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Nominations for Fair Trade Awards open
The Lord Provost is calling on Edinburgh citizens to nominate the most deserving fair trade individuals, business and schools in the Fair Trade Awards 2012.
Residents...
AUDIO – Interview with David Salton Chair of Edinburgh Association of Community Councils
We met with the Chair of Edinburgh Association of Community Councils, David Salton, to find out a bit more about how community councils work,...
Big order is icing on the cake for Liggy’s Cakes
A local cake maker is celebrating after securing a significant order with a global company.
Edinburgh’s Liggy’s Cakes has been asked to supply 100 cakes...
Exhibition at The Leith Gallery – Christmas Calling Birds
Emma Butler-Cole Aiken's stained glass birds, 'Stanley' and 'Elspeth' sing out colour and harmony in the Leith Gallery's Christmas exhibition. The birds are just...
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At Holyrood today
Council announce five year economic strategy
Tram project to be investigated by UN
Alexander McCall Smith
Saving Introducing in Scotland
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The Scottish Government...
The Edinburgh Reporter Advent Calendar – Gifts for the home – Ecool Designs Ltd
Ecool have loads of original and inventive gift ideas for you this Christmas.
Ecooldesigns, set up in 2009 by Esmond Toney, a Londoner who moved...
More overnight homecare offered by council
The number of older and vulnerable people in Edinburgh receiving care in their own home through the night is set to increase dramatically.
The City...
New chair of Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh appointed
The Cabinet Secretary for Rural Affairs and the Environment today announced the appointment of Sir Muir Russell as the new Chair to the Board...
First Minister’s Christmas Card by Alasdair Gray
The First Minister's official Christmas card for 2011 will feature a painting by renowned Scottish artist and author Alasdair Gray, it was announced today.
Bella...
Review: Beauty and the Beast, Royal Lyceum Theatre (***)
When is a pantomime not a pantomime? Or to look at it another way, when is a Christmas show not just a straight piece...
Midlothian approve plans for waste treatment facility
The Midlothian Council Planning Committee today unanimously granted planning permission in principle for modern, efficient waste treatment facilities to be constructed near the site...
Lions raise funds for Teenage Cancer Trust
The Lions of Edinburgh, Dundee, Dunfermline and Kirkcaldy were pleased to make a presentation of £200 to Teenage Cancer Trust East of Scotland at...
Edinburgh Schools to compete in Young Consumer of the Year
Edinburgh schools are competing in this year’s Young Consumer of the Year competition, which will see them battle it out in a knock out...
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Fare dodger Viral Video
Edinburgh MSP Marco Biagi uses e-newsletter to keep in touch
At Holyrood today
Ralph Fiennes comes to the Cameo Cinema...
Edinburgh named as proposed local TV site
Ofcom today is proposing 20 specific sites for consultation that should constitute the minimum rollout requirement for the local television multiplex licence that Ofcom...
SSsshhh! There’s a Silent auction at the Balmoral
Rocco Forte’s The Balmoral will this year be holding a month long silent auction in aid of the Sick Kids Friends Foundation (SKFF) -...
Campaigners mark UN Human Rights Day
A group of human rights campaigners in Edinburgh joined other members of Youth for Human Rights International (YHRI) in commemorating United Nations Human Rights...
The Edinburgh Reporter Advent Calendar – Gifts for her – Lilies and Dreams
As soon as you descend the stairs into the Lilies & Dreams Boutique, you know you have entered somewhere very special. Lilies and Dreams is...
Local businesses should promote themselves to the public sector
Businesses in Edinburgh are being urged to get themselves noticed if they want to access public sector contracts up for grabs in the region.
Public...
The Edinburgh Reporter Advent Calendar – Gift ideas for Foodies – Gulpfood
gulpfood.com offers “everything inedible for eating, drinking, cooking, entertaining and giving” and is the brainchild of former Lawyer Miriam Fogarty, a foodie with an...
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Scotland and the EU
Hovercraft no more
Midlothian Ski Centre to benefit from council funds
Roslin Primary School reopens today
BT Broadband
We are off to...
FSA reports on failure of RBS
The Financial Services Authority (FSA) has published its Board’s Report into ‘The failure of the Royal Bank of Scotland’ (RBS).
The Report concludes that RBS’s...
Winners of Scotland can Make it! announced
Ceramic jelly moulds, travel blankets, politicised tenement-shaped jewellery, a sports wear accessory, an iPhone app, and medals made from Tunnocks teacakes. No, not an...
Scotland has potential to be world leader in renewables
Scotland could earn £2 billion a year exporting electricity and become a world leader in new-energy technology, a leading think tank forecasts today.
But the...
Edinburgh Santa Run 2011
Nearly 1500 ‘Santas’ came together on a sunny Edinburgh morning today, Sunday 11 December, to take part in The Great Edinburgh Santa Run in...
The Edinburgh Reporter Advent Calendar – Getting out this Christmas – The Sheep Heid...
The Sheep Heid Inn, Duddingston is Scotland’s Oldest Pub but Edinburgh’s Newest Restoration, and somewhere you can get out to this festive period.
Enjoy a hearty...
Panda Patrol ready for the first visitors
The wait is almost over, as Edinburgh Zoo’s giant pandas prepare for their highly anticipated public debut next Friday.
With less than a week to...
The Edinburgh Reporter Advent Calendar – Gifts for the home – AGA Edinburgh
Tucked away on Frederick Street there is a shop with a traditional front which simply oozes warmth. Don't be fooled by the wee frontage....it...
Review: Cinderella at the King’s Theatre (****)
The King’s Theatre’s panto offering this year is a riot of colour, fast-paced and full of infectious energy. Even before the show starts, the...
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