Councillor calls for dog ‘DNA database’ to tackle fouling
An Edinburgh councillor is calling for a ‘dog DNA database’ to be set up to tackle the scourge of dog fouling across the capital. [...]
November 21, 2023
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Gasholder restoration at ‘high risk’ of going over budget
Work on the Granton Gasholder restoration is at ‘high risk’ of overspending due to a lack of budget oversight, it has emerged. [...]
September 18, 2023
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Edinburgh drug consumption room trial looks set to go ahead
Plans to trial a safer drug consumption room in Edinburgh look set to go ahead after it was confirmed users of one proposed in Glasgow would not be charged. [...]
September 18, 2023
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Local councillor refers himself to standards watchdog over political party event held in City Chambers
Local councillor, Cammy Day, has referred himself to the Standards Commission over a ‘rule-breaking’ Labour party event in the City Chambers last week. [...]
September 14, 2023
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Consultation on extending Tram line into north Edinburgh to be carried out next year
Transport chiefs are mulling over a new ‘hybrid’ option for the city’s next tram line incorporating two previously considered routes – which would see tracks extended into our area. [...]
September 8, 2023
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Local schools with crumbling concrete roofs to set up temporary classrooms
Pupils at two local primary schools are to be moved into temporary classrooms after it emerged that roofs there had been built using a dangerous ‘crumbling concrete’. [...]
July 31, 2023
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Restrictions on firework sales after bonfire night riots
Edinburgh Council is set to tighten restrictions for purchasing fireworks after bonfire night riots left the city’s residents ‘terrified’. [...]
December 6, 2022
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Nearly 2,000 empty homes amid housing crisis
Nearly 2,000 homes in Edinburgh are sitting empty amid growing demand for housing in the city. [...]
December 6, 2022
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Tram extension plans going to council early 2023
Plans for a north-south Edinburgh tram line that could take passengers from Granton to the city centre via Orchard Brae and out into Dalkeith are set to be considered by the council early next year. [...]
December 6, 2022
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Huge rise in bullying cases in Edinburgh schools includes more than 500 racist incidents
A “startling” rise in the number of bullying incidents at Edinburgh schools, which includes more than 500 race-related incidents, has been described by the council as a “mark of success” of changes to the reporting system. [...]
November 23, 2022
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