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Transport Infrastructure and Environment Committee meeting 27 September 2011
It seems that the ladies of Morningside may have to watch out as one of the items on the agenda of the Transport committee...
Council meeting 22 September 2011
The council today approved the appointment of Balfour Beatty as preferred contractor for the planned new Portobello High School. They agreed to spend £200,000...
The City of Edinburgh Council 22 September 2011
The full council meets on Thursday morning.
We have provided you with a copy of the agenda below but items of note include the new...
Trams in Edinburgh by 2014….and that’s a promise?
Work is to begin again on completing Edinburgh’s tram line following the signing of a settlement agreement between The City of Edinburgh Council and...
Prizes for recycling in Edinburgh
Anyone recycling in Edinburgh from next week could be in for a surprise from Council officers…a £10 shopping voucher! The visits by staff...
Council cuts spell the end for ‘People First’ care providers in Edinburgh.
The council's Finance and Resources Committee met earlier this week to discuss, among many other items on a lengthy agenda, a report on home-care...
Council appoint new Director of Corporate Governance
The City of Edinburgh Council can confirm that it has offered the post of Director of Corporate Governance to the current Head of Legal...
Edinburgh Council Meeting 2 September 2011 – Audio report
We spoke with Councillor Gordon Mackenzie the LibDem transport convener, Councillor Lesley Hinds, the Labour transport convener, Councillor Steve Cardownie the SNP group leader...
Edinburgh Trams are go
The council met this morning to discuss one item, and that was trams.
They had just met in full council last week, but it was...
LIVEBLOG – Council meeting 2 September 2011
The council meets today to decide what they are going to do about the trams. We will bring you the news from the City...
Teenagers at work on restoration of King George V Park
Local unemployed teenagers are very much enjoying the opportunity to learn new skills on a project which is also improving Edinburgh’s King George V...
Views from The City Chambers today
Today we have interviewed the leader of the Conservative Group to find out what he thinks will happen at the special meeting of the...
Green Pencil Award launched
The City of Edinburgh Council has launched the fourth Green Pencil Award, a creative writing competition with an environmental theme open to all P4-7...
Council want to recruit more foster carers
A new multimedia campaign launched this week is aiming to tackle a shortage of foster carers in Edinburgh. Carers from all backgrounds are needed...
Princes Street diversion for fireworks
Planned works due to start across the tram route in September have been put on hold following last week's Council decision to implement the...
Government to withhold tram money
The Scottish Government has informed the City of Edinburgh Council that it will withhold £72 million for the trams project, in light of the...
The City of Edinburgh Council – Finance and Resources Committee 30 August 2011
The Finance and Resources Committee meet on Tuesday 30 August 2011 at 10a.m. The full agenda is shown below. It is very lengthy and...
Get off at Haymarket! Council decides way forward on trams
The City of Edinburgh Council today passed a motion to stop the trams at Haymarket and give up (at least for now) the idea...
LIVEBLOG – The City of Edinburgh Council Meeting 25 August 2011
The Council meets this morning and you can follow the proceedings here:-
The City of Edinburgh Council meeting 25 August 2011
John Carson puts the Tram question to councillors
John Carson stood last Thursday as a candidate for election to the City of Edinburgh Council, but was beaten by the SNP's Alasdair Rankin....
Economic Development Committee 23 August 2011
The Economic Development Committee of The City of Edinburgh Council meets at 9a.m. tomorrow morning. This is the agenda:-
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The Economic Development Committee previously...
Results of the City Centre By-Election
So the dust is settling. The result of the city centre by election was made known just before the One o'clock gun sounded, and...
The City of Edinburgh By-Election August 2011
The result of the city by-election will be brought to you live from here this morning...
The candidates are
John Carson – Independent
Karen Doran – Scottish Labour Party
Alistair Hodgson...
The City of Edinburgh Council By-election John Carson
John Carson is standing as an Independent candidate for the by-election on Thursday 18 August. His background is in Civil Engineering.
John has worked in...
The City of Edinburgh Council By-Election – Iain McGill Conservative
Iain McGill is from Edinburgh and is currently director of the Harmony Employment Agency who provide social sector staff across Scotland & Northern Ireland.
Between...
The City of Edinburgh Council By-Election – Karen Doran Labour
The council by-election takes place this Thursday 18 August. One of the candidates is standing for the Labour group. She has worked as...
Health Social Care and Housing Committee 16 August 2011
The committee meets on Tuesday morning at 10 in the City Chambers. This is the Agenda:-
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Many items of note here but we would...
Mural to ward off graffiti
Children who helped create a spectacular mural in Roseburn Park were congratulated in a special ceremony at the park on Thursday 11 August 2011.
It...
National Housing Trust gets going in Edinburgh
The first contracts to deliver affordable homes in the Capital have been signed under the National Housing Trust initiative.
Developer Places for People will deliver...
Transport, Infrastructure and Environment Committee 2 August 2011
The Transport, Infrastructure and Environment Committee of The City of Edinburgh Council met today.
Subjects of note included widening public access to city centre gardens,...
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