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Waterfront homes recommended for approval
Hundreds of new waterfront homes in Edinburgh have moved a step closer to being built with proposals set to go before councillors again next...
NHS Lothian warns of another Covid-19 wave
NHS Lothian have urged residents in the Edinburgh and Lothian area to think twice about visiting accident and emergency departments this winter amid warnings...
Edinburgh school pupils blocked from accessing YouTube in school
Edinburgh pupils have been blocked from accessing YouTube in school after some were caught viewing ‘concerning material’ on their devices.
Following the move youngsters have called...
Council clarifies rules on events in West Princes Street Gardens
After a long tortuous discussion, mainly around procedural possibilities, the council's Culture and Communities Committee approved by a narrow margin to set terms and...
Council working with partner organisations on options for Film Festival and Filmhouse
At the Culture and Communities meeting on Thursday, councillors discussed the recent demise of CMI, the parent charity for the Edinburgh International Film...
Swingers club planned for Bankhead
Plans to open a huge ‘swingers club’ in an Edinburgh industrial estate should be looked at “very closely” a local councillor has said.
If given...
Whistleblowers begin petition for public inquiry
Edinburgh whistle blowers who were instrumental in exposing wrongdoing in the city council have called on MSPs to launch a public inquiry into the...
Winners of Saroj Lal Award announced
The winners of the first ever edition of the Saroj Lal Award for City of Edinburgh Schools were announced at a ceremony at the...
New Christmas producers urged to take greater care of Princes Street trees
The trees in Princes Street Gardens will need more protection than is provided for in the current planning application for Edinburgh's Christmas, according to...
Opposition councillors ask for investigation into collapse of Christmas contract
Opposition councillors lodged an emergency motion on Tuesday asking that a full investigation is carried out of the circumstances which led to the collapse...
Issues over Christmas contract process will be reviewed
"Significant issues” have been exposed around how the council awards and manages contracts, opposition councillors have said following an emergency meeting held mainly in...
Edinburgh’s Christmas – new company appointed by council to save the day
The council has appointed a new contractor to take over the running of its Christmas events from next month in place of the original...
World Homeless Day – council has ways to help
World Homeless Day on Monday highlights the issues facing many people without a permanent home in local communities.
With the cost of living rising, The...
Temporary street structures being removed
by Donald Turvill, Local Democracy Reporter
Edinburgh’s leading heritage watchdog has urged the council to review the impact that temporary outdoor seating had on the...
Council has plans for cleaning up Edinburgh
by Donald Turvill, Local Democracy Reporter
The number of bins in Edinburgh’s city centre is set to double under plans by the council to increase its...
Profile of Cllr Ross McKenzie – Sighthill/Gorgie Ward
The Edinburgh Reporter has invited all councillors who were newly elected in 2022 to tell us a little about themselves.
This profile features Cllr...
Regulation needed for e-scooters and the “Wild West” in Edinburgh
by Donald Turvill, Local Democracy Reporter
The use of electric scooters on Edinburgh’s streets has been labelled a “Wild West situation” where children as young...
Council’s culture committee postponed due to technical problems
by Donald Turvill Local Democracy Reporter
Technical problems with The City of Edinburgh Council’s website has forced a committee to be adjourned until December, as...
Angels Event Experience on withdrawing from Edinburgh’s Christmas
The supplier appointed by The City of Edinburgh Council has withdrawn from the contract to deliver Edinburgh's Christmas this year.
The Surrey based company,...
Profile – Cllr Stuart Dobbin Forth Ward
The Edinburgh Reporter has invited all councillors newly elected in 2022 to tell us about themselves.
This profile is of Cllr Stuart Dobbin who...
Official opening at QuietRoute 61
On Thursday a key walking, wheeling and cycling route in Edinburgh, QuietRoute 61 was officially "opened" by the Transport Convener and members of organisations...
Council warned of effect of rent freeze on house building
Another rent freeze next year could mean that The City of Edinburgh Council’s affordable housebuilding programme is halted, leaving less than half of the...
Planning permission recommended for 200 new homes at Seafield despite noise and smell fears
Proposals for more than 200 new homes on the site of a Seafield car showroom have been backed by planners at Edinburgh City Council...
The benefits of going car free for the day
Multi record breaking endurance cyclist Mark Beaumont and Edinburgh resident arrived on his penny farthing bicycle, Cllr Scott Arthur, Transport and Environment Convener for...
Reduction in Edinburgh’s speed limits reduced road deaths by a quarter
Restricting a city’s speed limits to 20mph reduced road deaths by almost a quarter and serious injuries by a third, research has revealed.
Accident rates...
Scotland’s Climate Week – Edinburgh’s EV chargers now operational
The Cabinet Secretary for Net Zero, Energy and Transport, Michael Matheson, and Transport and Environment Convener, Cllr Scott Arthur met to take a look...
Licensing system under review – have your say
Views on Edinburgh’s bars, restaurants and booze shops getting extended opening hours during the summer festivals and Christmas period are being sought as a part...
Group apply for permission to have plaque removed from Melville statue
A group arguing that a new plaque at the foot of Edinburgh’s Melville Monument is not historically accurate has applied for planning permission to...
Council officers worked long days during Operation Unicorn
Council officers in Edinburgh worked 18-hour days as the capital was front and centre of events after HM the Queen’s death, a councillor has...
Edinburgh signing for Hebridean Baker’s second book
The Hebridean Baker has announced he will be in Edinburgh on 3 October to celebrate his new book, My Scottish Island Kitchen.
Coinneach MacLeod is available...
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