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Five things you need to know today 25th July 2011
Following the decision of the Competition Commission announced last week about BAA's ownership of airports in the UK, the company have been told to...
Edinburgh Festival Fringe preview – The W.R.E.N.S Need You: An Edinburgh Rendezvous.
At Venue 18, Sweet Grassmarket, City 1, August 4/28th, the engagingly alliterative Tiny Teapot Theatre ensemble premier Edinburgh born playwright, Anne McGravie’s, compelling drama...
Edinburgh Festival Fringe preview – Sharon King and The Reckless Angels
Sharon King started tuning up for her Fringe show by supporting fellow musicians `Blueflint `at the Leith Dockers` Club on Friday night. Sharon has...
Five things you need to know today
The Broughton Spurtle has a report (with lovely photographs) on the sale of the Green Goddess yesterday at Lyon and Turnbull which fetched about...
Edinburgh Jazz and Blues Festival review: Soul Rebels Brass Band
What a way to start a festival. The Soul Rebels Brass Band, which had the late-night slot in the Edinburgh Jazz and Blues Festival’s...
Five things you need to know today
The BBC report that following an attack on a young man in the Fountainpark area of the city, they are looking for witnesses. The...
Edinburgh Mela Festival 2-4 September 2011
The Edinburgh Mela Festival is to return to Leith Links for just one weekend this year. Created in 1995 to showcase the capitals ethnic...
Five things you need to know today
Somewhere in the city centre we found this graffiti. Someone told us it is by Banksy. We don't know if we believe them. What...
Edinburgh Festival Fringe preview – Company Chameleon
Company Chameleon will be returning to Edinburgh Fringe Festival this year to perform an extract from their show Rites at Dance Base and an...
Police appeal for witnesses to attack on teenager
Lothian and Borders Police are appealing for witnesses after a teenage girl was threatened with a knife in Edinburgh on Tuesday night (July 19).
The...
Getting out of Edinburgh – Aberdour Castle
Discover devious plots and murderous intentions with Mary Queen of Scots and the Lords of Misrule at Aberdour Castle!
On Sunday 24th July, from 12:00...
Fire sparks reminder about free Smoke alarms
An elderly woman was treated with oxygen after a microwave oven went on fire in the kitchen of her West Lothian home.
The alarm was...
New Town plans on display again
Original plans for Edinburgh's New Town are going back on display at the Museum of Edinburgh in the Canongate having been painstakingly conserved by...
After the Floods in Edinburgh
This morning at Reporter Towers we received a phone call from SEPA to tell us that there is no longer a flood warning in...
Five things you need to know today
The George Hotel have just won a green award according to STV Local. They explain that 10 of the 150 employees at the hotel...
Call for more recycling volunteers in Edinburgh
A search to find volunteers in the Lothians to help local residents boost recycling rates and reduce the amount of waste produced is now...
Holyrood calls for more action on Phone hacking
Cabinet Secretary for Finance, John Swinney, has responded to Prime Minister David Cameron's statement on phone hacking and related issues, and his announcement of...
Edinburgh Festival Fringe – Kim Edgar
Leith-based singer songwriter Kim Edgar is busy recording her new album at the moment. She took time out from recording for an interview with...
Edinburgh nursery schools win Eco Awards
Two Edinburgh nurseries have been awarded a prestigious Green Flag by Eco Schools Scotland.
Part of Keep Scotland Beautiful, Eco Schools Scotland award Green Flag...
Edinburgh Festival Fringe : Fiona Kennedy presents The Kist
Singer, broadcaster and producer, Fiona Kennedy, is staging her new production, The Kist at this year's Fringe. Kennedy is however well accustomed to the...
Makars’ Court unveils first of two new inscriptions
It has been described as Scotland's literary answer to Hollywood's Walk of Fame, with the words of more than thirty of the country's finest...
Edinburgh Stop the War Coalition are off to Glasgow this weekend
Edinburgh supporters of the Stop the War Coalition will be joining the national demonstration in Glasgow on Saturday 23rd July. "The date was chosen...
Council helping to cut household bills for their tenants
As the country’s main energy suppliers are set to increase their prices by up to 20% this year, The City of Edinburgh Council is...
Edinburgh FED conference hailed a success
Edinburgh-based freelance journalist and editor of Political Insight, Peter Geoghegan, organised the FED conference this month in Edinburgh at the same time as the...
Pipe Band Championships get celebrity backing
Celebrities from the world of sport, music and food have given a massive boost to the inaugural Edinburgh Pipe Band Championship, pledging their support.
The...
Edinburgh MP concerned over South St Andrew Street Job Centre
Mark Lazarowicz MP for Edinburgh North and Leith has written to the head of Jobcentre Plus for Edinburgh to raise concerns over the proposal...
Five win a draw to have their Council tax paid for a year
Five lucky Edinburgh residents have won a year’s worth of free council tax following a prize draw that aimed to encourage more people to...
No butts in Haymarket!
Environmental wardens in the busy Haymarket area of Edinburgh are encouraging commuters to ‘bin their butts’ in the latest anti-litter initiative to hit the...
Old EICC computers ‘recycled’ to nursery schools
A Scottish IT company has helped youngsters at a local Nursery school get a head start when it comes to computer skills, after donating...
Development Management Sub-Committee Meeting 20 July 2011
The Development Management Sub-Committee meeting will be held on Wednesday, 20 July 2011 at 10.00 am in the City Chambers.
There will be a report...
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