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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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
£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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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,...
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,...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
Don’t dismisseth Leith Police history book
A book published to commemorate the 100th anniversary of the 1920 amalgamation of Leith Burgh Police with the larger Edinburgh City Police, has raised...
Plans for Commercial Street withdrawn
by Joseph Anderson Local Democracy Reporter
Plans to pave over two water features in Leith have been dropped, after the application attracted hundreds of objections...
Earth in Common are delighted with funding for Nourishing Leith Hub
It was announced on Wednesday that Edinburgh charity Earth in Common (until recently known as Leith Community Crops in Pots) has, ‘subject to agreed...
Bocca Bona grabs pizza the take away action in Balerno
A business partnership founded on pasta and pupils had led to the opening of a new pizzeria in Balerno.
Chris Moonie and Davide Scuccato both...
Let the Records show – they were the bravest of men
As employees of the National Records of Scotland, their collective job was to faithfully record the everyday lives of the Scottish people – from...
Tapping into Edinburgh’s thirst for sustainability
A Scotland-wide network of public water refill taps that allow people to top up their refillable bottles while on the move is being further...
Mana Poke pop up in Leith
Tired of your hoose? You’re welcome at the Mana Poke pop-up shop in Leith for your dose of healthy food and a good chat.
Poké...
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