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Network changes on the buses next week
SPECIAL COVID-19 BUS SERVICES IMPROVED AS RESTRICTIONS RELAXED
Lothian Buses has announced an update to its critical services network from Sunday 12 July 2020 to...
Council meeting 30 June 2020 – the unions have their say
The first virtual council meeting takes place on Tuesday. It will take place online on the Microsoft Teams platform which will allow you to...
Stockbridge plans on hold
Proposed plans to ban parking in Stockbridge have been halted by the council.
In what looks like a significant U-turn on previous plans, the...
Police charge councillor with alleged sexual offences
Cllr Lewis Ritchie, 36, the Independent councillor for Leith Walk, has been charged by police with five offences which are alleged to have happened...
Small businesses to be supported by council spending
The Council is a major employer and procurer of goods and services necessary for them to deliver over 700 services to the people of...
Lidl disappointed about planning decision for Seafield store
Yesterday the council's planners turned down the second request from Lidl to allow them to use 64 Seafield Road for the sale of food....
Coronavirus – council put more road measures in place
In another move to allow more room on or streets for physical distancing, the council has closed a main thoroughfare in the city centre.
Waverley...
Whalebones found during tram works
The teams working on Trams to Newhaven have begun digging again and have shown off some of the artefacts they have uncovered.
Some of...
Contractors to begin again on Trams to Newhaven from Monday
Following a two month shutdown as a result of coronavirus the contractors working on the tram extension will begin again from Monday 15 June...
Road works in Edinburgh this week
The City of Edinburgh Council's department which looks after the EdinTravel twitter account has a updated us about roadworks in the city this week....
Full council meetings to resume virtually
It has been a while since the full council met in Edinburgh, but there is a plan to convene the whole council of 62...
Melville Monument will tell the true story of Henry Dundas
Although a committee was formed two years ago and more to draft the wording of a plaque for the Melville Monument, it has taken...
Council recommends seven projects for Scottish Government funding – but it could be...
The council agreed earlier this year to prepare a schedule of key projects, which would allow them to prioritise each for funding from the...
Spaces for People programme rolling out in Edinburgh
The City of Edinburgh Council was awarded £5 million from The Scottish Government's Spaces for People programme.
Now the Transport Convener along with council officers...
Lord Provost asked to mark important Drylaw anniversary
Depute Council Leader, Cammy Day, has lodged a motion at next week's Policy and Sustainability Committee highlighting that Drylaw Rainbow Club Day Centre is...
Floral Clock is in hand
Many of the clocks in the city have stopped, all at the wrong time. The famous Balmoral clock is at 6.25 so yes it...
Looking to Edinburgh’s economic future with the Planning Convener
The city's planning and building standards service is still very much in business. With officers working from home and keeping in touch by MS...
Edinburgh Council loaned millions to English council now blacklisted
The City of Edinburgh Council (CEC) loaned £20 million to Thurrock Council in 2017, 'secured on all revenues of the borrowing council'.
We have...
Council keeps community centres closed – in the face of real need
The community centres in Edinburgh remain closed. The decision to close them was initially made in March.
The council's Chief Executive has confirmed that for...
The news you have been waiting for – Edinburgh’s dumps to open on Monday
Recycling centres to reopen from Monday, 1 June 2020, with changes in place to protect people's safety. Members of the public are encouraged to...
Opposition claim lack of democracy at the City Chambers
The next meeting of The City of Edinburgh Council's Policy and Sustainability Committee on Thursday will for the first time deal with business that...
Code of conduct introduced for off-road paths
The council is promoting a simple code of conduct for everyone to abide by when walking, running, cycling or using the network of off-road...
Council performance during Covid-19 in numbers
The council's Chief Executive reported to the Policy and Sustainability Committee on Thursday about the council's performance in response to the Covid-19 pandemic.
He...
Council approves outline plans for walking and cycling measures in Edinburgh
The council got to the end of a very long Policy and Sustainability committee earlier today when some of the most important measures fell...
Council under fire for ‘undemocratic’ process
Edinburgh residents' group is concerned about the way the Council is working during the Covid-19 crisis.
So far there has been no action to set...
Council’s Chief Executive reports on Edinburgh’s response to Covid-19
The council's Chief Executive presented a report in the form of a set of slides on the city's response to the Covid-19 pandemic to...
Council to decide on temporary active travel measures
This week the council will discuss proposals for setting up temporary cycling and walking infrastructure to allow the city to open up after...
It’s a one way street at Braidburn Terrace
After the announcement by the Transport Secretary Michael Matheson last week of £10 million for councils to use in improving roads for those out...
New date set for by-election
The council by-election in Craigentinny/Duddingston which would have been held this month was postponed due to the Covid-19 pandemic.
A new date has now...
Council uses branding on its bin lorries to get the message across
The council now has six bin lorries branded up with coronavirus messaging.
You will no doubt see some of these lorries in your corner of...
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