Tag: The City of Edinburgh Council
Haymarket development now ready to appear above ground
After two years of work to strengthen the tunnels underneath which alone took 30,000 hours of work, Interserve and Tiger Developments have announced they are ready to start building tHe Haymarket, a £200 million joint...
New 3G pitch for Balerno
Balerno now has a new 3G sports pitch thanks to money gathered from criminals in the Cashback for Pitches programme. This scheme provided over £300,000 towards the cost of the new sports facility opened...
Edinburgh Councillor blogs – Maureen Child
Councillor Maureen Child has given us her latest round up of news and what's on in Portobello.
Portobello Community Council want to hear from anyone aged 10 - 17 in Porty re services and facilities for...
Councillor to abseil for Lothians charity
Councillor Norman Work will be jumping off the Forth Bridge this weekend to raise funds for VOCAL (Voice of Carers Across Lothian), and will also mark the start of events taking place across Edinburgh to mark National...
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Community Clean-up
Consultation on Parks and Greenspaces
Dementia Awareness Week
Time for Tea
Code the City
There will be a Community Clean up this Sunday at West Pilton Green. StrongerNorth say : "Residents and local landlords of this area...
Council to use Facebook to recruit new foster carers
A Question and Answer session on Facebook is the latest initiative by the City of Edinburgh Council to recruit more foster carers.
This will be the first time the Council has used the social media...
New appointment to council Transport Committee
Following a 'reshuffle' within the Edinburgh Council Conservative Group, Councillor Nick Cook has been appointed as new Conservative Group Spokesman for Transport and Environment.
His appointment as Spokesman follows his move to the Transport and...
Drumbrae Library cafe to close today
The news broke earlier in the week that the cafe in Drumbrae Library Hub will close later today.
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We have some sad news – our cafe is going to close this Friday the 29th...
Councillor blogs – Melanie Main on education and parent representatives
At yesterday's full council meeting and AGM the Green Group put forward an addendum to the council's proposal to appoint one parent representative to the Education, Children and Families Committee. The Green Group were keen that...
Edinburgh appoints new Chief Executive
The City of Edinburgh Council has this morning unanimously approved the appointment of Andrew Kerr to the position of Chief Executive to take over the role from 27 July.
Dame Sue Bruce who has led...
New Depute Lord Provost appointed
Following her successful General Election campaign and her appointment as an MP one has to forgive Leith councillor Deidre Brock for deciding that she has enough on her plate. She is now one of the 56...
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Public Consultation on Royal High School
Cruise ship in Leith today
Broughton Project Group picnic
Barnardo's Golf
Photography Project needs you!
The first public consultation meeting in relation to the Proposal of Application for the former Royal High School will be held...
Call for fair rents for all
Edinburgh council has signed up to Shelter Scotland's Make Renting Right campaign which demands fair rent for all tenants.
Council Leader Andrew Burns, and Deputy Leader Sandy Howat, put their names to the housing charity's Make Renting...
Cycle lane changes to be introduced on George Street
A new set up for cyclists will be introduced in the city centre in September when the current trial comes to an end. This will be a conventional one-way layout not alongside the kerb but...
Mortonhall Memorial to be a water garden
The Multi-Agency Working Group made up of bereaved families affected by the Mortonhall 'Babies Ashes' scandal, representatives from other groups such as stillbirth and neonatal death society, SANDS Lothian, and SIMBA, the Simpson's Memory Box Appeal, have...
Devising a planning framework for Edinburgh City Region
Edinburgh's planning Convener Councillor Ian Perry is the Chair of an organisation called SESPlan which includes six councils from across the Edinburgh City Region. The six are charged with producing a Strategic Development Plan for...
Guide Dogs ride for free on the trams
Just under a year since the first paying passengers got on an Edinburgh Tram now they are welcoming trainee guide dog puppies. (Awww cute!)
The student pooches are to be given free travel on buses...
Christmas and Hogmanay celebrations in the capital return a profit
At this morning's Culture and Sport Committee councillors heard that a profit share would be paid to the city of just under £29,000 from the two festivals at Christmas and Hogmanay.
Ticket sales at Edinburgh's Christmas...
Look out your old teddy bears!
You are invited to look out your favourite childhood toys and have them photographed for a new exhibition.
Simon Moorhouse’s Nostalgia exhibition features photos of adults with their favourite childhood toys and memorabilia, exploring their...
Tollcross Primary School entertain Spanish guests
This week Tollcross Primary School becomes the first City of Edinburgh Council primary school to entertain language exchange students during a week long visit.
The Edinburgh Reporter met all of them on Monday morning when the...
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Council news
Gretna 100
Edinburgh Art Festival has begun!
Granny Green
Police Scotland are recruiting
At the full council meeting this Thursday there are a lot of administrative matters to be dealt with. Councillor Ricky Henderson who was a...
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Musselburgh Racecourse in brewery tie up
Bookbug Week
Dementia Awareness Day
Queensferry Lifeboat is recruiting
Liz Lochhead
Musselburgh Racecourse has agreed a three year deal with Edinburgh’s only remaining Victorian brewery, The Caledonian Brewery, to become its exclusive supplier of draught...
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New Chief Executive at the council
Scottish Apprenticeship Week
Edinburgh Festival of Cycling
Daisy Moll is running a half marathon!
Lease agreed on Customs House
The City of Edinburgh Council will be asked to ratify the decision, but it...
It’s Bookbug Week!
BookBug Week was launched at Gorgie City Farm earlier today.
Counting sheep for good bedtime reading, children from Murrayfield Nursery snuggle up with childrens' author Debi Gliori, Bookbug and a couple of sheep at Gorgie City...
Council announces new Chief Executive
Following Dame Sue Bruce's retirement announcement made earlier this year the search has been ongoing for a new council boss. Today Andrew Kerr has been names as the preferred candidate for the post of Chief...
#Edinburgh100RAK celebrating success for This is Edinburgh
Lucky Edinburgh residents may be in for a pleasant surprise, as local businesses come together to hand out 100 Random Acts of Kindness to celebrate the city centre’s official ‘This is Edinburgh’ Facebook page reaching 100,000...
West End BID to open ballot for voting
Hot on the heels of the voting frenzy of last week, there will be more voting opportunities for businesses in the West End from today.
Edinburgh’s West End BID Steering Group has launched their proposed manifesto...
Tram inquiry calls for evidence
The Edinburgh Tram Inquiry is chaired by former judge and Lord Advocate The Rt. Honourable the Lord Hardie who was appointed to the post in June 2014.
When the First Minister at the time, Alex Salmond,...
VE Day celebrations in Edinburgh
The Lord Provost Donald Wilson will visit residents of the Erskine Edinburgh care home later today to join celebrations marking 70 years since the end of the Second World War in Europe.
Arranged by staff at...
#GE2015 Edinburgh results welcomed by SNP
There are 650 MPs elected to the UK government from seats across four countries. 533 in England, 59 in Scotland. 40 in Wales and 18 in Northern Ireland.
From today there are now 55 SNP...
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