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Portobello High School – Private Bill lodged at Holyrood
A Private Bill to allow the new Portobello High School to be built in Portobello Park was introduced in the Scottish Parliament today.
The City...
Edinburgh Greens nominate candidate for Liberton and Gilmerton by-election
Edinburgh Greens have chosen Alys Mumford to contest the Liberton-Gilmerton by-election on 20 June.Alys is 24 years old and is currently the director of Jubilee...
Pennywell residents hit out at bin store mess
Residents at a block of flats have hit out at the council for allowing their communal bin store to be full of rubbish. Residents...
Edinburgh Students raising dough for MS
A group of Edinburgh University students are preparing for one of the nation’s most mouth-watering fundraising events – the MS Society’s Cake Break.
This year...
Lothian Buses want your old phones
The award winning bus company is recycling old phones for charity.
Everybody has an old mobile phone lying around gathering dust at the back of...
Five things you need to know today
Governance Risk and Best Value Committee - Domestic abuse seminar, Edinburgh - The Friends of Water of Leith Basin - House @42 - Today...
Civil Service Strollers FC announce new football partnership
Civil Service Strollers FC have confirmed they have entered into a Football Partnership with Salvesen Community FC. The agreement, which is for an initial...
Art in the Grassmarket
A city with an international reputation for welcoming visitors, Edinburgh attracts people from all over the world and many decide to stay and make...
VIDEO – Edinburgh College of Art Fashion Show – tickets still available!
The Edinburgh College of Art Fashion Show will showcase the latest designs from some of the UK’s brightest students studying fashion, performance costume, and...
Scottish Power Swap Shop
ScottishPower Swap Shop reaches out to 5,000 schoolchildren to mark fifth anniversary of ScottishPower Swap Shop,
Children across Scotland are set to take part in...
Requests for ‘out of catchment’ school places reduces
More children will be attending schools near their homes from this year.
The number of requests for out-of-catchment primary school places in Edinburgh has fallen...
Five things you need to know today
Tram Project Update - Priority Parking - Afternoon Tea with the Military Wives Choir - Wine tasting at The Scotsman Hotel - Postcode Challenge
The trams...
Care Inspectorate urges discussion about care services
INVOLVING PEOPLE IN CARE SERVICES “ESSENTIAL”, WARNS CARE INSPECTORATE
Involving old and vulnerable people in key decisions about the care they receive is “essential”, the...
Scottish Cup Final 26 April 1902 Hibs 1 Celtic 0
Every football fan from the capital knows that Hibs last won the Scottish Cup in 1902. Hibs’ supporters are reminded of this statistic every...
Government offers Cash for recycling
If you are old enough to remember glass lemonade bottles, then you will recall that taking these back to the shop resulted in a...
VIDEO – Morningside Youth Pipe Band looking for new members and sponsorship
Morningside Youth Pipe Band (MYPB) only started playing together in November last year, but we found them in great form at Boroughmuir High School...
Queen Margaret University off to forge links with Malawi
Scottish academics will travel to Malawi to celebrate an important milestone with Malawian graduates who have influenced international health.
Experts from the Institute of International...
Granton tunnel gets a makeover
A group of young people from Drylaw have been taking part in an Art project over the past two months, transforming a tunnel on...
Youth worker paddles to raise funds
A youth worker from the North of the city will paddle fifty-seven miles in less than twenty four hours as part of a fundraising...
Edinburgh’s no eviction strategy not echoed in East Lothian
The City of Edinburgh Council decided last week to take a stance on council tenants who are in arrears of rent. Their stance is...
Abseil for NSPCC!
NSPCC Scotland is challenging people across Edinburgh and the Lothians to test their nerve next month with a charity abseil from the iconic Forth...
Edinburgh music school in line for award
Technophonia by Oliver Searle shortlisted for Royal Philharmonic Society Award
The City of Edinburgh Music School in conjunction with Drake Music Scotland has been shortlisted...
Rugby Sevens World Cup arrives in Edinburgh
Scottish Rugby Union and Glasgow Warriors scrum-half Chris Cusiter (right) and Mark Robertson (left, former Edinburgh Rugby winger) are photographed with the HSBC Rugby...
Go foraging with Edinburgh Larder
Eleanor Cunningham of The Edinburgh Larder tells you what's good to eat at this time of year, and has a suggestion for you...
Scotland has...
Stephen Nolan jailed for 15 years for Saughton Park murder
A former taxi driver who murdered his victim in an Edinburgh park has been jailed.
At the High Court in Glasgow today, Stephen Nolan was...
What was it like being blind in Victorian Edinburgh?
A unique but unsettling glimpse into what the lives of blind people were like in Victorian and Edwardian Edinburgh is to be made public.
The Royal...
World Book Night being celebrated across Edinburgh
It will not surprise you to know that the libraries are where it is all happening this evening to celebrate World Book Night. WBN...
Council By-Election in Liberton and Gilmerton next month
DATE CONFIRMED FOR LIBERTON AND GILMERTON BY-ELECTION
A by-election will be held in the Liberton and Gilmerton ward on Thursday 20 June 2013 following the...
Hibs’ Legend Pat Stanton Unveils Personalised Stones
Hibs legend Pat Stanton officially unveiled almost 1000 personalised dark green granite stones placed at the entrance of the Easter Road East Stand before...
Five things you need to know today
Health Wellbeing and Housing Committee - Oxgangs Library - Magic Festival is launched - City centre consultation - Assembly Rooms shortlisted for awards
The council's Health,...
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