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Gorgie City Farm charity in default with regulator
The charity LOVE Learning Scotland which is due to hand back the keys to Gorgie City Farm on Monday is in default with the...
Coates Crescent Gardens – damage caused to commemorative bench this weekend
One of the benches in Coates Crescent Gardens opposite the tram stop appears to have been damaged in an apparent act of vandalism on...
Save Gorgie Farm Forever ramps up campaign
Save Gorgie Farm Forever (SGFF) wants to build a framework for the Gorgie community and the rest of the city to play an active...
Zoo expresses interest in Gorgie City Farm
Three private organisations, including The Royal Zoological Society of Scotland, are among groups understood to have expressed an interest in taking over Gorgie City...
Resignation of former Lord Provost sparks by-election
A by-election will be held on 9 March 2022 to elect a replacement for the former Rt Hon Lord Provost and councillor for the...
Eyre Place plans for student housing referred to hearing
The public are to be given a final say on highly controversial plans to build more student flats in Canonmills.
The application for 142 studio...
Council approves holiday flats in city centre
The City of Edinburgh Council has approved planning applications for 20 new AirBnB-style holiday flats in the city centre, despite a pledge to limit the...
Former councillors face standards hearing
The actions of two former Edinburgh councillors are to be examined following a complaint about their involvement in a vote to shut a heavily congested...
Teachers seek ten per cent rise in pay
Striking teachers across Edinburgh have taken to the streets calling for an ‘across the board’ pay rise of 10 per cent.
Primary school staff in...
Eurovision bid at show ground would have cost council millions
A bid to bring the Eurovision song contest to Edinburgh indicated the council was in a financial position to provide up to £17.6m to host...
The Edinburgh sign is here to stay
In answer to a Freedom of Information request it appears that the Edinburgh sign may be here to stay for the next decade.
The...
Statues will take their place on new housing development
Gothic statues salvaged from a historic Edinburgh estate will take pride of place in a new council housing development which will be built this...
Leith Walk is no go area for blind pedestrians
Due to the introduction of "shambolic cycle lanes, Leith Walk has become a “no go area” for blind people, a leading sight loss charity...
Councillor calls for Gaelic tram signs in Edinburgh
An Edinburgh councillor has called for Gaelic signs to be installed at stops along Edinburgh’s tramline.
It comes after the council decided against including the...
Trams to Newhaven – final piece of track is laid
The final piece of track connecting Edinburgh’s existing tram line to the new section extending it to Newhaven has been laid.
Passengers will use the...
Delay on implementing rules around short term lets branded shameful
A decision to delay the introduction of a scheme that will give Edinburgh more powers to crack down on short-term lets has been branded...
Opposition councillors say any tram extension must not be funded by the council
The Council Leader has been urged to not spend “a single penny” of taxpayers’ cash on a new tram line if the project is...
Council to consider cracking down on loud buskers
A crackdown on “nuisance busking” in Edinburgh is being considered by the council following “challenges” dealing with excessive noise during this year’s summer festivals.
The...
Warm spaces opened to help people worried about energy costs
Heated Edinburgh spaces for residents who need warmth and are worried about soaring energy bills have been opened by the council.
More than 60 so-called...
Beer garden at Waverley Market may have to close
A popular Edinburgh city centre beer garden faces permanent closure after the council rejected a bid for it to continue operating.
The ‘Festival Village’ has...
Councillor profile – Martha Mattos Coelho
Cllr Martha Mattos Coelho is the SNP councillor for Liberton/Gilmerton Ward.
At the moment she is a full-time councillor, but before being elected, she...
Transport charity says Edinburgh will be left behind without a cycle hire scheme
Edinburgh risks being left behind other global cities if it continues without a shared bike scheme, national shared transport charity Collaborative Mobility UK (CoMoUK) has...
Government’s transport review offers up more trams as mass transit solution
The Scottish Government has just published its second Strategic Transport Projects Review known as STPR2 - and it mentions using Mass Transit between different...
Changes to music school plans approved
Changes to the plans to change the former Royal High School into a “world-class” music school and performance venue have been approved by councillors.
The...
Bar Hutte to close after planning refused
Bar Hutte set up in wooden shacks outside St James Quarter will be forced to shut after the council refused planning permission over noise concerns.
But...
Council likely to approve City Plan 2030 before submission to Scottish Ministers
Claims that plans to build 37,000 new homes in Edinburgh over the next decade are unrealistic have been played-down by the council as it...
Signing the pledge for activism against gender based violence
Council Leader Cammy Day signed up as an ambassador to White Ribbon Scotland which is a campaign to involve men in tackling violence against...
Edinburgh’s Christmas is now open
Edinburgh's Christmas is now open to the public with some of the old favourites in place to entertain you from now until 3 January.
All...
Photography exhibition ‘Paul Duke: No Ruined Stone’ opens at City Art Centre
A new exhibition of street photography by the artist Paul Duke (b.1965) this November, depicting contemporary life in the Muirhouse area of Edinburgh, opens...
Council formalises its support bike buses
Cllr Jule Bandel, Edinburgh Greens transport spokesperson proposed a motion at today's council meeting calling for the council to support bike buses. These are...
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