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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...
Council workers reject latest pay deal
Members of the largest union for local government workers, Unison Scotland, overwhelmingly voted to reject COSLA's latest pay offer, with 90% of those who...
Consultation to be restarted by council after advertising errors
A consultation on making Edinburgh’s Spaces for People measures permanent will have to be restarted due to “errors” by the council – costing thousands...
Costorphine Community Centre transfer approved
The ownership of Costorphine community centre will be handed from the council to local residents – a decade after the former building burnt down.
The...
Social care services overspending by £100k a day, council chiefs say
More cuts loom for Edinburgh's struggling social care services
The deepening funding crisis in the city’s Health and Social Care Partnership (EHSCP) is set...
Consultation events will set out details of the regeneration of Edinburgh’s coastline
The council is consulting with residents and businesses, and any other interested groups on the way that Seafield might be transformed and regenerated into...
Waverley beer garden dealt another blow
A busy pop-up beer garden in Edinburgh City Centre has been dealt another blow after a bid to overturn the council’s decision to reject...
Low income households to be offered free bulky uplifts
Free bulky uplifts will be offered to low income households in Edinburgh from later this year as part of a £3 million city clean-up...
Edinburgh student could win national research award
National award returns to fund student research on nation’s land
Students in Edinburgh are being encouraged to enter a national award designed to support research...
Fringe to lease premises as a “community hub”
Following the news that in the UK Government's Spring Budget the Edinburgh Festival Fringe Society (EFFS) were to receive substantial funding, it has been...
Edinburgh Growing Together – gardening to produce more food and flowers
A project has just been launched to give Edinburgh residents more opportunities to grow vegetables, fruit and flowers on Edinburgh council estates.
Edinburgh Growing Together...
Daytime testing for trams on new part of the line begins
Three trams ran between Picardy Place and Newhaven during the day today.
The first tram rolled away from York Place at 10 and we...
Council plans to double spending on roads and pavements
The council is planning to spend more money on fixing roads, paths and pavements than it has for almost a decade.
The Roads...
Developer lodges revised plans for Jock’s Lodge
The proposal to build purpose built student accommodation at Jock's Lodge has now been changed with a reduction in height.
The developer says the...
Council begins major consultation on travel and transport in Edinburgh
The council has opened a major consultation which they hope will to help to outline the way that everyone in Edinburgh moves around, or...
Private school’s sports hall refused planning permission
An Edinburgh private school’s huge new sports hall has been refused planning permission over concerns it would be an “over-dominant addition” to the rural...
‘Grotty’ city centre phone boxes finally removed
Old eyesore payphones have been removed from Edinburgh city centre following calls for action to be taken to rid the streets of the “grotty”...
Council trying out a new listening service
The council is trying out a new service in Gorgie/Dalry to help people reach the services that the council has on offer.
The test...
Over 4,000 electric vehicle charger fines issued
More than 4,000 fines have been handed to drivers in Edinburgh who have exceeded the maximum stay in electric vehicle charging bays.
The city council...
Call for greater flexibility over licensing hours
Strict licensing rules are stifling investment in Edinburgh’s hospitality industry, councillors warned.
Edinburgh's pubs and restaurants have called for greater flexibility over opening and closing...
Haymarket Terrace will be closed from Monday
As the next part of the City Centre West to East Link (CCWEL) progresses, Haymarket Terrace will be closed to eastbound traffic from Monday...
Sustainable Food Places Awards – Edinburgh wins silver
Edinburgh has been recognised in the accreditation scheme, Sustainable Food Places Awards, at a conference in Oxford last weekend.
Edible Edinburgh led the bid...
No blanket extension of drinking hours for coronation
Edinburgh’s pubs will not get a blanket extension for the coronation of King Charles III this summer, the council has confirmed.
The decision means licensed...
Work begins soon on Leith Connections
Work will begin soon on a scheme which the council says will create safer, more welcoming places to walk, wheel, cycle and spend time...
Drug users to be interviewed about proposed drug checking services
Edinburgh Council is about to hold interviews with drug users in a bid to understand how substance checking services in the city could reduce...
Celebrating World Poetry Day at Makars’ Court
To mark World Poetry Day Primary 7 pupils from Royal Mile Primary School visited the Writers' Museum to learn about poets and to recite...
Councillors accused of failing to use new short term let controls
Edinburgh councillors voted to approve a new short term let in the city centre in a decision branded “absolutely mad”.
Housing campaigners blasted the council...
Savings on health and social care budget fall short
The Edinburgh Integration Joint Board (EIJB) which delivers the council's health and social care will meet on Tuesday to hear details of the possible...
Edinburgh Community Climate Fund winners awarded total of £140,000
The council has awarded a total of £140,000 to eight community groups to fund their projects.
An additional £40,000 was made available due to...
Drinks balcony refused at Caley Picture House
The Edinburgh Wetherspoon’s bid to open its balcony up as a drinks terrace has failed.
The council refused to grant planning permission over fears the...
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