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Five things you need to know today
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....
EIFF 2015 – Opens with Robert Carlyle’s The Legend of Barney Thomson
This year's Edinburgh International Film Festival will begin in a few weeks with the directorial debut from Robert Carlyle, The Legend of Barney Thomson...
Saturday in Edinburgh – What’s On Today
Once Upon a Time: weekly storytelling in the Book Bothy with BB the Bookshop Bunny and Hardy the Guinea-Pig! 11am, Far From the Madding Crowd,...
Five things you need to know today
Hidden Door ends today
Rail Strike - new dates announced
Screen Education Edinburgh needs you!
Edinburgh Festival video portraits
Meadows Festival
The organisers at Hidden Door would really like...
Summer Fashion Show fundraiser
Fundraising event organised by the combined effort of two independent boutiques based in the Bruntsfield area.
The popular independent shops in the Edinburgh Bruntsfield area:...
Edinburgh Councillor blogs – Maureen Child
Councillor Maureen Child who represents Craigentinny and Portobello gives us her weekly rundown of events that are taking place in and around Portobello in the next week.
The Portobello...
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...
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...
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 –...
New Cadell to go on display this week
The Scottish National Portrait Gallery has acquired a new Cadell which it will be putting on display this week. The painting is a self-portrait...
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,...
Friday in Edinburgh – What’s On Today
One World Peace Ceilidh: a fun night of dancing, entertainment, food and drink to raise funds for the One World Shop and Edinburgh Peace...
Five things you need to know today
Solar project to become a reality
Edinburgh Festival of Cycling
Edinburgh to have ultrafast broadband
Refugee Festival Scotland
Short Film Night
Following earlier promises to do so, the council is...
Edinburgh Trams ahead of target
At this time last year we were getting ready to let everyone else on the tram. Edinburgh Trams had been running test journeys and press...
Have your say on route for fibre network across Edinburgh
Better broadband connection is one way to improve what Edinburgh offers its businesses, and the newly launched GIG UP Edinburgh campaign is intended to make a real...
Scottish Refugee Festival 2015
The Refugee Festival Scotland takes place from next week and there is a packed programme of events planned for the capital. The festival began 15...
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...
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...
Thursday in Edinburgh What’s On Today
Cameo Big Scream: special screenings for parents and carers and their babies under 12 months old. Membership of the Big Scream Club costs £5,...
Five things you need to know today
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...
Many films to choose from at EIFF 2015
The programme was announced earlier today for the Edinburgh International Film Festival 2015 with what we considered to be a fairly subdued fanfare. The programme...
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...
What you need to know about the ODEON Fort Kinnaird
The Edinburgh Reporter was delighted to go along recently to have a look at the new cinema at Fort Kinnaird (and to enjoy the...
Trams to extend bikes on board trial
For just under a month now it has been possible for you to take a bike on a tram and now Edinburgh Trams have announced...
New cook book launched today
Tenants and Residents in Muirhouse (TRIM) and Pilton Community Health Project held an event earlier today at Muirhouse Community Shop to launch the community Cook and...
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...
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,...
TERLive! EIFF 2015 programme as it happens
The full programme for the Edinburgh International Film Festival 2015 will be announced today. We have set up a live blog here to capture...
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...
Wednesday in Edinburgh – What’s On Today
The Art of the Classroom: an exhibition of work by pupils of Craigroyston Primary School. Paintings, models, pictures and drawings all reflecting the wide...
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