Tag: Edinburgh

The council has announced further changes to bin collection schedules this week in preparation for strike action which at present is due to restart on Tuesday 6 September 2022.As the citywide clean-up operation continues...

As part of the PBH Free Fringe where you don’t pay to get in, and the acts don’t pay for the venue, a shoestring budget need not limit your ambition.Writer/Director Lex Joyce, fellow...

The popular bakery in Edinburgh's Slateford Road closed its doors on Saturday for the last time. Six weeks ago owner Mark McGill advertised for a time-served baker but none came forward.The businessman, who also...

A brewery specialising in sour beers has hit the sweet spot with the opening of a new bar in Portobello.Vault City Brewing, supported by £45,000 raised by crowdfunding, has enjoyed a busy first month...

Following the fundraising campaign which began only last year, the players at Lochend Football Academy stepped out onto their newly laid 3G pitch recently as part of an official opening ceremony when sponsors and...

Music fans heading for shows staged at Edinburgh Castle over the next couple of weeks can take advantage of the city’s tram operator return tickets.Texas and Elbow are amongst the headline acts that will...

To coincide with American Independence Day and its 75th anniversary year, Edinburgh International Festival has released more than 3,000 tickets to a special free concert featuring one of the USA’s leading orchestras, The Philadelphia...

Three poems set to music by Kathleen Tagg, and sung at the Edinburgh International Festival by Golda Schultz, will mark the latest success in librettist Lila Palmer’s mission to put women’s stories at the...

Cllr Cammy Day is the still new leader of the City of Edinburgh Council. He leads the Labour group of 13 councillors in a minority administration.The other 50 councillors represent a variety of other...

Following a leak of the decision in early May, the Supreme Court announced today that by six votes to three it would overturn the fifty year-old landmark Roe v Wade ruling which allowed pregnant...

Railway workers, council staff, teachers, nurses, police officers are all fighting for wage rises that keep pace with inflation, now at 9 per cent and predicted to be 11 per cent by the end...

Weekend visitors to Silverknowes Promenade in Edinburgh should keep their eyes peeled for a sack race with a difference.The Great Scottish Tattie Run is back after a three year absence and more than 300...

Falklands veterans and their families gathered in Edinburgh on Saturday to pay tribute on the 40th anniversary of the end of the conflict.The Rt Hon Lord Provost of the City of Edinburgh, Robert Aldridge,...

The New Edinburgh Orchestra will perform at St Serf's Parish Church on Ferry Road on 25 June 2022.The amateur orchestra is made up of around 80 players all based in Edinburgh and conducted...

Although the all day restaurant at Gleneagles Townhouse is not opening to non-residents until 27 June, bookings can be made from Monday.The Spence promises a "progressive culinary offering" from morning until night under...

There are four new Low Emission Zones which will begin today in Scotland, including the one in Edinburgh City Centre.Enforcement provisions do not come into effect for two years, so no drivers will...

It is no surprise that Cote has risen in less than two decades to become a well-respected nationwide chain where values are important, not just in food and service but also in creating a...

Virgin Atlantic, which launched its direct Edinburgh-Barbados service in December, has announced it will not carry on flying the route this winter.The airline says passengers who have already booked flights to Barbados for...

Private rents will be restricted in Edinburgh under powers from Holyrood if the SNP leads the council administration after May’s local elections.The announcement comes ahead of the publication of the Edinburgh SNP council...

A person in a position of great authority is volatile, stingy, unreliable, and unwilling to take personal responsibility for anything unpopular.Scotland has not forgiven England for what it perceives to be crimes (and one...

Edinburgh Police are appealing for help to trace a man reported missing from the city. Stuart Campbell, 36, was last seen in the Westside Plaza area of Wester Hailes in Edinburgh around 10.45am on Tuesday,...

Seventies band Simple Minds have announced a special second show on 13 August in Princes Street Gardens with all profits going to UNICEF for children in Ukraine.Tickets will go on sale on Friday...

Edinburgh-based solicitor advocate Jim Cormack, QC, has been appointed Global Head of Pinsent Masons’ Litigation, Regulatory and Tax (LRT) team.The role involves leading the law firm’s 265-strong LRT offering, which covers common law and...

Queensferry-based Craigies Farm have announced they will hold an interactive Easter event, when families will help Little Bo Peep solve clues to find her mischievous missing sheep. There will be an hour’s play session in the on-site...

Our reporter Bruce Whitehead answered the call for volunteers during a shopping spree in the capital. The Ukrainian community in Edinburgh has gathered at the Edinburgh Ukrainian Club on Royal Terrace where donations have...

Sarah Vance is a woman on a mission to rid South Queensferry of plastic waste.A graphic designer from Dumfries and Galloway, she's hoping to convert Queensferry shoppers away from buying goods such as...

Spokes publishes its election manifesto promoting safe cycling in Edinburgh.Spokes, the Lothian Cycle Campaign, is a non party-political voluntary organisation, founded in 1977. The body promotes cycling for everyday reasons, alongside walking, wheeling and using...

Council tax in Edinburgh will rise by three per cent from April, as part of a budget which has agreed spending of more than £1 billion over the next year.The City of Edinburgh Council budget...

As Russian troops started a full-scale invasion into Ukraine, the Ukraine flag has been hoisted above the City Chambers.Overnight Russian President, Vladimir Putin, ordered a "special military operation" which he claimed was requested...

Volunteers from the Save the Children charity shops in Edinburgh have made an enormous patchwork quilt which will tour the city in the next few weeks before being put up for auction.The quilters along...