Doors Open Days – Forth Road Bridge tours fully booked
FORTH ROAD BRIDGE OPEN DAY TOURS FULLY BOOKED
Overwhelming response to Doors Open Day toursVisitors have chance to enter charity raffle for bridge tower trip
Guided...
City leaders attend the Queen’s funeral
The Lord Provost and Lord Lieutenant of Edinburgh, Robert Aldridge, along with Council Leader Cammy Day, joined Lord Lieutenants from across the United Kingdom...
Council meeting on Thursday – Leader’s Report
It is back to business as usual when The City of Edinburgh council convenes on Thursday for a full council meeting.
The public may...
Funeral service to be shown on big screen in Holyrood Park
The funeral service for Her Majesty The Queen will be broadcast live on a big screen in Holyrood Park in front of the Palace...
Council using main Twitter account as EdinHelp suspended
A Twitter account run by The City of Edinburgh Council which serves as a vital resource for picking up residents’ questions and complaints has...
Flyers suffer late blow but joy for Stars in Challenge Cup...
Challenge Cup: Belfast Giants 2, Fife Flyers 1 (after sudden death overtime); Glasgow Clan 1, Dundee Stars 3.
Fife Flyers were minutes away from recording...
Councillors in Edinburgh remember the Queen at special meeting
The Rt Hon Lord Provost, Robert Aldridge said on Friday that Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II has left the capital for the final time...
Leonardo employees raise vital funds for isolated older people in Edinburgh
Aerospace Engineering company chooses LifeCare Edinburgh as its new charity partner
Leonardo’s Edinburgh employees have voted to make LifeCare Edinburgh the focus of their charitable...
Letter from Scotland
“We will not see her like again.” The words of Nicola Sturgeon as she stood on the tarmac at Edinburgh airport, watching the Queen’s...
No suitable sites found for Gaelic secondary school
Alternative sites for a Gaelic secondary school in the capital have been ruled out by the council, as the project risks further delays.
Little headway...
First street hub sign given approval
A large illuminated advertising display that will also transmit free wi-fi has been approved to replace two old phone boxes outside Edinburgh’s Commonwealth Pool after a...
HM the Queen now lying in state in Westminster Hall
Her Majesty the Queen who died on 8 September will now lie in state until the State Funeral on Monday 19 September which has...
Permission for new chapel refused due to ‘poor design’
A religious group’s bid to build a new chapel in the garden of its existing place of worship in Edinburgh has failed after the...
Bank holiday on Monday for State Funeral of HM The Queen
Guidance has been issued by The Scottish Government for the bank holiday on Monday 19 September when the State Funeral of Her Majesty The...
Man jailed for 15 years for historic abuse at school in...
A 75-year-old man has been ordered to serve 15 years in prison for sexually abusing children more than 40 years ago.
Brian Dailey was sentenced...
Change to West Lothian catchment area called for
A new West Lothian high school’s catchment area should include part of Edinburgh so that pupils attending a Catholic primary in South Queensferry can...
The Complete Guide to Scotland’s Gambling Scene
Whisky distilleries, bagpipes, rich history and men in kilts - that’s what Scotland is all about, or at least, so it seems. Yet, there...
Red Mass will be celebrated at St Mary’s this weekend
His Grace,Archbishop Leo Cushley will celebrate the annual Red Mass at noon on Sunday 18 September 2022 at St Mary’s Cathedral, Broughton Street.
Members...
Lord Wallace pays tribute to Her Majesty The Queen
Former Moderator of the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland, Lord Jim Wallace, has paid tribute to Her Majesty The Queen in the...
Edinburgh has its historic moment – now time to get back...
Now it is time to get back to normal for everyone involved in Operation Unicorn, a well-rehearsed exercise involving Police Scotland, The Scottish Government...
Paying respects to The Queen – a glimpse of history
After a restorative break following the end of the Festival, Edinburgh again became the focus of national and international attention this week.
The city...
Her Majesty The Queen – Scottish events are now over
Her Majesty The Queen left Scotland on Tuesday afternoon and has been flown to London where the coffin will Lie in State ahead of...
Special council meeting – councillors to offer their tributes to Her...
A special council meeting has been called for this Friday when councillors will respond to the motion lodged by The Rt Hon Lord Provost...
At The Scottish Parliament – tributes paid in response to motion...
The First Minister lodged a Motion of Condolence at The Scottish Parliament in response to the death of Her Majesty The Queen during last...
Some schools will be closed on Tuesday
There will be a great deal of travel disruption along the route of the Queen’s funeral cortege on Tuesday afternoon.
Police Scotland will put numerous...
Edinburgh Trams running all night on Monday
As the city mourns the passing of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II, Edinburgh Trams will run additional services to help residents and visitors to...
On Tuesday afternoon Her late Majesty’s cortege will leave Edinburgh –...
Members of the public are expected to turn out in large numbers in the capital on Tuesday to pay their final respects to Her...
London – Her Majesty The Queen – Lying in State
Members of the public will be able to pay their respects to Her Majesty The Queen at the Lying in State at The Palace...
Her Majesty The Queen
Earlier today, Her Majesty The Queen’s coffin was carried from The Place of Holyroodhouse to where will Lie at Rest in St Giles’ Cathedral...
Edinburgh Community Bookshop looking for donations now
Edinburgh Community Bookshop, due to open in October, is a new project in Leith selling donated second-hand books to raise funds for local charities.
The...
