Tag: Leith
Deidre Brock MP leads debate on timebanking
Paying tribute to the work of the Leith Time Bank, the Edinburgh North and Leith MP says the neighbour support networks "really can change people's lives"
Deidre Brock MP led a debate this week on...
Paolozzi’s Leith Athletic strip is pitch perfect
Artist Eduardo Paolozzi has netted a new generation of fans with his iconic designs inspiring a unique football shirt which is raising awareness and funds for Leith Athletic.
The football club, established in 1887 and...
‘Fake signs’ urging horse-riders to pick up their mess to be removed
Signs installed along Edinburgh’s Water of Leith Walkway urging people to ‘pick up after your horse’ are to be removed by the council.
Bearing the local authority’s logo, it initially appeared the signs had been affixed...
Lawson signs long-term deal with Hibs
Defender Poppy Lawson has signed a new contract with Hibs until the summer of 2026 after standout performances throughout her time in Leith.
The 20-year-old joined the club at the beginning of last season and...
Capital Coffee – Little Fitzroy
Little Fitzroy in Easter Road is a top destination for coffee lovers in the city.
I'm often asked what I consider to be the best place for specialty coffee in Edinburgh. This includes those...
APPLIED| Makers Offerings – new exhibition at Custom House Gallery
A new exhibition at Custom House Gallery in Leith celebrates three decades of Applied Arts Scotland (AAS) exhibitions.
Curated by Sarah Calmus and Svetlana Panova, APPLIED|Makers Offerings is AAS’s first Open Members’ exhibition; it showcases...
Network Rail ‘dragging feet’ over plans to open abandoned railway for active travel
Councillor criticises stalling of plans to connect the old Piershill to Powderhall line with the city's paths network.
The old line which traverses Leith has been derelict since freight stopped collecting compacted refuse from the Powderhall...
Crowdfunder to complete Leith renovation needs just a little more help
An Edinburgh start up business - Away Industries - leases the ground floor of a former bank building in Leith. The firm is now renovating the fabulous space to create an events, exhibition and...
Controversial Leith Walk development gets go ahead
A controversial student housing development has been given the green light for Edinburgh’s Leith Walk following a knife edge vote by councillors.
Developers behind the plans were accused of ignoring the wishes of the local...
Fitting finale to table tennis season
The Edinburgh and Lothians Table Tennis League (ELTTL) brought down the curtain on their season with their social and awards night on Friday.
The well attended event took place, for the first time, at...
The Leith Collective hosts “Furniture Reimagined” eco exhibition
New exhibition has a host of homes and interiors ideas to breathe new life into old household items.
Creating a home is an art form – choosing furniture can be an act of creative self-expression,but...
Renewed appeal for missing Leith teenager
A renewed appeal has been made for help tracing Faith Marley who remains missing from the Leith area of Edinburgh.
Enquiries have now established that the 15-year-old travelled from Edinburgh on a Citylink number 900...
£eith Chooses – has chosen
The results are out. The participatory budgeting scheme in Leith has announced the results of the recent voting round.
The successful applicants will share in the fund of £54,102. The total of the applications...
Capital Coffee – Artisan Roast, Leith Walk
Specialty coffee has inundated Leith over the last decade. It's a clear sign of Leith’s much changed character as an area.
Every month seems to see something new and interesting emerge as Leith cements...
Fingal is in the AA’s top 25 five star hotels
Scotland’s only luxury floating hotel, Fingal, has been crowned one of the top 25 five-star hotels and restaurants in the UK and Northern Ireland by the internationally recognised Automobile Association (AA).
Berthed on the waterfront...
The Zeppelin raid on Edinburgh in 1916
This story began as a thread on my Twitter account @cocteautriplets.
I write threads on the more obscure or wacky bits of Edinburgh and Leith local history and Scottish modern history.
It was fittingly dark...
Capital Coffee – Connoisseurs Coffee Club
Connoisseurs Coffee Club is one of a number of excellent specialty coffee places to have opened in Edinburgh in the last two years. It opened in March 2022 on Duke Street, near the foot...
Edinburgh woman heading up Halo’s work in Ukraine
Mairi Cunningham from Leith who is leading the work of the HALO Trust in Ukraine to rid the country of landmines, admits the work has become harder after the most recent invasion.
The 33-year-old...
Government pausing super sponsorship visa scheme – and will use ship in Leith as...
The Scottish Government is to pause the super sponsorship visa process for displaced Ukrainains in a bid to ensure those who have already applied are given the best attention.
The number of people the...
Leading Ukrainian hairdresser joins Leith salon
A city salon has recruited a leading Ukrainian hair stylist to their staff. Simon Hill the owner of SESH Hairdressing in Leith was introduced to Viktoriia Vradi and has helped her set up her...
Webuyanycar now open in Leith
A new branch of the car buying service, Webuyanycar, opened in the car park of Asda in Leith on Wednesday.
The new pod branch is solar powered and paper free.
Richard Evans, Head of...
Council running four consultations on active travel
The City of Edinburgh Council has opened four consultations on improving "sustainable" connections to some new housing developments in Edinburgh.
Your views are welcome and actively sought by the council's transport team on ways...
Capital Coffee – Gaia Deli
A highly popular eatery for a number of years, Gaia Deli on Leith Walk is also the number one destination in the city for authentic Italian coffee.
In specialty coffee circles, Italian coffee is often...
Wiff Waff’s Welcome Return this weekend
Wiff Waff Wednesday, the popular and long running social ping pong event returns, as a one-off on Saturday 23 April 2022.
Until the pandemic, Wiff Waff Wednesday had run for almost a decade and...
Brand new concept bar opens in the heart of Leith this weekend
Bittersweet, a new concept bar in Leith bar founded by 2 Italian brothers Fabrizio & Simone Cioffi, welcomed Edinburgh locals and visitors for breakfast, lunch and dinner when it opened on Sunday April 10th...
Rabbie’s back in Leith
The 124-year-old bronze statue of Robert Burns has come home to Leith after two years of renovation.
It is entirely fitting that the statue comes home today as this is the anniversary of Burns'...
Leith Walk Tramway depot – consultation now open
An online consultation about the proposed mixed use redevelopment of the former Leith Walk Tramway depot is to run over the Christmas period and will end on 3 January.
There are three pieces of land...
New mural commissioned by Innis & Gunn on display in Leith
Scottish brewer Innis & Gunn commissioned Edinburgh street artist, Shona Hardie to create an homage to the wonders of Leith, with a new large-scale mural.
Part of Innis & Gunn’s summer Lager Beer campaign –...
Campervan open beer garden in Leith
A Scottish brewery has transformed its community taproom into a beer garden and Paul Gibson, founder of brewers Campervan, revealed that the project had been in the back of his mind for some time.The beer garden...
Meeting David Macpherson – the man behind The Rig – now filming in Leith
The opening of First Stage Studios in Leith is already paying dividends for the city with filming just started on a dark thriller penned by local screenwriter, David Macpherson.
The six-part Amazon Original series The...
