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National Lottery funding for Harbour Homes will create two jobs
The National Lottery announced their Community Fund Awards today and Harbour Homes Scotland Limited is among the 30+ groups which have received project funding....
New SAFE service for children and young people
A youth care charity has announced a new service for children and young people who have been victim to, or witnessed, a crime.
SAFE is...
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By Election in Corstorphine/Murrayfield today
Voting takes place today in the Corstorphine/Murrayfield ward where there is one councillor place vacant. The other two councillors are...
Household Hardship Fund has helped Oxgangs Neighbourhood Centre
The council leader was in Oxgangs on Wednesday to promote the Household Hardship Fund.
This is a £2.5 million fund provided by the National...
Ratho Primary celebrates 40th birthday today
Ratho Primary School opened its doors 40 years ago today.
To celebrate there is a week of events and later today there is a...
Haymarket Terrace to close to traffic for seven months
Temporary changes to the road layout at Haymarket will be necessary firstly to divert a gas main to allow for the City Centre West...
The Film Festival will be back in town this August
The Edinburgh International Film Festival (EIFF) will be back in 2023, despite the charity which ran it going into administration last year.
In an announcement...
Scottish Men’s Sheds Association appoint a new trustee
A new board member has been appointed by The Scottish Men's Sheds Association (SMSA) which is the national support hub in Scotland.
The new...
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Today 8 March is International Women's Day. It is a day for focussing on women of all ages, in every country in the world,...
To celebrate International Women’s Day – Women in UNISON
UNISON, the largest organisation of women in UK, will celebrate International Women’s Day today with a first of its kind event which will include...
Recommendation to continue Christmas contract with Unique Assembly
The company which stepped in at the eleventh hour to deliver Edinburgh’s Christmas market is set to have its contract extended – despite the...
Alberta Whittle at Modern One
Alberta Whittle: create dangerously opens at Modern One on 1 April and will run until 7 January 2024.
New multi-media works by the Barbadian-Scottish artist,...
By election candidates have their say ahead of polling day
Candidates vying to become Edinburgh’s newest city councillor have set out their stalls as the countdown to polling day begins – with the battle...
Cocktails for charity at Dakota
Luxury hotel group Dakota Hotels have revealed their International Women’s Day charity cocktail list – inspired by their very own female team members –...
Jardine’s bill to tackle online abuse against women
Edinburgh West MP Christine Jardine has tabled a Bill in the UK Parliament calling for action to tackle online abuse against women and girls,...
Physical activity is key to social prescribing model approach
Physical activity key to social prescribing model approach. New paper calls on leadership and policy to deliver significant change
Sixty leading health specialists and politicians...
First Coast celebrates two decades of serving good food
First Coast is first choice with many Edinburgh diners for two decades.
Now the restaurant is celebrating 20 years in business. The secret of...
Try the tram to Murrayfield this weekend
With some of the greatest rugby rivalries being played at BT Murrayfield this month, Edinburgh Trams urge fans to avoid being stuck in traffic...
Hibs appoint McPherson as Non-Executive Chairman
Hibernian FC has appointed Edinburgh lawyer, Malcolm McPherson, as the Club’s Non-Executive Chairman and financier, Kathrin Hamilton, as Non-Executive Vice-Chairman.
McPherson has had a long-term...
LifeCare Edinburgh looking for new trustees
LifeCare Edinburgh is looking for new trustees to help the charity in its work supporting local older people.
The organisation is at an exciting stage...
TUI add more hotels to holiday destinations in Spain and Turkey
More choice for holidaymakers from Edinburgh in summer 2024 has been announced today as TUI added 1,500 more hotels to their 22 holiday destinations....
Community centre may be saved with council grant
A ‘life-saving’ Edinburgh community centre threatened with closure has been given fresh hope for the future as the council is set to award a...
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Duncan Hendry
Capital Theatres have announced the sad death of Duncan Hendry their former Chief Executive until 2019. Mr Hendry was at the helm...
History of the RBS building which will make way for the Dunard Centre
The 1960s brutalist building in the tight space behind the former RBS HQ in St Andrew Square will be demolished to make way for...
Eyre Place residents being ignored says Choudhury
Foysol Choudhury Labour MSP for Lothian has been supportive of the residents in Eyre Place Lane and the flats which front Rodney Street who...
The story behind the Frederick Douglass mural
Ross Blair is an artist and technologist, and you will almost certainly have noticed his work on the streets of the capital.
He created the...
Planning news in Edinburgh this March
We have taken a look at some of the significant planning applications lodged in Edinburgh this last month.
Plans have been lodged by Gray MacPherson...
Charity fundraiser nets more than £50,000
Actress and comedian, Nina Wadia, was in Edinburgh at the weekend to meet children living with type 1 diabetes.
Following her own son’s diagnosis...
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With apologies that this article is being published a little later than usual, we are still keen to keep you up to date with...
Trams to Newhaven – parking and loading restrictions will be effective shortly
When using Leith Walk or indeed any street in Edinburgh between York Place and Newhaven along the tram route, drivers need to be know...
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