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Backing for the City Centre Transformation plans
Both Living Streets and Spokes campaign for improvements in Edinburgh for pedestrians and cyclists. They are consulted by the council on plans to improve...
Council to consider setting rules for parking outside the City Chambers
Green Councillor Claire Miller raised the possibility of ending free parking in the City Chambers Quadrangle at last week's full council meeting. She pointed...
School lunches for councillors
The Lord Provost invited eight school pupils from Castlebrae Community High School to come to the City Chambers to cook a school dinner lunch...
Assembly Rooms change the lightbulbs
Lighting in the Assembly Rooms has been switched over to LED bulbs to save energy and carbon emissions.
Throughout the building the council has...
Roseburn air study petition to be considered by council
After the Transport and Environment Committee meeting on Thursday morning I spoke with George Rendall a shopkeeper on Roseburn Terrace and John Yellowlees who...
Scottish Gas upgrading on Queensferry Road
Scottish Gas Networks (SGN) will be upgrading the gas network in the Queensferry Road area of Edinburgh from 16 September 2019.
SGN manages the network...
Transport Committee asked to consider Roseburn petition on air pollution study
A petition for an air pollution study in Roseburn will be considered at this week's Transport Committee. The demand is backed by 32 businesses...
Edinburgh Licensing Forum is looking for recruits
Edinburgh Licensing Forum is looking for new members.
The Forum keeps the liquor licensing system in Edinburgh under regular review and it also stimulates...
Nurses Reunited 60 Years After Meeting as Students
60 years after they met as students at the Western General Hospital, a group of 23 nurses and their partners have been reunited by...
Roadworks and diversions around Edinburgh
The City of Edinburgh Council's control room staff compile a list of all the diversions and roadworks which are planned in the city.
Here...
City Centre Transformation to move forward to the next stage
There will be more consultations to come on specific elements of the City Centre Transformation Project (CCT), but the council will examine the...
Council leave raw sewage guarded by four traffic cones
There has been a sewage leak on Fernieside Recreation Ground in South Edinburgh which has had some attention today from both Scottish Water and...
Drop in events in West Edinburgh begin later this week
Have your say on the council's proposals to improve public realm and create the West Edinburgh Link.
This project aims to change the way...
Road works and road closures in Edinburgh this week
There are still a lot of roads closed in the city centre owing to works by Scottish Gas and others.The City of Edinburgh Council...
Summertime Streets will be reviewed
At this week's full council meeting when the street outside was full of the sounds of the Festival, it is not surprising that councillors...
Climate campaigners want to march along Princes Street
Youth climate campaigners will be given just 10 days' notice as to whether they will get permission from the council to march along Princes...
Councillor Ellie Bird to be caretaker replacement while council leader on leave
From the end of this week Cllr Adam McVey goes on adoption leave for six weeks. His temporary replacement has just been announced. SNP...
21,000 children in Edinburgh now living in poverty
Teaching staff have been forced to set up an “in-school food bank” to support some of the 21,000 children now living in poverty in...
Thousands respond to council’s transport consultations
More than 8,000 responses have been shared on the major changes that the council proposes for Edinburgh.
Their plans for Edinburgh City Centre Transformation, Meadows...
A spaceship lands on Hanover Street
It is of course quite fitting this year when the world is celebrating the first moon landing that we should have a spaceship at...
Extra Staff Recruited to Help Keep the City’s Streets Clean
Forty additional staff will join the core team of 37 city centre street cleansing operatives in August, to help manage extra demand over the...
Cavalcade of buses is cancelled on Sunday
The management of Lothian the city's bus company have decided to cancel the planned centenary cavalcade of buses which was due to take place...
New buildings at the Botanics to be approved
Proposals to overhaul the Royal Botanic Gardens are set to be given the green light – despite concerns that 48 trees will be chopped...
Free family cookery classes for the summer holidays
Groups of children and parents are tucking into a feast of free cookery classes at venues across Edinburgh this month and next as part...
Council Steps in to Clear Shore Debris
The City of Edinburgh Council has taken decisive action to tackle a build-up of flotsam and litter in the Water of Leith at the...
Burnshot Bridge Replacement Enters Next Phase
The major project to build a new bridge across the A90 near Kirkliston has reached a key milestone, as the initial foundations are laid.
The...
Bin-blocking Drivers Risk a Parking Fine
The City of Edinburgh Council has launched a new campaign with the aim of combating the problem of inconsiderately parked vehicles blocking bins meaning...
Hurry to have your say on these transport projects
The council is running two consultations which finish this weekend.
The City Centre Transformation and Meadows to George Street consultations both end on Sunday evening so...
Council Leader claims administration plans are still on target
In spite of the rebukes all round from opposition parties in The City Chambers last week I found the Council Leader Adam McVey in...
Edinburgh Children’s Partnership Receives ‘Very Good’ Rating from Inspectorate
Following a recent inspection by the Care Inspectorate, The Edinburgh Children’s Partnership has become the first in Scotland to receive a ‘very good’ rating
The...
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