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Save Gorgie Farm Forever ask for just a little more time
The Save Gorgie Farm Forever (SGFF) campaign which is run by volunteers is asking for a little more time so that they can...
Celebrating Chinese New Year in Edinburgh
Edinburgh will celebrate Chinese New Year Festival with a huge programme of events and activities in the city to mark The Year of the...
Resurfacing work to begin at Wester Coates
As part of the City Centre West to East Link (CCWEL) the roads in the Wester Coates area are due for some resurfacing which...
Matheson to call on UK Government to help with moves to net zero
Net Zero & Energy Secretary, Michael Matheson, will give evidence to the Scottish Affairs Committee on Monday afternoon about hydrogen and Carbon Capture, Utilisation...
Gorgie City Farm charity in default with regulator
The charity LOVE Learning Scotland which is due to hand back the keys to Gorgie City Farm on Monday is in default with the...
Politicians demand action from local shops
Two SNP politicians, Edinburgh Central MSP, Angus Robertson, and Inverleith ward councillor, Vicky Nicolson, have demanded that local shops take action to prevent trolley...
Coates Crescent Gardens – damage caused to commemorative bench this weekend
One of the benches in Coates Crescent Gardens opposite the tram stop appears to have been damaged in an apparent act of vandalism on...
Tommy Smith heads petition to save BBC Scotland programmes from being axed
BBC Scotland has publicised its plans to wind up shows including Classics Unwrapped, Jazz Nights, and Pipeline.
But not if Wester Hailes born jazz...
Save Gorgie Farm Forever ramps up campaign
Save Gorgie Farm Forever (SGFF) wants to build a framework for the Gorgie community and the rest of the city to play an active...
Governments announce Green Freeport for Firth of Forth
Forth Green Freeport as well as Inverness and Cromarty Firth Green Freeport have been jointly selected by the Scottish and UK governments to become...
Letter from Scotland
Scotland’s SNP/Green government finds itself in an awkward corner. It is faced with strikes and pay demands in the education and health systems, but...
Greyfriars Bobby – shedding new light on an old story
On 14 January it is 151 years since the faithful Greyfriars Bobby died. There will be a ceremony in Greyfriars Kirkyard to mark the...
Brydon leaves Easter Road
Hibernian FC has announced that Jack Brydon has joined cinch League 1 side Queen of the South on a permanent transfer.
The terms of the...
Pedestrian in critical condition after collision on Nicolson Street
Road policing officers are appealing for information following a serious crash in Nicolson Street in Edinburgh involving a pedestrian and the driver...
Zoo expresses interest in Gorgie City Farm
Three private organisations, including The Royal Zoological Society of Scotland, are among groups understood to have expressed an interest in taking over Gorgie City...
Resignation of former Lord Provost sparks by-election
A by-election will be held on 9 March 2022 to elect a replacement for the former Rt Hon Lord Provost and councillor for the...
Eyre Place plans for student housing referred to hearing
The public are to be given a final say on highly controversial plans to build more student flats in Canonmills.
The application for 142 studio...
Council approves holiday flats in city centre
The City of Edinburgh Council has approved planning applications for 20 new AirBnB-style holiday flats in the city centre, despite a pledge to limit the...
Former councillors face standards hearing
The actions of two former Edinburgh councillors are to be examined following a complaint about their involvement in a vote to shut a heavily congested...
Police investigation connected to attempted murder
Detectives in Edinburgh are appealing for information after the attempted murder of a 28-year-old man in Edinburgh on Thursday, 5 January, 2023.
Around 10.10pm, officers...
Teachers seek ten per cent rise in pay
Striking teachers across Edinburgh have taken to the streets calling for an ‘across the board’ pay rise of 10 per cent.
Primary school staff in...
Eurovision bid at show ground would have cost council millions
A bid to bring the Eurovision song contest to Edinburgh indicated the council was in a financial position to provide up to £17.6m to host...
City Art Centre to host Peter Howson exhibition
The City Art Centre will be home to a major retrospective exhibition of one of the UK’s leading figurative painters, Peter Howson, which opens...
Primary schools closed today – more strike action planned for tomorrow
All primary schools in Edinburgh, as well as elsewhere in Scotland, are closed today while members of the EIS take strike action.
Late negotiations yesterday...
The Edinburgh sign is here to stay
In answer to a Freedom of Information request it appears that the Edinburgh sign may be here to stay for the next decade.
The...
Edinburgh schools receive funding for anti-racism project
Edinburgh’s school libraries have been awarded funding for a progressive anti-racism project, as part of the 2022/23 School Library Improvement Fund (SLIF).
Administered by the...
Future plans revealed for Thirty Knots
Buzzworks Holdings has taken over the former Three Bridges restaurant in South Queensferry, opening a new venue there called Thirty Knots.
The new restaurant has...
Shortage of staff will define Scotland’s financial sector this year
Balance of power sits with employees despite the recession.
An ”unprecedented" shortage of skilled labour will be the defining issue of the coming year according...
Edinburgh’s Christmas attracts more than two million visitors
The new production company UniqueAssembly which had bid successfully to run the events at Hogmanay suddenly found itself also delivering all the Christmas events...
‘Ten Years of Modern Masters’ opens at The Scottish Gallery
2023 opens at The Scottish Gallery with a special edition of Modern Masters, marking ten years since the series first launched, which has done...
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