Initiative to make bus travel safer for vulnerable people
Police, bus companies and other partners have teamed up to make bus travel even safer for some of the most vulnerable members of our communities.
Starting...
Scottish Missing Persons Week takes place from 28 May to 3...
Scottish Missing Persons Week takes place from 28 May to 3 June 2018 to raise awareness of the scale and complex nature of the...
EVOC supports Elsie statue
EVOC lends support to campaign for statue of Elsie Inglis
Edinburgh Voluntary Organistions’ Council (EVOC) has announced its support for the campaign to erect a...
New investment in NHS diagnostics and care
£50M TO SUPPORT TREATMENT ACROSS SCOTLAND
The NHS in Edinburgh and the Lothians is set to benefit from a share of a £50 million Scotland-wide investment to...
Police Scotland Youth Volunteers Annual Awards for 2018
More than 200 Police Scotland Youth and Adult Volunteers from as far away as Shetland and Stranraer gathered at the Police Scotland College, Tulliallan,...
Police publish quarterly crime stats
The Quarter 4 Management Information Report which provides in-depth information about Police Scotland and recorded crime across the country was published today.
The data, while...
Witness appeal following assault in Fountainbridge
Police are appealing for witnesses following an assault in the Fountainbridge area which took place around 1.05am on Sunday morning near to the Fountain Park...
Edinburgh councillor blogs – Councillor Mary Campbell on school meals
Mary Campbell welcomes progress on school lunches but says there is an opportunity to go so much further.
This week my son will eat the...
Funding for energy efficiency in the capital
£3,418,399 to improve energy efficiency in Edinburgh
The Scottish Government says Edinburgh residents will benefit from £3,418,399 of funding to help make homes more energy...
Save Meadowbank campaigners criticise politicians
The campaigners behind the Save Meadowbank campaign have criticised politicians who failed to attend their meeting last month. They say that the council plans...
First Minister heads to Brussels
The First Minister will be in Brussels tomorrow for a variety of engagements including a meeting with the EU's Chief Brexit negotiator Michel Barnier...
Crisis for Penicuik parade
Derek Wilson has issued a stark warning to the people of Penicuik: "Support the Parade committee or lose it."
The committee has now shrunk to...
Police hunt driver of stolen Audi A3 after fatal crash
A criminal investigation is underway following a fatal road collision that took place in the early hours of Friday 25th May.
At around 12.30am, a grey Audi A3...
Scottish Conservatives launch Save Our Roads campaign
Jeremy Balfour MSP calls for action in tackling Edinburgh’s growing problem with
potholes.
The Scottish Conservatives have launched a national pothole campaign, ‘Save Our Roads’, to raise awareness of...
Edinburgh councillor blogs – Councillor Maureen Child
Councillor Maureen Child represents Portobello/Craigentinny Ward for the Labour Party. Here she shares the content of her inbox with us.
Dear All
As anyone who tried...
Council moving on with tourist tax
The City of Edinburgh Council has announced today that it welcomes new research on Transient Visitor Levy (TVL) or tourist tax, and that it...
Two men due in court after drugs seizure
Two men aged 22 and 59 are due to appear at Edinburgh Sheriff Court after heroin and cocaine worth around £300,000 was found during police raids...
Witness appeal after hedge fire in Mayfield
Police are appealing for witnesses as part of an ongoing investigation into a fire in Mayfield which took place around 2.20pm yesterday afternoon.
A 12ft by...
Matchworn Hibs’ jerseys up for auction to help Community Foundation
Dylan McGeouch's and Flo Kamberi's matchworn jerseys from Hibs final home match of the season are now up for auction.
The Hibernian Community Foundation are auctioning off...
Body found in car after four vehicle collision on Maybury Road
A body has been discovered inside a car which caught fire following a four-vehicle collision on Maybury Road at 12.30am this morning.
Police have closed the...
Learning Disability Festival 2018
You are encourage to get along to Leith Links tomorrow to celebrate the achievements of people who have a learning disability and the organisations...
Cyrenians launch Nobody Chooses This campaign
To mark their half century the Edinburgh charity are going to raise half a million pounds from businesses so that they can continue their...
India Buildings campaigners to hold meeting next week
There will be a meeting on 29 May : The Betrayal of Community, Culture and Heritage held by those who have fought long to...
Cyclist in purse snatch
Police are appealing for witnesses after the theft of a purse on Groathill Drive North which took place around 12.30pm yesterday.
The purse was taken...
ScotRail adding more seats for Sunday’s Edinburgh Marathon
ScotRail have announced plans to provide additional services for those attending Sunday's Edinburgh Marathon.
Spectators and runners will benefit from extra carriages on trains between...
Small number of victims scammed out of £1.2m in past three...
Police are urging members of the public to be on their guard after a small number of victims were scammed out of a total...
Tickets going fast for Hibs’ legends charity match at Ainslie Park...
Fourteen Hibs' 'legends' have now signed up for Saturday's charity match at Ainslie Park and over 1,400 tickets have been sold so far.
The game...
Hibs’ fan Hugh Cockburn’s charity bike ride nears completion
Sunderland based Hibs' fan Hugh Cockburn's quest to cycle to every senior Scottish football ground in memory of Hibernian Supporters Club St Patrick's Branch...
Film hopes to inspire hill walking in Scotland
A film about an octogenarian tackling one of Scotland’s most iconic mountains hopes to inspire visitors to pull on their hiking boots, say VisitScotland,
Edie,...
Planning decision today for Pinkhill
We were reminded by local residents that the decision on the replacement for a three storey office building in Pinkhill is to be made...
