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First Minister opens new Thistle Foundation building
First Minister Nicola Sturgeon joined those supported by Thistle Foundation in Craigmillar earlier today to bury a time capsule.
Thistle Foundation is a Scottish charity working...
Man assaulted in Craigmillar
A serious assault took place in a house on Craigmillar Castle Road last night around 8.15pm and Edinburgh police are appealing for anyone who...
Lidl begin the Craigmillar regeneration
The regeneration of Craigmillar Town Centre in East Edinburgh has started with works commencing on a Lidl supermarket at Niddrie Mains Road.
The store was granted...
Bridgend Farmhouse wins £1 MILLION Lottery grant
A project in South-East Edinburgh to renovate a 19th Century farmhouse and turn it into a community hub has received nearly £1 million from the...
What’s on – Craigmillar Book Festival
Sylvia Gorman is the librarian at Castlebrae Community High School but she is also Secretary of the Craigmillar Literacy Trust who organise Craigmillar Book Festival.
We...
MP calls on local businesses to support Craigmillar community project fundraising
Tommy Sheppard MP has called on Edinburgh businesses to help a Craigmillar-based community project reach its fundraising target.
The Craigmillar Community Grows project supports a...
Lidl planning a new store in Craigmillar
Grocer of the Year, Lidl, submits detailed application for new concept store as part of Craigmillar’s town centre regeneration
The EDI Group Ltd has announced...
Defibrillators at the ready in Craigmillar
The Edinburgh Reporter met up with Kevin Finlay from Kids in the Street recently at the 'graduation ceremony' being held in the White House in Craigmillar....
D-Day for Bridgend Farm project
On Thursday (24th September) Edinburgh councillors will decide the future of Bridgend Farmhouse. A local charity and its supporters are hoping the council will...
Edinburgh councillor blogs – Councillor Maureen Child
by Councillor Maureen Child, Portobello/Craigmillar Ward
It’s been a bit of a long-running saga, but the railway bridge at Brighton Place/Southfield Place is to be inspected starting...
Awards ceremony for Castlebrae pupils this morning
School pupils have put down their pencils in favour of builders’ tools to give Sandy’s Community Centre a new path as part of Castlebrae...
Car fire in Craigmillar
Earlier this morning Scottish Fire and Rescue Service were called to wasteland just behind the Thistle Foundation in Craigmillar where a car was on...
South Edinburgh charity wins a red plaque
Edinburgh charity recognised for delivery of vital services to young people
Health Opportunities Team, working across the Portobello/Craigmillar & Liberton/Gilmerton areas of Edinburgh, has become...
New business being opened in Craigmillar today
A social enterprise has opened for business in Craigmillar in a bid to bring contract manufacturing back to Edinburgh and create much-needed jobs.After Edinburgh...
Thursday in Edinburgh – What’s On Today
Bookbug: songs and rhymes for young children and babies. 10.30-11am, Oxgangs Library, 343 Oxgangs Road North.
Live Music Now: Slide Too Far. Formed two years ago in Glasgow,...
What’s On in Edinburgh this week
MONDAY 24TH NOVEMBER 2014
Mrs Mash at The Skylark: songs, stories and joining in fun from Mrs Mash aka Marie Louise Cochrane, the Storytelling Cook, for...
Thursday in Edinburgh – What’s On Today
With Nerve and Heart and Mind: in her poem The German Ward, Vera Brittain wrote of how she worked with 'nerve and heart and mind' to match...
Free books for Primary 1 children across Scotland
Every Primary 1 child in Scotland will get not one but three free books as part of the celebrations next week during Book Week...
What’s On in Edinburgh this week
MONDAY 17TH NOVEMBER 2014
Delighters: Hula Hooping - taster session. For ages 14+, beginners or beginners + - session will be tailored to the abilities...
Man missing from Portobello
UPDATE MAN has now been traced.
Police Scotland is appealing for information to help trace a 68-year-old man who has been reported missing from Edinburgh.
Dennis...
Fringe actor runs theatre workshop at Craigmillar Community Arts
You may recall that The Edinburgh Reporter spoke to Vickie Tanner before she left New York to come to Edinburgh to stage her one...
What’s On in Edinburgh this week
MONDAY 11TH AUGUST 2014
Phill Jupitus: Sketch Comic. The National Galleries of Scotland are letting legendary stand-up, poet and roving sketchsmith Phill Jupitus loose in...
What’s On in Edinburgh this week
MONDAY 4TH AUGUST 2014
GENERATION: Curator's Tour. Senior Curator Lucy Askew leads an introductory tour of the GENERATION exhibition at Modern Art One, introducing key...
Mary Queen of Scots in Craigmillar
An archaeological dig at Bridgend farm house on the edge of Craigmillar Castle Park has been trying to find traces of an old chapel...
Cancer Screening in Craigmillar today
WOMEN IN EDINBURGH URGED TO STAY IN THE BREAST OF HEALTH
Women in Edinburgh will be encouraged to take the ‘breast challenge’ this week, as...
What’s on in Edinburgh this week?
Monday 12 May 2014 - Out of the Blue is 20!
Louise Bourgeois' Sunday Salons: Artist Julie Roberts shares her experience of attending one of...
Edinburgh Zoo invites 96 children to become Zoo explorers
This Easter Edinburgh Zoo’s Discovery and Learning department is working in partnership with Edinburgh City Council to provide a unique day out for children...
Big Lottery awards £300,000 to two Edinburgh projects
The Big Lottery Fund has announced over £10m of funding for projects across Scotland to improve community spaces. From a plot which will become...
Vote online for your new community councillor
VOTING MADE EASY FOR 2013 COMMUNITY COUNCIL ELECTIONS
For the first time, local people taking part in this year's Community Council elections in Edinburgh will be...
Innovation Fund open for applications
A new £500,000 Innovation Fund is now open for funding applications from voluntary, charitable, not for profit organisations who provide health and social care in Edinburgh.
Funding...
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