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Borders Railway – Golden Ticket holders only for now
46 years and 8 months to the day since the ‘Waverley Route’ closed, (January 6 1969) scheduled services are set to begin on the...
Opening of the Borders Railway offers much to celebrate
At the press launch of the Borders Railway held this morning many bodies were represented who have been involved with the development and building...
CIty Region Deal reaches a milestone today
The £1bn Edinburgh and the South East of Scotland City Region deal will reach a major milestone today as the six bid partners submit their...
First Minister to host humanitarian summit in Edinburgh today
Scotland’s response to the unfolding humanitarian tragedy in southern Europe will be set out at a summit chaired by First Minister Nicola Sturgeon in...
Local MSP backs Scotland Supporting Refugees
There are probably few of us who are not appalled by the photographs on the front of the national newspapers showing quite graphically the plight...
Edinburgh residents given chance to shape future of local tax
by Marco Biagi MSP
How would it affect you if you were asked to pay more in Council Tax? What if you were asked to...
Five things you need to know today!
1-6 Canonmills
Museum closures
Fringe Tip of the Day
Drop in events in Morningside
TRIM do CPR!!
A protest is expected at the City Chambers this morning to...
Edinburgh to New York direct with Delta from next year
From next year another major American airline will offer a direct flight from Edinburgh to the Big Apple. From 27 May 2016 Delta will...
Friends of the Earth protest about air pollution in Edinburgh
Friends of the Earth tell us that Edinburgh Council has announced plans to formally extended its city centre Air Pollution Zone by another 3.5...
Books – Project Fear promises to lift the lid on #indyref
On the first anniversary of the Scottish independence referendum, a new tell-all book will lift the lid on the tactics and tensions behind Better...
Volunteers needed for the Children’s Panel
Edinburgh residents interested in joining the Children’s Panel can find out more about the rewarding role, as a national roadshow hits The Gyle Shopping...
Education Maintenance Allowances given funding boost
The Scottish Government has announced an additional £16 million a year to help students from low income families to stay in education.
Changes to Education Maintenance...
Just Festival 2015: Gypsy/Travellers – Has Time Run Out? and Moving Minds
'Everyone should be allowed to live according to their ethnicity'
Most of us probably agree with that statement; in a multicultural society we live alongside...
First Minister comes to Clovenstone
Gordon Macdonald MSP has welcomed the extension of the Scottish Government’s Attainment Fund to three primary schools in his Edinburgh Pentlands Constituency.
First Minister Nicola...
Alex Salmond to deliver inaugural Thomas Muir Memorial Lecture
'We have achieved a great duty in these critical times...we have been the first to revive the spirit of our country and give it...
Creative Scotland achieves gender balance
Creative Scotland has become the first public body to meet the First Minister’s recent call for all boards in Scotland to achieve a 50:50...
Holyrood moves closer towards ending of Air Passenger Duty
Scottish Ministers have marked a new milestone towards reform and reduction of Air Passenger Duty (APD) in Scotland.
Deputy First Minister John Swinney and Infrastructure...
Scottish Government begins search for new Lord President for the Court of Session
The Scottish Government has announced that the process of appointing a new Lord President for Scotland's highest civil court, the Court of Session, has begun....
“Urgent” calls for Sturgeon to publish details of fracking meeting
A major Scottish environmental group has called on First Minister Nicola Sturgeon to “urgently” publish details of a meeting she held with a billionaire...
Queen Margaret University Film and Media Degree Show
Film & Media students Graham Wallace, Linzi Wilson and Jordan Phillips celebrating award success at the QMU Film & Media degree show at the...
Senior civil servant took taxi journeys of less than a mile
Scotland's most senior civil servant enjoyed a string of chauffeur-driven car journeys of less than a mile – all at the taxpayers’ expense.
Sir Peter Housden,...
Hurrah for the Forth Bridge!
The World Heritage Committee has officially announced today in Bonn that The Forth Bridge has been inscribed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
The world-famous bridge...
MSP blogs – Sarah Boyack campaigns for decent access to Waverley Station
Contributed by Sarah Boyack MSP.
Last month I had the chance to raise the concerns of constituents to demand better access to Waverley Station at...
Think Tank calls for abolition of Air Passenger Duty
Air Passenger Duty or APD is to be devolved to Scotland following the recommendations in the Smith Commission, but an Edinburgh-based think tank has...
More funding for pre-school pupils across Scotland
Education Secretary Angela Constance has announced funding of £2.7 million for pre-school programmes to improve literacy in children.
Bookbug, which aims to encourage reading from...
Meningitis B vaccine to be introduced in Scotland later in the summer
The Scottish Government has announced that from 1 September, the meningitis B vaccine will be introduced to the routine childhood vaccination programme in Scotland.
Scotland...
MSP asks why no room for scooters?
Edinburgh Southern MSP, Jim Eadie, has today written to Transport for Edinburgh Chief Executive, Ian Craig, seeking an urgent review of policy for those...
Government to fund projects to tackle problems of women in custody
Justice Secretary Michael Matheson used a visit to an Edinburgh based service to help women in the criminal justice system to announce £639,500 funding...
Proposal to name room at Queensberry house in memory of Elsie Inglis
Elsie Inglis is one of Edinburgh's women of note, but there are some who think there ought to be more than an old folks'...
Five things you need to know today Edinburgh
2016 Scottish Parliamentary Election
Musselburgh Races
Scottish Student Journalism Awards
Portobello
Edinburgh Reportage
No sooner have we put one election behind us and another is on the horizon.
There are...
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