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Council clamping down on off-licences
The City of Edinburgh Council is calling time on new off licences in a bid to help beat the nation’s drinking culture.
The Council wants...
Review : Homeless World Cup Fundraiser – The Liquid Rooms – 28 January 2012
After some solid support from Seven Deadly Sins, The Litigators kicked off this charity night in earnest. Organised in aid of the Homeless World...
Council to be asked about saving Waverley Market
One of the questions tabled for this Thursday's council meeting relates to the property 'owned' by the council next to Waverley Station. This has...
Council meeting 2 February 2012
The council convene for the first proper meeting of the year later this week on 2 February. There was a full meeting in January,...
Labour still digging for details of ABM proposal
Last month the council convened a special meeting to discuss whether they would enter into any privatisation arrangements with the facilities management firm MITIE,...
Leith Shop Idol – Deadline today!
Leith businesses are being urged to submit their application for ‘best dressed’ shop front as the closing date is today.
Applications to be Leith’s Shop...
Five things you need to know today
Free Food!
Scottish Poetry Library
Sighthill Broomhouse & Parkhead Community Council
Drumbrae Library Hub
Occupy Edinburgh
Chez Jules in Hanover Street are offering Free Food tonight. No we...
Woolworths’ Employees in Stockbridge still await compensation
Mark Lazarowicz MP for Edinburgh North and Leith is demanding justice for Woolworths staff who worked in the Stockbridge store, and who have been...
Edinburgh 10-Minuters Project looking for writers
'Ever wanted to write a play? Seems a bit much? How about if it's only 10 minutes?'
These are the questions asked by a new...
Greater Grassmarket BID team need you!
Over 300 business owners are being consulted on the Grassmarket’s future and have been urged to complete the questionnaires delivered this week by the...
Get your tickets for Easter at the Usher Hall
A special weekend of music is planned this Easter at the Usher Hall.
Folk Weekender, part of Ceilidh Culture 2012, is being sponsored by Deuchars,...
Comet sponsors Edinburgh athlete
Sports Aid Athlete Jonty Barron gets sponsorship from Comet electrical store, Edinburgh
Edinburgh athlete Jonty (Jonathan) Barron, aged 18, from Lasswade near Edinburgh, received a...
Occupy now resident in The Meadows
ANTI-capitalist protesters have moved their tents, placards and guitars in to one of Scotland’s most genteel open spaces.
The Meadows is a 60-acre playground for...
Police Board appeal for volunteers
A call for volunteers to independently assess the welfare of people in police custody and advise on equality issues within the local community has...
Midlothian Council fined for data breach
The Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) has imposed a monetary penalty of £140,000 on Midlothian Council for disclosing sensitive personal data relating to children and...
Edinburgh company looking for sustainable skincare
Scots and Nordic scientists set to explore sustainable skincare
Scottish company Aquapharm has joined forces with Norwegian firm Aqua Bio Technology (ABT) to create a...
Cyclo-cross
'Dig in Around the Dock' Cyclo-cross Race, Bo'ness, 29 January 2012
Edinburgh-based fire officer, David Lines - who also rides with the Endura/Pedalpower squad - finished second...
Ten things to do in Edinburgh in 2012
These are only suggestions. Edinburgh is full of things to do, clubs to join and places to go. We cannot possibly know them all,...
Five things you need to know today
Stephen Hester's £963,000 bonus
£2m surplus to be spent by council
20% increase in profits for Edinburgh company
Former soldier sues for £400,000
BT speed up broadband
Well here...
Review – The Glitch, Kung Fu Academy, Junebug & Dawn Coulshed
The intimate yet ample venue that is Sneaky Pete's hosted a fantastic sell-out night of fresh talent on Wednesday 25 January.
I arrived just as Dawn Coulshed neared...
Ten things to do in Edinburgh in February 2012
On 1 February 2012 The Traverse is staging Polaris, a story of waiting for help that never arrives. It is part of the Manipulate...
Restaurant Review – Cafe Fish
Delicious fresh seafood in the heart of Stockbridge
Having heard some great feedback on Café Fish, my business partner, Celia, and I had high expectations...
Film Review – You Say You Want A Revolution? Let’s Gdansk
Polish Roulette - Sztos 2
Comedy
Polish with English sub-titles.
Cert 15. 105 mins
Together with rationing it is an even colder and slushier Advent in Poland 1981...
Get out of Edinburgh to the Dark Sky observatory
Not just yet, but it will be available soon. This week we have all been marvelling at the photographs of the Aurora Borealis, even...
Lifeboat called out this afternoon
At 2.35pm today the RNLI Queensferry Lifeboat was called out to a report from the Coastguard that three people were trapped on Cramond Island...
Middle Eastern Film Festival comes to Edinburgh
This year’s Middle Eastern Film Festival, a partnership between the Middle East Festival, Edinburgh International Festival of Middle Eastern Spirituality and Peace , and...
Director of Scottish National Portrait Gallery retires
The National Galleries of Scotland announces today that James Holloway CBE will retire from his post as Director of the Scottish National Portrait Gallery...
Fright night at the Lyceum
NSPCC Scotland is inviting people in Edinburgh to a spooky theatrical evening at the Lyceum Theatre.
The children’s charity has teamed up with the Lyceum to...
Five things you need to know today
Big Garden Birdwatch
Scottish Storytelling Centre this morning
At the Festival Theatre this evening
At the Cameo today
Weekend Markets
Get outside and start counting the birds you see....
New exhibition at Open Eye Gallery
Two new exhibitions open on 30 January 2012 at Open Eye Gallery, A Retrospective with New Works by Rob Fairley and New Paintings by...
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