Consultation on planning rules in conservation areas to begin
Residents of Edinburgh’s conservation areas are to be asked their views on how the council can cut planning red tape to help make insulating...
Police chief defends arrests during Operation Unicorn
Edinburgh’s police chief has defended “heavy handed” arrests of protesters during the days leading up to Her Majesty the Queen’s funeral, after a councillor said...
Plans to set up a consumption room in Edinburgh depend on...
Plans to set up a safe consumption room in Edinburgh are moving forward, after drug-related deaths reached the highest ever rate in the city...
Midlothian MP starts veterans survey
Owen Thompson MP is working with a cross-party group of MPs to launch a survey about the experiences of veterans applying for support from...
Choudhury supports residents who object to student housing in Eyre Place...
Foysol Choudhury MSP met with local residents who live near the Eyre Place site where developers have asked for planning permission for purpose built...
Council warned not to make heat banks the new normal
Heat banks should not become a “long term sticking plaster” for people struggling to pay their energy bills, the council has been warned, as...
Edinburgh pupils to pilot outdoor learning next year
More than 50 nurseries and primary and secondary schools set to pilot programme
Pupils at Edinburgh schools will begin a pilot of outdoor learning next...
Two outstanding Edinburgh volunteers recognised by Scottish Wildlife Trust
Two volunteers from Edinburgh have been recognised as outstanding by leading nature conservation charity, Scottish Wildlife Trust (SWT).
Both Charlie Drapala and Charlie Darling...
Parliamentary cross-party group makes recommendations on reducing car mileage by 2030
The Scottish Government Cross Party Group (CPG) on Sustainable Transport has looked at ways to cut road mileage by 20% by 2030, and recommends...
Calls for government to make car alternatives “available and affordable”
A new report has called on The Scottish Government to ensure that alternatives to car travel are both “available and affordable”.
MSPs on Holyrood’s Cross...
Edinburgh Remakery win Queen’s Award
The Edinburgh Remakery has been honoured with one of the last Queen's Awards for Enterprise.
The North Edinburgh-based social enterprise won in the...
Edinburgh in history – November
There are many notable dates in November. These facts have been unearthed for us by Jerry Ozaniec, Membership Secretary of the Old Edinburgh...
No hot meals for six months at Trinity Primary School
Edinburgh primary pupils have gone without hot meals for six months while their school kitchen is revamped, it has emerged, after the discovery of...
Licensing committee to visit new bar planned for St James Quarter
An interactive football experience planning to come to St James Quarter is facing delays in obtaining an alcohol license, following complaints from the local community...
House of Commons debate to discuss Edinburgh Airport flight paths
JARDINE SECURES PARLIAMENTARY DEBATE ON EDINBURGH AIRPORT FLIGHT PATHS
Edinburgh West MP Christine Jardine has secured a Westminster Hall debate on Tuesday to try and...
Police issue CCTV image in assault search
Police Scotland has released an image of a man they believe may hold information which might assist in relation to an assault in Edinburgh.
The...
Light up a Life appeal begins today – backed by the...
St Columba’s Hospice Care has begun its 45th annual Light Up A Life appeal, which offers people across Edinburgh and the Lothians the opportunity...
Council pay respects to former colleague
A minute’s silence was observed by West Lothian councillors as a tribute to their former colleague who died at the weekend.
Councillors remembered Bruce Ferrie,...
Artists get no apology from A Statue for Elsie Inglis
The artists who were getting ready to submit their entries to win the commission to create a statue for Elsie Inglis say the latest...
Scotland becomes a Daily Mile Nation
The government's key target to involve all 32 local authorities in the Daily Mile has been met.
Scottish children have stepped their way into the...
The Elsie Inglis story continues
The trustees of the A Statue for Elsie Inglis have issued a press statement which says they are not changing their minds, and their...
The big Wester Hailes clean up
Local volunteers, housing associations and teams from the council’s Housing, Parks and Greenspace, Waste and Cleansing departments worked together on a community clean up...
New levy could raise £19 million for roads and streets
The optional Workplace Parking Levy (WPL) could raise up to £19 million a year for investment in the city’s transport infrastructure while also discouraging...
Letter from Scotland
Climate change has given us a misleading lead-up to Halloween. It’s been a mild 18C for most of the week and the leaves have...
Council moving along with George Street project
The council plans to convert George Street from what the council's Transport Convener regards as a giant car park which cars drive through into...
Picardy Place – new scheme will end two decades of roadworks
Picardy Place, which has not been fully free of roadworks for about the last 20 years according to the Transport Convener, Cllr Scott Arthur,...
Brunswick Road junction – Transport Convener says drivers’ behaviour is unacceptable
We visited the junction on Leith Walk where it meets Brunswick Road on Thursday evening and shot some videos - some of which are...
Macdonald leads members debate to mark 20 years of The Big...
Gordon Macdonald MSP led a members debate in the Scottish Parliament on Tuesday celebrating 20 years of the BIG Project, a local organisation based...
Council funding gap rises to £80 million
An extra £10 million of cuts will need to be identified by The City of Edinburgh Council next year, it has emerged, as councillors...
Excluding councillors from rents debate is wrong
Excluding tenants from debates about the private rented sector risks leaving “a quarter of the city disenfranchised”, a city councillor has warned.
It comes after...
