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VIDEO – Ceremony held to mark International Workers Memorial Day #IWMD
Notwithstanding the coronavirus lockdown the trade unions in Edinburgh particularly wanted to hold the ceremony to mark International Workers Memorial Day.
This is the...
Labour’s call for The Scottish Parliament to ‘lead by example’ resisted
Scottish Labour says that The Scottish Parliament must lead by example in the fight against coronavirus and schedule business in such a way to...
Council to restart garden waste collection
The council has advised they will restart garden waste collections from 11 May 2020.
The service was suspended in April as part of Edinburgh's...
LIVE – Edinburgh news as it happens
This week will mark the beginning of May, traditionally a month of two long weekends. That is no longer the case as the Covid-19...
Sunday exercise in The Meadows
All of the city's parks remain open for your daily exercise session, and few are prettier than the Meadows at this time of the...
Fraud on the increase during the Covid-19 pandemic
The national consumer advice service consumer advice.scot says today that fraud is on the increase.
Police Scotland reports that crime is down overall, but fraud...
How you can help the council’s ‘bin men’
The good news is that the council is about to start collecting the blue bins again so you can all forget how many bottles...
Letter from Scotland
Arthur’s Seat may have experienced some 300 million spring seasons but none so eerie as this one.
I walked round its southern flank the other...
Council to operate with committee of 17 councillors for time being
The Leadership Panel met on Thursday to decide a way forward for the council to operate, and to be seen to operate.
Until now...
Sheppard calls for pub landlords to freeze rents
Edinburgh East MP Tommy Sheppard has today written to pub companies in support of the CAMRA campaign #nopubnorent, calling on them to cancel rents...
No queue for Universal Credit in Edinburgh
The Scottish Government has told us that an additional 110,000 Universal Credit claims have been made since the beginning of the coronavirus outbreak.
This...
Edinburgh news live week beginning 20 April 2020
This is our live news feed where we bring you snippets of news as we find them.
As the lockdown goes on we are...
Get your milk delivered at home
Getting your milk delivered used to be the norm in pre-supermarket days.
Well we are back there again, as Graham's The Family Dairy announce...
Virgin Money Giving to waive platform fee
Virgin Money Giving is one of the biggest charitable donation fundraising platforms. It is used by many's a marathon runner and big Scottish charities.
Today,...
Elderly warned to beware of scams
The elderly are warned to beware of scams during the lockdown. Scammers know that everyone is at home and are aware that the elderly...
For the Love of Scotland – get a front row seat next Wednesday
Next Wednesday join perhaps the biggest livestream fundraiser from Scotland so far with host, Edith Bowman.
For the Love of Scotland will feature Ian Rankin,...
All in, All Together leaves independent news publishers in the cold #saveindependentnews
Today the government has launched a public health campaign that will not reach you. It won’t reach you because the government has not included...
Support for business extended – but it’s complicated!
Earlier today, The Scottish Government announced more funding for business. While that is being welcomed by business organisations, it has thrown up some questions...
New BBC documentary features some noteworthy people from Edinburgh
Writer, Chris McQueer, is the man ‘on the money’ as a presenter for the very first time on his new programme, Noteworthy with Chris...
Hackers provide vital advice to Edinburgh businesses – webinar today
A team of Scottish ethical hackers are urging Edinburgh home-workers to be extra cautious when using video-conferencing software.
A trio of ethical hackers from the...
During coronavirus pandemic Invisible Cities are still there
Invisible Cities is a social enterprise set up by Zakia Moulaoui which offers walking tours round the city.
The trained tour guides are all...
Create your own soft toy – Edinburgh company launch children’s competition
Picture to Puppet is a small Edinburgh based company, working from Constitution Street.
They specialise in creating custom toys and puppets.
They can make...
Charities urged to apply to the Wellbeing Fund
Third sector organisations across Scotland are being encouraged to apply for emergency funding to help cope with the effects of coronavirus (COVID-19).
More than 2000...
Coronavirus live news: week beginning 13 April 2020
It was on 23 March 2020 that the First Minister called for an immediate lockdown and a stop to public gatherings of more than...
The Edinburgh TV festival goes online
The Edinburgh TV Festival which takes place in August is embracing digital and going online.
It would seem only appropriate that the Edinburgh TV...
Somewhere over the rainbow…
There will be an end to the lockdown sometime, but until then most people are doing their best to #Stayhome #SavetheNHS and #SaveLives.
And to...
Lothian helping key workers to keep moving
Lothian Buses has told us it is updating its critical services network from Sunday 12 April 2020 to help keep key workers across Edinburgh...
Joint letter from Edinburgh’s political leaders
The leaders of the Council’s SNP, Labour, Conservative, Liberal Democrat and Green groups have come together to issue a joint letter.
Cllrs Adam McVey,...
Juliet’s Lockdown Diary #Week 2
I was recently reminded of the terrified eyes when I nearly ran over a rabbit on the old A1 when I lived in the...
Some ideas to keep you amused at home this weekend
There are many things you can see and do without leaving the comfort of your living room.
Perhaps one of the benefits is that...
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