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Assembly Rooms nearly ready for reopening
ASSEMBLY ROOMS EDINBURGH COMPLETION DATE IS CRYSTAL CLEAR
Following a £9.3m refurbishment, Edinburgh’s historic Assembly Rooms is on target for completion, ready for its grand...
Edinburgh Wave energy company wins major award
Edinburgh-based wave energy developer, Aquamarine Power, was honoured with a major award for innovation this week in recognition of its cutting edge Oyster wave...
Five things you need to know today
Book Festival - Bank arrest - Canal Festival - Best of the Fest announced - Lothian and Borders Police Board
If you want tickets for...
Opinion – Trams and bikes – do they mix?
by Andy Arthur
So Princes Street in Edinburgh has been shut for around 2 or 3 years (I've lost count) and this is the THIRD...
Edinburgh Council meeting as it happened
The council meeting this morning had an agenda which was dispatched in just over two hours. This was the first meeting which had started...
Man dies in Royal Infirmary following fire
A 45-year-old man has died after a fire in a property in Dunbar, East Lothian this morning.
Fifteen firefighters on appliances from Dunbar, Haddington and...
Bonhams achieve record for whisky sale
The highest price ever paid for a bottle of The Macallan 50 year old, distilled in 1928 and bottled in 1983, was achieved when it sold...
Edinburgh International Film Festival – Something Else For The Weekend
Here are two more films for you to choose from this weekend, courtesy of our friends at the EIFF.
God Bless America
The land of the...
Council agrees to give more information on city centre road closures
At the first real meeting of the new coalition administration today there was much to be discussed, but you could have easily missed one...
Five things you need to know today
Council meeting - Buses - Scottish Swimming - Juniper Green Community Council AGM - Bank robbery
The council meet today when a deputation is expected...
Review: The Stagger Rats – Mystery Masquerade EP
Edinburgh five-piece The Stagger Rats prefer the road less travelled.
After being signed by a Hungarian record label the Scots decamped to the former...
Former council employees arrested
A Lothian and Borders Police investigation into alleged corruption and fraud involving former employees of City of Edinburgh Council's Property Care Department has resulted...
Indoor skate park to start the school holidays with a Hip Hop BBQ
The husband and wife team behind Edinburgh’s only indoor skate park believe they have come up with the perfect solution for parents of school...
Edinburgh International Film Festival – One to watch, one best avoided.
You may have noticed that I have quite enjoyed all the films I have reviewed at the festival, to one degree or another. Well,...
Edinburgh International Magic Festival starts on Friday
From vampire-style illusionists to a week-long kids’ course revealing the secrets of magic; from uncanny mind-readers to comedy and theatre – the Edinburgh International...
Five things you need to know today
Trams - Royal Highland Show - Planning - Chip pan fires - Robert Louis Stevenson
We reported on Monday that the many road works on Princes...
The Financial Lunch raises thousands for Prince’s charity
LUNCH HELD IN SUPPORT OF THE PRINCE’S TRUST SCOTLAND RAISES £16,000
Guests from Scotland’s leading financial services joined The Prince’s Trust Scotland at a fundraising...
Postcode Challenge kick-starts summer holidays
Worrying about how to start off the school holidays on the right foot?
This week sees the end of the school term and the start...
Reflections instead of prayers at council meetings
New ten-minute Pause for Reflection sessions will be held prior to meetings of The City of Edinburgh Council under plans unveiled today.
Group leaders from...
Schoolchildren asked to play it safe with trams
Hundreds of children in Edinburgh’s West End are being asked to play it safe this summer and stay away from tram construction sites. Project...
Beware of doorstep sales
Free insulation offer: Council urges caution over doorstep callers
The council wants households to take extra care when speaking to insulation contractors who call at...
Five things you need to know today
Legionella outbreak - Council committees today - TED Global - Armed Forces Day 30 June 2012 - Art exhibition
The Holyrood Health and Sport Committee...
Edinburgh International Film Festival – Picks For Next Weekend (part 1)
Shadow Dancer
Some very good Belfast accents.
Belfast, 1973. Young Collette McVeigh sees her younger brother shot to death during a skirmish between the British Army...
Edinburgh Leads Shortlist for Scottish Children’s Book Awards
Picture by Gareth Easton PhotographyIt seems only yesterday we were at a star studded awards ceremony in Edinburgh’s Lyceum Theatre hearing the results of...
Princes Street due to reopen this week
Princes Street, west of Waverley Bridge, is set to re-open to buses, cycles and taxis by 30 June according to the council. Subject to...
Five things you need to know today
Better Together? - Trams - Queensferry bid for a BID - Plastic bags - Mercat Bar
Here is the music which accompanies the Better Together...
Pride Scotia on 30 June sponsored by GHQ
GHQ are the proud sponsors of Pride Scotia 2012 and say they are honoured to have Kieron Richardson, star of Hollyoaks and Dancing on...
Move over Royal Highland Show – we are ready for the Festival now
We seem to have had so many things to see and do over the last couple of weeks. Most recently the Royal Highland Show...
Edinburgh Marathon run raised funds for Katie Piper Foundation
Richard Borthwick of Corstophine completed the Edinburgh Half Marathon on Sunday 27 May 2012 and raised over £500 for The Katie Piper Foundation
Local man, Richard...
Five best things to see at the Edinburgh Mela Festival
The Mela is a festival that brings communities together offers a spectacular range of talent from all cultures. Here's what to look out for this year.
DANCE
The...
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