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Other businesses, including airports, could contribute to a levy, says Edinburgh Airport chief executive Gordon Dewar.

This month will see the first annual monitoring report at council, giving an update on progress made on the administration’s programme.

LEGEND has it that Figgate Whins, the harsh seaside moorlands that would become modern-day Portobello, were sold in 1763 by Lord Milton to Baron Mure for the princely sum of £1,500.

Now I don’t need to tell you that trying to park in Edinburgh is pretty pointless, unless you’re in town for the dawn chorus, so I’ll skip past that.

IF you take a weekend break to nearly any city in mainland Europe, you’ll pay a tourist tax.

It’s not surprising that many residents are furious about the council’s plans for a “garden tax”. This is an extra tax on top of the council tax for anyone who wants a garden waste collection.

WHEN it comes to critics of Edinburgh City Council, I am certainly relentless, though I’m not claiming to be one of the best or most effective.

Rose Street is a mess, and not just because of the defacing of the Maggy Howarth mosaics with tar repairs; the streetscape is one of broken paving and cigarette ends.

A series of calls into Craigmillar Police station last weekend told a disturbing story: elderly residents in a sheltered housing alleged they were being threatened by a drunken neighbour and something had to be done.

IT was 15 years ago when I had breast cancer, resulting in a mastectomy and reconstruction.

Charging visitors £1 a night would generate millions for city, writes council Labour group leader Cammy Day.

Like many people, when we bought our new car four years ago a significant part of the decision was fuel economy but also the tax benefits associated with low emissions, and so we bought a VW with a 1.6 diesel engine.

Social Bite seems to have helped the public care more for vulnerable, says Ewan Aitken of Cyrenians

Learning from past school building programmes is crucial in building for the future, says Mary Campbell.

There’s an A-board in Wardlaw Street ... wasn’t that what The Jam sang in 1978? Ok, so the council’s plan for a city-wide ban on A-boards and other street advertising might not be an A-Bomb underneath small shopkeepers, but it certainly won’t help.

This week’s Brexit vote in Holyrood reminded me of the time many years ago when I working in a Glasgow bar. Tired of what I thought was the rubbish music we had to endure night after night I made up a music tape and one of the songs was Van Morrison’s famous Jackie Wilson Says.

Five years ago, just about every education expert you could find was backing the council’s bid to close Castlebrae High School.

FEARS of an “arms race” between police and criminals on Capital streets have surfaced over a new policy of sending officers with guns to non-armed incidents.

In councils, just as in government, an administration tends to run out of steam after a while. The ideas are used up, alternatives are unpalatable because they’ve already been publicly rejected, and the difficult areas of performance become a millstone.