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Edinburgh Hogmanay street party could be dropped

Edinburgh’s Hogmanay street party could be dropped as part of plans to reimagine the city’s winter festivals. Edinburgh City Council is seeking new producers for Edinburgh’s Christmas and Hogmanay festivals from 2022-2025. For the Hogmanay ...

10 Mar 2022 at 11:55

Scotland

SNP hits out at ‘unthinkable’ Labour agreement with Tories in Edinburgh

A Labour deal with the Conservatives to take control of Edinburgh is “unthinkable”, SNP politicians have said. Angus Robertson and his SNP Edinburgh colleagues have written to Cammy Day, Labour’s city group leader, to demand an ...

25 May 2022 at 16:12

Edinburgh Hogmanay street party to return with ‘spectacular midnight moment’

Organisers of Edinburgh’s Hogmanay celebrations are planning a “spectacular midnight moment” as the world famous street party prepares to take place for the first time since the Covid pandemic. Some 30,000 revellers are ...

17 Oct 2022 at 17:02

Key points from the Programme for Government

Nicola Sturgeon laid out her government’s legislative agenda for the next year on Tuesday. With a heavy focus on the cost-of-living crisis, the First Minister, publishing the Programme for Government, pledged to freeze ...

06 Sept 2022 at 18:17

Scotland

Legislation to introduce visitor levy for overnight stays published at Holyrood

Cash raised from a new levy on overnight stays in hotels and other forms of accommodation could be used to help attract more visitors to Scotland, the public finance minister has said. Tom Arthur said while Scotland ...

25 May 2023 at 10:56

Scotland

15 councils to be hit by ‘second wave’ of cleansing workers’ strikes, says union

A “second wave” of strikes by cleansing workers will see staff at 15 councils walk out, Unite Scotland has said. Some 250 staff at Edinburgh City Council have already said they plan to walk out over a pay dispute ...

10 Aug 2022 at 14:34

Scotland

Edinburgh short-term lets to require planning permission

Short-term lets in Scotland’s capital will require planning permission after the Scottish Government approved plans from the local authority. A third of all short-term lets in Scotland can be found in Edinburgh ...

01 Aug 2022 at 11:32

Scotland

Council leader backs ban on firework sales after ‘shocking’ disorder last year

The leader of Edinburgh City Council has called for a ban on the public sale of fireworks – with Cammy Day making the plea as he stressed the need to avoid repeating “shocking scenes” in the capital last year. ...

31 Oct 2024 at 18:34

Scotland

Edinburgh council to declare housing emergency

Edinburgh councillors are set to declare a housing emergency in the capital, citing an “acute” homelessness problem, a “severe shortage” of social housing and the highest rent rises in the UK. The council ...

02 Nov 2023 at 13:18

Scotland

Drug consumption rooms could provide ‘vital support’ to users, study concludes

Safer drug consumption facilities (SDCF) and drug checking could provide “vital support” to users living in the Scottish capital, a study has said. According to a team of experts at the University of ...

15 Feb 2024 at 21:15

Cause of Jenners fire still unknown, says Edinburgh city council leader

Cause of Jenners fire still unknown, says council leader

The cause of a blaze at a well-known Edinburgh building that critically injured a firefighter remains unknown, the city council leader said. Fire crews were called to former department store Jenners,...

24 Jan 2023 at 15:06

Scotland

Humza Yousaf rules out further extension of short-term let licensing deadline

First Minister Humza Yousaf has ruled out a further delay to short-term let licensing despite pressure from the sector. Under new proposals, property owners wishing to let their properties out on a ...

28 Aug 2023 at 16:12

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