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Have your say on the management plan for Calton Hill
The draft Management Plan was commissioned by Edinburgh World Heritage on behalf of the Calton Hill Management Steering Group to direct the future management...
Youth work projects urged to apply for council funding now
The City of Edinburgh Council has £160,000 of funding available in the latest participatory budgeting project and they are specifically looking for applications from...
Edinburgh councillor blogs – Councillor Maureen Child
Councillor Maureen Child is Labour councillor for Portobello/Craigmillar.
Here she delves into her postbag and tells us what is going on over on the east...
Cycling – new road layout at McDonald Road offers two stage right turn for...
In what the council describe as a pioneering move there are to be changes to the road layout at McDonald Road to help keep...
Council opens new nursery
The council's Education Convener and Vice-Convener opened the new nursery at Ferryhill Primary School this week.
This is part of a programme of eight new...
Council Leader Adam McVey marks 100 days in the job
Cllr McVey is leader of the SNP Group which scraped into a coalition deal with the Labour Group one month after the Council Elections....
Council to implement new action plan on weeds
Earlier in the year weeds were big news. We had a front page story in our Summer print edition and have been waiting for...
At The City Art Centre – Hidden Gems
Hidden Gems opens at Edinburgh’s City Art Centre on Saturday 7 October 2017
Showcasing 50 artworks from the City Art Centre’s collection that have rarely –...
Edinburgh councillor blogs – Councillor Maureen Child
Councillor Maureen Child is the Labour councillor in Portobello/Craigmillar. Here she rounds up her inbox for us.
Dear All
Our community buy-out Bellfield's Crowdfunder closed last...
City welcomes its new Makar
Poet Alan Spence is the Scottish Capital’s next poet laureate and was welcomed into the post by the Lord Provost earlier today at the...
Council to improve road safety near tram tracks
The council is set to spend £30,000 on phase 1 of measures to improve cycle safety across the city near on street tram tracks,...
Edinburgh active travel projects win Sustrans funding
Two Edinburgh active travel projects have been successful in the final judging of the Sustrans Scotland’s Community Links PLUS (CLPLUS) competition.
The competition delivers pioneering...
Green Pencil Award- entries must be sent in now!
Green Pencil Award is a creative writing competition run by The City of Edinburgh Council with an environmental theme that is open to all...
Former Lord Provost dies
Edinburgh’s Lord Provost Frank Ross paid tribute to the late Kenneth Borthwick.
Elected in 1956, Mr Borthwick was Lord Provost of the City of Edinburgh...
Council back down on Leith Registrar closure
After starting a petition to stop the possible closure of Leith Registrars Office on Wednesday, Edinburgh North and Leith MP Deidre Brock announced good...
VIDEO – Tram extension – Council Leader thinks timetable allows for ‘lessons learned’
The council will debate the details and decide on extending the tram to Newhaven on Monday. You can watch the Transport and Environment Committee...
Edinburgh councillor blogs – Councillor Joanna Mowat
Joanna Mowat is the Conservative councillor for the City Centre Ward. At Thursday's council meeting the council adopted the coalition plan for the next...
Mortonhall Memorial – design revealed
A bronze baby elephant sculpture has been chosen as the preferred memorial for Edinburgh's Princes Street Gardens by parents affected by historic practices at...
Edinburgh Festivals legacy funding package announced
Funding for our festivals has received a boost by the council approving an annual funding contribution of £1million over each of the next five...
Edinburgh councillor blogs – Cllr Scott Arthur
by Labour Councillor Scott Arthur who represents the Colinton/Fairmilehead Ward.
"Much has been made recently of the fact that complaints relating to waste management have...
Complaints against Edinburgh councillors decided by Standards Commission
There were two recent cases against councillors heard by The Standards Commission for Scotland.
One of these centred on an alleged breach of the Councillors'...
Leith Street Works begin in September
We are getting quite close to 2 September when Leith Street will be closed to traffic for ten months, meaning that a diversion route...
Flags lowered at the City Chambers today
Following the attack in Barcelona yesterday afternoon, the flags have been lowered as a mark of respect to Barcelona.
The Lord Provost of the City...
News from the Council Leader
Councillor Adam McVey who is Council Leader was a bit weary when we met him yesterday afternoon at the usual press briefing. However he...
Finally – a plan for the capital
The coalition agreement between the SNP and Labour groups of elected members at the City of Edinburgh Council has now (eventually) been published.
It was...
Work begins at Saughton Park
Over the next twelve months the council will oversee the project to transform Saughton Park into something akin to its former glory and attract...
More 20mph zones in the capital from tomorrow
From tomorrow 16 August 2017, the extent of the 20mph zones across the city extends even further with the third phase covering north west...
Council appoint James to take charge of their culture venues
The City of Edinburgh Council’s cultural venues collective has appointed James Bruce as programme development manager. The position which is based at the Usher...
Council says they are doing better on keeping Edinburgh tidy
During the festival last year the number of complaints about waste on the streets, particularly in the city centre rose markedly.
Now the council says...
Edinburgh councillor blogs – Councillor Kevin Lang
If time flies when you are having fun, then I am clearly having a ball.
Today marks exactly 100 days since I stood inside Meadowbank...
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