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Edinburgh gets government funding for social care costs
An initial funding package to help the social care sector in Edinburgh deal with the financial implications of coronavirus has been welcomed.
The £4.056...
It’s time for the Floral Clock
Walking in Princes Street the other day we noticed that work has begun on this year’s Floral Clock.
The council has confirmed that the...
University makes award to The Venchie
The University of Edinburgh has made an award of £5,000 to The Venchie Children & Young People's Project in Craigmillar.
The organisation is only one...
Conservatives say council needs to put pedestrian needs first
The Policy and Sustainability Committee meets on Thursday to decide upon the way forward to allow for social distancing on our city streets.
We...
Use Skills Development Scotland to get support
Skills Development Scotland (SDS) is working alongside local authorities to develop services for people who are furloughed or those looking for a job.
Their resources...
Meeting John Loughton of Scran Academy
John Loughton is a changed man these days, and notwithstanding his years, a pretty tired one these days too.
His own life has been entirely...
Share your experiences of gender inequality and racism in Edinburgh in the national conversation
You are invited to share any experiences of gender inequality or racism with the national body responsible for finding out more about such problems.
The...
Quarantine – a film to remind us what Edinburgh looked like in 2020
Edinburgh-based filmmaker, Jason Baxter, has been struck by the empty streets this last seven weeks.
Usually he is out creating photos and video for corporate...
Council provides more space for exercising near two city parks
In an effort to allow more social distance and more space for exercising The City of Edinburgh Council acted quickly in response to government...
North Edinburgh throws a VE Day Party
Residents in Drylaw House Gardens got together to hold a socially distanced tea party to mark VE Day.
The event was organised by DJ Edinburgh,...
Can you help to identify archive photos?
Historic Environment Scotland (HES) has asked the public to help identify over 5,000 archive images which are now available online for the first time.
In...
Rainbow Galleries – advertising hope in Edinburgh
There are two outdoor advertising sites in Edinburgh which now have new work from creatives saying thank you to key workers.
This is the idea...
New date set for by-election
The council by-election in Craigentinny/Duddingston which would have been held this month was postponed due to the Covid-19 pandemic.
A new date has now...
A rainbow lands on The Mary Erskine School
The Mary Erskine School was lit up in NHS blue and all the other colours of the rainbow earlier in the week.
Two brothers were...
Schoolboy chef Rocco rocks it in the kitchen
An Edinburgh schoolboy could be the next big kitchen star after his baking demo video was distributed throughout Italy.
Rocco Truffelli, 11, pulled on his...
Council respond over noise from ferries at Leith Docks
We reported earlier today about the noise from the P&O ships which have come to berth in Leith during the coronavirus lockdown.
The residents...
Queens Manor is in the top 20
Queens Manor, the care home on Queensferry Road, has just been named as one of the top 20 homes in Scotland.
The carehome.co.uk Top...
Residents disturbed by noisy ferries taking quiet haven in Leith
Over the last few days two P&O ferries, the Canterbury and the Burgundy, have come to take haven in Leith while they are not...
Scottish Government construction ban criticised
This week, as thousands of construction workers in England head back to work, construction firms in Scotland are not able to do so, as...
EICC – free public talk on Tuesday
The Edinburgh International Conference Centre continues its series of free public talks this Tuesday, 5 May 2020.
The next guest speaker will be...
Totty Rocks introduce the post Covid-19 ‘look’
Edinburgh fashion label, Totty Rocks, have introduced a new look for the post Covid-19 days.
The government now recommends that we all wear masks...
New Lord Lieutenant for Midlothian
HM The Queen has appointed Lieutenant Colonel Richard Callander LVO OBE TD as Her Majesty’s Lord-Lieutenant for Midlothian to succeed Sir Robert Clerk Bt....
Letter from Scotland
Oh how I wish it was a proper May Day, with workers’ parades, the Belane Fire Festival in Scotland and Morris dancing round the...
New version of Wild Mountain Thyme released by Tradfest musicians
Tradfest would have been starting today, and to mark the day they are releasing new music.
Three dozen artists who would have been taking...
Support for business in Edinburgh is welcome – but some are still waiting
Figures show that 3,784 businesses in the capital have received Scottish Government grants to support firms through the coronavirus crisis.
A total of £49.45 million has been...
CivTech marches to the front line
Scotland’s software development community is helping deal with Covid-19 with a new community platform to link technically skilled volunteers with critical coronavirus projects.
The Scottish Tech...
Council to make moves on road closures by the weekend
It was only yesterday that the £10 million scheme for pop up spaces for walking and cycling was announced by Transport Minister, Michael Matheson.
Today...
Capital helping community initiatives to produce PPE
Staff at an Edinburgh company have stepped forward to offer a range of its specialist services to support community initiatives that are tackling the...
Spending for emergency cycling and walking measures announced
For years now, campaigners have called for more spending on cycling and active travel. Today, suddenly, all their dreams came true at once.
As...
Sing in the City have a charity single out now
We asked our readers to send us 15 seconds of video so that we can create a snapshot of Edinburgh during lockdown.
Then Kirsty...
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