed by Transport Committee
A major transport shake-up to cut car journeys and increase bike and bus usage across Edinburgh will be put to the city’s residents, despite...
Charity challenges Scots to take on life-saving adventure
New fundraising challenge launches to support paediatric surgery ambitions
A charity tackling the global crisis in children’s surgery is challenging Scots to cover 75km throughout...
Open Days at Edinburgh College this month
Edinburgh College is holding Open Days for prospective students on their campuses on the dates set out below.
Prospective students, parents, guardians, business owners and...
Politicians have their say on the upcoming council budget
The council is legally obliged to set what is called a "balanced budget" this month.
There are obvious problems in doing this, and up...
Opinion – Why variable rate mortgages are back on the table
There was a significant change in the mortgage and property market in 2022, which had up until recently seen mortgage interest rates hit record...
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School strikes
Edinburgh is one of the areas targeted by strikes by members of the EIS teaching union. The City of Edinburgh Council has...
Swinney urges parliament to back the budget
Deputy First Minister John Swinney has urged MSPs to back The Scottish Government’s Budget for 2023-24, saying that it “delivers for the people of...
Edinburgh Council children’s home reprimanded again
An Edinburgh council run children’s home where staff ‘assaulted young people’ and used inappropriate restraints, has been reprimanded again – this time by an...
