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Edinburgh’s Christmas festival plans disrupted

Plans for Edinburgh’s Christmas festival have been disrupted after the company awarded the contract to deliver it pulled out. Angels Event Experience Limited was awarded the contract in June to deliver the event, due to run from November 18 until ...

29 Sept 2022 at 12:57

Scotland

‘Plan B’ to stop Edinburgh’s bin’s overflowing during Festival – council leader

Edinburgh Council is working on a “plan B” in case refuse workers go on strike during the city’s busy Festival period later this month. Council leader Cammy Day said he hopes the industrial dispute can be resolved but officials are drawing up ...

08 Aug 2022 at 10:38

Scotland

Regulating short-term lets could see rents ‘plateau’, says property expert

Plans to regulate short-term lets are already causing an “exodus” of landlords offering Airbnb-style rents and could see the price of rents plateau, a property manager has said. Holyrood passed legislation last month that will require ...

24 Feb 2022 at 12:55

Scotland

Afghan families in Edinburgh still waiting on permanent housing

Council bosses have confirmed Afghan refugees in Edinburgh are still waiting for permanent housing, with more than 200 still in temporary accommodation. Families fleeing the ongoing crisis in Afghanistan who arrived in the Scottish ...

21 Feb 2022 at 12:55

Scotland

Edinburgh’s councillors back plans to control short-term lets in capital

Edinburgh’s councillors have backed proposals to make landlords letting out Airbnb-style properties in the capital apply for planning permission. A third of all short-term lets in Scotland are in Edinburgh, and if Holyrood backs ...

23 Feb 2022 at 20:55

Scotland

Edinburgh-wide powers proposed to control short-term lets

Councillors are to vote on a proposal to designate the entire Edinburgh council area as a short-term let (STL) control zone. It would mean those letting out a residential property which is not their home on an Airbnb-style ...

17 Feb 2022 at 16:25

Scotland

Fundraiser launched in bid to reverse Edinburgh’s looming strip club ban

Sex workers are preparing to launch a judicial review against Edinburgh council after it voted to ban strip clubs in the capital. United Sex Workers (USW) has launched a fundraising drive two months after the union vowed ...

02 Jun 2022 at 16:19

Scotland

Three quarters of Edinburgh residents ‘would cycle more if services were closer’

More than three quarters of Edinburgh residents would walk or cycle more often if shops and services were closer to home, a report has found. The annual Walking and Cycling Index by the charity Sustrans found that 78% ...

18 May 2022 at 01:25

Scotland

SNP and Greens launch formal talks over Edinburgh coalition deal

The SNP and the Scottish Greens have entered formal talks in Edinburgh with a view to forming a minority administration. The PA News Agency understands that both parties have had constructive discussions which would ...

17 May 2022 at 22:55

Council demands Russian consul leaves Edinburgh until ‘illegal’ war is halted

The Russian ambassador to the UK has been told that his country’s consulate is no longer welcome in Edinburgh. In a strongly-worded letter to Andrei Kelin on Friday, City of Edinburgh Council leader Adam McVey told ...

08 Apr 2022 at 17:55

Scotland

Lib Dems rule out arrangement with SNP on running Edinburgh Council

The Scottish Lib Dems have ruled out arrangements with the SNP over the running of Edinburgh Council. Alex Cole-Hamilton’s party saw gains across the city in Friday’s local election results, doubling its number of ...

09 May 2022 at 11:55

Scotland

Ukrainians hail council response as Edinburgh welcomes 5,000 refugees

Edinburgh has now welcomed 5,000 Ukrainian refugees with some now taking up roles as interpreters with City of Edinburgh Council to assist with the influx of new arrivals that are expected. Alan Sufi and his ...

17 Jun 2022 at 18:23

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