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People’s Postcode Lottery awards funding to Street League
This evening at People’s Postcode Lottery Charity Gala at the Assembly Rooms, First Minister the Rt Hon Nicola Sturgeon presented Street League Chief Executive Matt...
Corstorphine Public Hall raising funds for rebuilding
When Corstorphine Public Hall was burned to the ground in 2013 it was a disaster for all the local groups who used it.
An appeal...
16,000 affordable homes for Edinburgh
Representatives from housing associations and senior Council officials signed an agreement this morning to build 16,000 affordable homes in Edinburgh over the next decade.
Six not-for-profit housing associations...
Canonmills Bridge – demolition permission granted
Following the apparently successful campaign to stop the demolition of the Earthy building at Canonmills Bridge, an appeal by the developer has been allowed...
Scottish Greens aiming for two Lothian seats
The Greens have set their sights on winning at least two Scottish Parliament seats in Lothian in this May's Scottish elections.
Sitting MSP Alison Johnstone is...
Five things you need to know today
First time buyers Event at ESPC
Burns Supper in February
The Show Must Go On
News about The Edinburgh Reporter
South Suburban Railway - Good for students?
This evening the...
Students go free at Musselburgh Races
Students will get in for free at the Cheltenham Trials being held at Musselburgh Racecourse on 7 February 2016.
Doors open at 11am and the...
Sick Kids Friends says thanks!
Tomorrow the Edinburgh-based charity Sick Kids' Friends Foundation will say thank you to anyone who has helped them raise £1.7m last year. The 11...
Scottish Book Trust New Writers Award 2016
And the good news is that over half of them are based in Edinburgh!
Six Edinburgh-based writers have come one step closer to having their...
Oxfam Scotland launch new equality campaign
Oxfam Scotland campaigners launched their "Even It Up" campaign earlier in the week to urge the Scottish Parliament to take steps to reduce poverty.
According to...
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Holocaust Educational Trust funding
BINGO!
Bagpipes
Central Library
Craigmillar
Today is Holocaust Memorial Day. It was on 27 January 1945 that the largest Nazi death camp was liberated,...
Scottish Parliamentary Election 2016 – register to vote now
Today marks 100 days left before the Scottish Parliamentary Election on 5 May 2016.
Edinburgh residents will join voters across the country to elect MSPs to represent them...
Craigmillar regeneration plans on display this week
Craigmillar residents are invited to find out more about the EDI Group’s plans to improve the town centre.
Designs for the Town Square, a community play...
Lorries overturned by high winds on A1
Photographer Jon Savage was in the right place today and took these photos of HGVs which came to grief on the A1 in the high winds.
These two...
Edinburgh schoolboy blogging for UNICEF
Jack Liddall is destined for great things according to his head teacher, Bryan Paterson. You only have to be in his company for about...
Sheraton is all set for the Six Nations
The Sheraton Grand Hotel & Spa has a whole new menu, and part of it has been created just in time for the beginning of...
Nicolson Street remains closed
Nicolson Street remains closed this afternoon after an incident just after 9.30 a.m. involving a piece of masonry which fell on a bus.
We are...
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£eith Decides
Edinburgh Gateway Station
At The Queen's Hall
Public Realm art in Grassmarket
Sports reports
Voting will open for the 2016 £eith Decides at the community event which...
South Queensferry to get a new high school
The Scottish Government has announced £230 million of funding for 19 new schools and one of these will be South Queensferry Community High School...
Look out your old bagpipes
Do you have a set of old bagpipes mouldering in your attic? Then the Scottish Schools Pipes and Drums Trust want to hear from you.
There...
Robert Burns in Edinburgh
We celebrate our national Bard, Robert Burns each year across the world, but we set out to find out about Burns in Edinburgh today. He...
Five things you need to know today
Robert Burns
Government raising awareness of child sexual exploitation
Online art auction
Hume Lecture
BUILD IT!
Today is the day that our national Bard, Robert Burns is celebrated across...
87 Things To Do in Edinburgh This Week!
87? Yes it's a busy time in the capital this week- lots and lots of music, films, poetry, books and art, plus 'an extraordinary...
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Writers Museum reopens
Global Game Jam
Deidre Brock MP
Council Tax Reform
Plan ahead for half term
The Writers Museum is situated on Lady Stair's Close halfway up The...
Increased council charges – what does it mean for you?
The Council has set out its plans as to how it will spend just under £1billion of revenue next year. But it has deemed it necessary...
Five things you need to know today
Community Council meeting
Run for Barnardo's Scotland
First Fringe tickets go on sale
Friends of Starbank Park
Edinburgh's Hogmanay survey
Portobello Community Council meets on Monday evening – 25 January...
Edinburgh Mountain Film Festival 2016
We are well used to festivals in the city but this one takes you to the mountains whether for beauty or adventure. The whole...
COMPETITION – Win tickets for Banff Mountain Film Festival World Tour
The Edinburgh Reporter is delighted to announce a competition run in partnership with Banff Mountain Film Festival World Tour 2016.
The films are coming to...
Writers’ Museum reopens this weekend
The Writers' Museum will be open again this weekend following refurbishment.
The museum on Lady Stair's Close has rare works and artefacts which highlight three...
Letter from Scotland
This weekend we Burns fans are given over to “eating haggis and cranachan, toasting the lassies, dancing the Dashing White Sergeant and cavorting,” as...
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