Trams will be free for service personnel during Remembrance
Armed services veterans, and serving members of the Army, Air Force and Navy, are being offered free tram travel to this year’s remembrance events...
Man arrested following two deaths in Craigmillar
Police Scotland confirm that a 65-year-old man has been arrested and charged in connection with the deaths of two men on Greendykes Road in...
The Old Edinburgh Club – a series of winter talks
The Old Edinburgh Club is the city's local history society, concerned with all aspects of the city’s history and development. The Old Edinburgh Club...
Letter from Scotland
Guy Fawkes Night is particularly explosive this year. The fireworks at Westminster have shocked and outraged us Scots. But so have the “firework riots”...
St Andrews Children’s Society celebrates its centenary
St Andrew's Children's Society, the adoption and fostering agency celebrated its centenary with a visit from the Rt Hon Lord Provost of Edinburgh,...
Edinburgh recovery service extended with government funding
Residential rehabilitation capacity in Edinburgh has been increased with the help of Scottish Government funding.
Additional residential rehabilitation and detox capacity has been created at...
Late surge sees Devils beat Flyers
Viaplay Elite League: Cardiff Devils 7, Fife Flyers 4
Fife Flyers let slip a 4-2 lead to skid to a 7-4 defeat at high-flying Cardiff...
Capital Coffee – Kilimanjaro
Kilimanjaro has been a popular coffee spot for about 18 years. Based in the Southside it is regularly teaming with students.
It's definitely one...
Council continue to reject BT street hubs
Efforts by BT to introduce ‘street hubs’ in Edinburgh have again been rejected by the council.
Plans to replace 50 derelict payphones in the capital...
Academic event discusses leadership and sustainability at pre-COP 27 event
At an event convened at Panmure House on Tuesday evening, leaders from academia, business, politics and the third sector gathered to discuss the experience...
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...
