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Funding for the Tour de France approved by Edinburgh councillors
Funding for the Tour de France has been approved by Edinburgh councillors, after a senior council officer faced a grilling.
In response to questioning in...
Armed Forces Day flag handed over at the City Chambers
A ceremony at the City Chambers on Monday was held to present the Armed Forces Day flag.
A small party of piper LSgt Mark...
New student housing ban possible
Options for bringing in a ban on the development of new student accommodation units In Edinburgh are set to be brought before councillors later this...
By-election in Fountainbridge/Craiglockhart on Thursday
There are only three days to go until the Fountainbridge/Craiglockhart by-election, the council is urging people living in the ward to return their postal...
Convicted landlord gets £8m homeless contracts
An Edinburgh landlord who pled guilty to running unregistered lets and unlicensed HMOs has been given homeless housing contracts by the council worth almost...
Senior Edinburgh councillors back giving themselves a pay hike
Senior Edinburgh councillors have backed giving themselves a pay hike, with only one member speaking out in opposition.
In February, Edinburgh Council agreed to freeze...
Council agrees to trial a four day working week
After Thursday's meeting of the full council, councillors have agreed to consider moving to a four day week to improve the wellbeing of employees....
£1.7m Tour de France backlash
Edinburgh Councillors need to “take back control” from officials, one has claimed, amid a row over calls to spend of £1.7 million of council...
Report on former council leader Cammy Day approved
Former council leader Cammy Day has been accused of subjecting a fellow Labour councillor to a ‘drunken tirade’ at a Christmas party that left...
Edinburgh Council set to spend £1.7m on Tour de France
Up to £1.7 million should be drawn from the city’s financial reserves and put towards the 2027 Tour de France, according to plans set...
Edinburgh councillor calls for bonfire and BBQ controls
Council officers should get the power to restrict bonfires and barbecues, and ban them on a case-by-case basis if necessary, according to a councillor.
SNP...
Pro-Palestine protest given go-ahead by councillors despite safety concerns
A pro-Palestine protest in Edinburgh has been given the go-ahead by councillors after concerns were raised over safety.
The city’s public safety department had objected...
New student housing blocks in Edinburgh should be banned says councillor
New student housing blocks in the capital should be banned over fears of an oversupply, according to an Edinburgh councillor.
Over 20,000 beds exist in...
This week’s planning applications in Edinburgh
All of the planning applications made to the council's planning team this week are shown on the list below.
Some of the applications which are...
Slow ahead on George Street
The plans to reorganise George Street are progressing, albeit slowly, and years after first planned, but according to latest estimates the project will be...
Floral Clock is bloomin’ lovely this year
The Floral Clock in Princes Street Gardens is all spruced up and looking lovely now that the council's parks department have created the 2025...
Questions raised over whether pro-Palestine protest should be banned on safety grounds
Questions have been raised over whether a pro-Palestine protest in Edinburgh should be banned on public safety grounds.
A Support Palestine rally has been scheduled...
Ex-marine jailed for abuse denied landlord registration
A former Royal Marine who sexually abused a number of boys has been denied permission to let flats in the capital.
Rowland Reilly, who owns...
King’s Birthday Honours – council employee with four decades of service honoured
The Lord Provost said he was particularly pleased to note that Frank Donoghue who led the team at the City Chambers until his recent...
Edinburgh Council four-day working week trial call
A four-day workweek for city staff should be considered to help fill empty roles and aid with poor health, according to a councillor.
Several councils...
Travellers should be given more support according to two city councillors
Travellers should be given more support by Edinburgh council, according to two city councillors.
It comes amid recent tensions between travellers and local residents in...
The costs of the Lord Provost’s two new cars
There are two new cars at the City Chambers for use by the Lord Provost, the Depute Lord Provost and also by visiting royalty.
The...
Lessons must be learned after publication of Day report
Lessons ‘must be learned’ after the publication of a report spelling out the council’s handling of sexual harassment allegations against former leader Cammy Day,...
Student planning applications approved
Applications for new student housing and for a student flat block to be used as short-term lets over the summer have been approved by...
Report finds inadequacies and lost emails at the City Chambers
The City of Edinburgh Council will next week discuss a report by former Information Commissioner, Kevin Dunion, which he has presented to them after...
Fountainbridge residents party flats concern
Fountainbridge locals have spoken out over a student housing block’s plans to run short-term lets over the summer, saying they will amount to being...
Dalry residents speak out against proposed student housing block
Dalry residents have spoken out against a new student housing block planned just across the street from an existing one for their neighbourhood.
Developers Sungate...
Edinburgh Council refuses to ban arms testing in city parks
An Edinburgh councillor has spoken out after a city committee voted not to ban arms firms from testing military equipment in city parks.
In December...
Hogmanay cash clawback will be ‘transparent’
Edinburgh council is still working to reclaim almost £430,000 in grants and income from organisers of last year’s cancelled Hogmanay event.
All of the city’s...
Counter-terror planning underway for festivals
Counter-terror and public safety plans for Edinburgh’s festivals will continue to be reviewed, councillors have been assured, after a tragic event in Liverpool saw...
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