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The Railway Hotel, Haddington, recently changed its name from The Green. Picture: Google Maps

Council receives complaints as pub customers accused of sectarian singing

Clothes hanging in shop Picture: Getty

Lib Dems want 1p tax on every new item of clothing

The Melville monument in St Andrew Square. Photo: Lisa Ferguson

Campaigners remove controversial plaque from Henry Dundas statue

County records four drug deaths in a month

The Edinburgh tram inquiry report comes five years after the public hearings finished.

Tram inquiry held powerful people to account

Tram works saw Edinburgh's Princes Street closed for months on end. Picture: Neil Hanna.

Your guide to what Lord Hardie had to say on tram fiasco

An artist's impression of the new Wester Hailes High School. Image: City of Edinburgh Council.

Plans approved for new high school ‘superblock’

Lord Hardie has finally published his report, which criticises the city council, tram firm TIE and the Scottish Government for "a litany of avoidable failures".

Lord Hardie finally publishes tram inquiry report

Work to transform Granton Gasholder into a new public park and amphitheatre got underway at the start of this year.

Gasholder restoration at 'high risk' of going over budget

The council hot food buffet event is due to take place at Edinburgh International Conference Centre at Morrison Street next week.

Anger at council hot fork buffet event

A stock photo of a safer drug consumption room at the Scottish Drug Death Crisis Conference in 2020. Photo by John Devlin.

Safer drugs consumption room trial looks set to go ahead

End Fossil Fuels Scotland demonstrators held a protest in Edinburgh yesterday. Marching from the Mound to the Scottish Parliament. Here they are pictured marching down the Royal Mile towards Holyrood.

Climate change protest - in pictures

New ‘modern’ houses get go ahead despite road safety fears

Photo: Lisa Ferguson

Bid to put brakes on workplace parking levy fails

The former Lothian & Borders police headquarters at Fettes has been found to contain Reinforced Autoclaved Aerated Concrete and police say they now plan to "exit" the site. Picture: Hamish Campbell.

Police exit could open door to Gaelic school

The four-bedroom home known as the Fisheries, near South Queensferry.

Empty home bought with taxpayers money going to "rack and ruin"
The Scottish Government made a compulsory purchase order of the South Queensferry four bedroom cottage in 2012

Residents say their communal garden would be seriously overshadowed by the proposed new student flats - at 4pm, the area receiving sunlight would be reduced from 100 square metres to zero.

New bid for student flats three months after refusal

Thousands of short-term let owners could leave the sector because of the new licensing scheme, campaigners have claimed. Picture: Lisa Ferguson.

Bid to delay short-term lets deadline thrown out

Health Secretary Michael Matheson has hinted there could be news on Edinburgh's new eye hospital at budget time in December. Picture: Lisa Ferguson.

Eye hospital: no decision until December

The bus gate at Manse Road bans cars from the junction with St John's Road, Monday to Friday 8am to 10am and 2.45pm to 6.30pm.

Traffic measures 'not working' claims councillor as fines hit £100k

Edinburgh City Chambers, where the alleged rule-breaking party took place last Thursday night. Photo by Getty.

'Rule-breaking' Labour event at City Chambers

Chancellor George Osborne liked to talk about fixing the roof while the sun is shining. Picture: Daniel Berehulak/Getty Images.

RAAC crisis adds to spiral of despair about Sunak’s Britain

Councillors have said the Festival Village on top of Waverley Mall is “not good enough for one of the number one cities in the world” and have repeatedly refused requests for extensions.

Waverley beer garden Festival Village must close in weeks

Midlothian South MSP Christine Grahame.

Welcome for steps to support rural communities

The Radical Road has been closed to the public for five years because of concerns about rockfalls, but campaigners are calling for it to be reopened.

‘Reopen radical road’ plea five years after closure

The state of Edinburgh's roads will deteriorate unless the council repeats this year's £11 million one-off boost to its road maintenance budget. Picture: Neil Hanna

Millions more needed to stop roads deteriorating

Climate campaigners will march through Edinburgh next week, joining a global day of action against fossil fuels. Picture: Jane Barlow/PA Wire

Climate campaigners to take to streets in protest against fossil fuels
The march will coincide with similar demonstrations elsewhere in the world

Trams on the proposed new north-south tram line from Granton to Dalkeith could go via the Western General Hospital and Orchard Brae under a 'hybrid' route being considered. Picture: Scott Louden.

Tram route could be diverted to Western General

Community weeding in Balerno after residents persuaded Ediburgh council to stop using chemical weedkillers there.

Council to ban controversial weedkiller from parks and green spaces

Scotts Caravans site in Mayfield, Dalkeith, has been put forward for housing. (Google Maps)

Bid for 78 houses at caravan sales site

First Minister Humza Yousaf refused to say that Edinburgh's new eye hospital would be built by the completion date of late 2027.

Eye hospital fears raised at First Minister's Questions

Strike dates announced for September

Dates announced for school strikes which will see mass closure for days

Colin Beattie MSP.

Almost 6000 children in Midlothian benefit from Scottish Child Payment

Preston Lodge High School in Prestonpans has closed 23 of its 71 classrooms because of RAAC. Picture: Google Streetview

Here are the buildings hit by RAAC crisis

Scottish street orchestra Nevis Ensemble announced its closure with immediate effect earlier this year.

Support for the arts must be backed by meaningful new funding - Brian Ferguson

Castlegreen care home in Craigmillar was taken over by the council, along with North Merchiston, earlier this year after previous operator Four Seasons Healthcare withdrew from the Scottish market. Picture: Google.

Care home staff in fear of deportation

Owners of self-catering flats and B&Bs demonstrated outside the Scottish Paliament, calling for a pause in the Scottish Government licensing scheme.

Protest at Holyrood over short-term let licensing scheme

Views sought on former Newtrongrange pool site's future

Christine Grahame MSP.

Welcome for new kinship carers’ allowance

Unison has a mandate to close all Edinburgh's 123 schools

Schools face mass closure as staff vote to strike over pay

Councillor Ellen Scott.

Majority of local young people in positive destinations after school

First Minister Humza Yousaf will set out his policies in the programme for government. Picture: Jane Barlow/PA Wire.

Yousaf needs bold plans to improve people's lives

Nominations are now open for the prestigious 2023 Edinburgh Award - they close on October 2.

Nominations invited for 2023 Edinburgh Award

Councillor Kelly Parry at the Loanhead hub with Marie Dickinson from the council catering team and Dana Jupp.

Cash to support those in need during the winter

Midlothian House.

Council headquarters could become 'one stop shop' for local people

First Minister of Scotland Humza Yousaf (centre) takes part in a Believe in Scotland march from Edinburgh Castle in Edinburgh. Photo: Jane Barlow/PA Wire

In pictures: Humza Yousaf leads Edinburgh Yes rally

Only a fraction of short-term let properties have submitted a licence application ahead of the October 1 deadline. Picture: Lisa Feguson.

'Don't delay' say groups backing Airbnb licensing

Lothian Labour MSP Sarah Boyack says the delays to Edinburgh's new eye hospital are 'incredibly concerning' for patients.

Government told to end eye hospital delays

Kirkliston Leisure Centre is the proposed site for the new Kirkliston High School. Pupils from Kirkliston currently travel to Queensferry High, but it is projected to exceed its capacity by 2025. Picture: Neil Hanna.

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Step forward for three new schools

Only a fraction of existing Edinburgh short-term let landlords have registered for licensing and council leader Cammy Day appeared to support delaying the deadline, but a motion to full council will reaffirm the council's stance of sticking to the October 1 date. Picture: Lisa Ferguson.

Emergency motion on short-term lets licensing delay

The Low Emission Zone will have strict emission standards. Low-income families whose cars do not meet the new requirements can now apply for up to £3,000 in grants to help them dispose of their vehicle. Picture Michael Gillen.

Cash help to dump cars ahead of LEZ

A map shows the boundaries of Edinburgh's Low Emission Zone covering 1.2 square miles of the city centre.

Everything you need to know about the Low Emission Zone

The smart bin at the Hilltop car park has been set on fire twice and the surrounding fencing ripped out. The remote car park has also been a magnet for fly-tipping.

Car park could close at nights after smart bin set on fire twice

Archbishop Leo Cushley will address councillors on Thursday, appealing to them not to remove voting rights from the religious reps on Edinburgh's education committee. Picture: Ian Rutherford/Shutterstock.

Faith reps to lose voting powers at council

The Edinburgh Low Emission Zone, targeting the worst-polluting vehicles, is due to come into effect in June 2024. But the judicial review of the Glasgow LEZ means there could be implications for the Capital's scheme if the campaigners against the Glasgow LEZ succeed.

Legal challenge could put LEZ at risk