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Council commit more resources to keeping the city clean

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Extra staff and equipment have been allocated to Leith to help improve results of recent street cleaning surveys. While the vast majority of Edinburgh...

Legends to turn out for Steve Cully Memorial Rugby Match

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Rugby fans, and particularly those of a nostalgic disposition, are in for a treat next weekend as several true legends of the game will...

Five things you need to know today

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Picardy Place Roundabout - Portobello Online - Say Cheese! - Car Wash - Anna Karenina If you are anywhere near Picardy Place this morning then...

Fire officers get their sleeves rolled up for National Car Wash

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Firefighters up and down the country are preparing for the National Car Wash this September, raising vital funds for The Fire Fighters Charity. Firmly established on the fire...

Portobello Online to be relaunched this weekend

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Portobello Online, the local community website, officially re-launches on Saturday 8 September at The Wash House (Community Centre), 3 Adelphi Grove, Portobello. The new look...

Events in the capital this weekend to begin Suicide Prevention Week

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If you can read between the lines, you can save lives.  That’s the simple message from a new campaign in Edinburgh to mark the start...

Picardy Place Roundabout gets a makeover

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This morning The Reporter met Victor, an industrious Canadian determined to give the roundabout at Picardy Place a new look. This evening Lesley Hinds, Convenor...

YES Scotland holds their inaugural board meeting

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The Yes Scotland campaign advisory board held its inaugural meeting at the Macdonald Hotel near Holyrood today. Here are some well known faces including Deputy...

Tiso celebrates 50 years of business

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Tiso celebrates 50 'bootiful' years and launch Spirit of Adventure lecture event series with globe-trotting cyclist / rower Mark Beaumont and Polly Murray, the...

Fire in Portobello this morning

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A man has been taken to hospital with severe smoke inhalation after a fire broke out in his Edinburgh home. Fire crews were called to...

North Edinburgh News needs you tonight!

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NENgaging the Inverleith community with social media   Multimedia journalist Tom Allan has written the following article for us about the new movement to try and...

Council proposes more funds for carers

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Carers in the capital are set to benefit from a package of measures designed to give them extra support under plans being considered by...

Five things you need to know today

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City Chambers - Holyrood - Planning consultations - RNLI - Edinburgh Mountain Film Festival The Sub-Committee for Children and Families meets at the City Chambers...

Action on Empty homes

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A task force to bring privately-owned empty homes back into use in the capital is being set up by The City of Edinburgh Council. The...

Public Meeting about Welfare Reform Act

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 A Public Meeting is being held at Portobello Town Hall on Friday 7 September 2012 at 7.30pm to consider the effects of The Welfare...

New Queensferry lifeboat called out twice today

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The Atlantic 85 Lifeboat the "Jimmie Cairncross" which has just arrived at the RNLI Queensferry Lifeboat Station this week, was called out twice today. At...

The Scottish Government reshuffle

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The Scottish Government's new Cabinet team has been announced by First Minister Alex Salmond, subject to the necessary parliamentary approval. Deputy First Minister Nicola Sturgeon,...

Streets Ahead Safety event attracts 3,000 Sixth formers

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A week-long event at Edinburgh's Corn Exchange is aiming to reduce the number of young people killed or injured on the capital's roads. The Streets...

Tenants may be asked to pay for damage to houses

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Irresponsible tenants who deliberately damage their homes may have to pay for repairs under proposals being considered by The City of Edinburgh Council. Introducing a...

Five things you need to know today

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Body identified - Holyrood - Sainsburys Portobello - Edinburgh Castle - Streets Ahead Lothian and Borders police can now confirm the identity of the body...

Craighouse Campus – planning discussions continue

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Jim Eadie MSP for Edinburgh Southern has lodged a topical question at Holyrood today:-"To ask the Scottish Government what recent discussions it has had...

Fifteen bills to be discussed in the new parliamentary session

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The First Minister stood up yesterday afternoon at the first Tuesday afternoon business session at Holyrood to announce the fifteen bills that will be...

Body found in West Lothian

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Lothian and Borders Police Officers who have been searching for a missing person from West Lothian since 24 August have this afternoon found the...

It’s Good 2 Give! September 2012

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Charity organiser Lynne McNicoll runs a charity called It’s Good 2 Give. Here is her round up of what the charity is up to in...

Police get good response to information about missing woman

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Police searching for a missing woman from West Lothian have received an encouraging response from members of the public following recent public appeals. Heather McKay,...

Five things you need to know today

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Live blog - Light shows - Holyrood - Bull on the loose - Cycle powered cinema   Today at 2pm join us as we live...

Holyrood today

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First Minister Alex Salmond will be in Holyrood later today to announce the Scottish Government's business programme which the BBC tell you more about...

Edinburgh International Festival – 2012 is a record year

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The Edinburgh International Festival in 2012 took £2.83 million at the box office making it a record year, an increase of 9% in sales income and an increase of...

Olympic celebrations on 16 September!

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Sir Chris Hoy will be awarded the Freedom of the City of Edinburgh on Sunday, 16 September. The six-time gold medallist will then be joined...

Police advice on new scanners at airport

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Lothian and Borders Police have issued some guidance about the new body scanners at Edinburgh Airport.   "The introduction of security scanners at Edinburgh Airport represent...

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