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Photo: Bonaly Scouts Sign Source: C&B News

Visitor Levy exemption for Bonaly Scout Centre in Edinburgh

Bonaly Scout Centre will qualify for an exemption from Edinburgh’s new Visitor Levy. As reported ...

By Paul Fisher Cockburn, C&B News

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Photo: Two high-rise buildings. Source: Nothing Ahead

Slow progress on cladding in Edinburgh and Leith

The Housing (Cladding Remediation) Scotland Act 2024 was passed in May last year and came ...

By Broughton Spurtle

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Photo: Edinburgh City Source: The Edinburgh Reporter

Edinburgh city agrees details of new visitor levy

The meeting was held online due to Storm Éowyn but all councillors had ample opportunity to ...

By Phyllis Stephen, The Edinburgh Reporter

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Photo: Patrick Harvie, leader of the Scottish Green Party. Source: The Edinburgh Reporter

Greens renew demand over Trump ahead of his inauguration

The party says it does not want Scotland to welcome President Trump if he visits ...

By Phyllis Stephen, The Edinburgh Reporter

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Photo: St Stephen's Church. Source: Broughton Spurtle

Solar panels for historic St. Stephen’s Church in Edinburgh

St Stephen’s Theatre Company seeks listed building consent to install photovoltaic solar panels on the ...
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The Scott Monument in Edinburgh

Council overpay staff by £2.4m

Edinburgh Council employees have been overpaid salaries by a staggering £2.4 million, The Edinburgh Reporter ...

By Stephen Rafferty, The Edinburgh Reporter

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Photo: Medication on yellow surface. Photographer: Karolina Kaboompics

MSPs call for action on ADHD healthcare

The letter highlights various critical issues, including what they describe as “ongoing” shortages of medication ...

By Phyllis Stephen, The Edinburgh Reporter

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Nick McGowan-Lowe, Rachel Hamada, Richard Walker and Joyce Macmillan discuss SPIJI and the No News is Bad News event in Edinburgh

Journalism experts call for government support for a Scottish Public Interest Journalism Institute

Journalism experts called for the Scottish Government to support the development of the Public Interest ...

By Roisin McCann, The Scottish Beacon

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Richard Leonard speaking at the No News Is Bad News event | Photo by Iain McLellan

Richard Leonard MSP calls for a Scottish government fund to relocalise and democratise media ownership

Delivering opening remarks at The Scottish Beacon’s Indie News Week event MSP Richard Leonard delivered ...

By Devon McCole, The Scottish Beacon

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Edinburgh Council - LEZ introduction which begins on 1st June 2024

Edinburgh Low Emission Zone enforcement begins on Saturday

A scheme that restricts the most polluting vehicles entering the city centre of the capital ...

By Luke Jackson, Midlothian View

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A letter from Scotland on the housing emergency

Scotland has an official “housing emergency”. The Scottish Parliament declared this to be so on ...

By John Knox

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Long grass is better for butterflies

The study, by the wildlife charity Butterfly Conservation (BC), provides the first scientific evidence that ...

By George Mair, Edinburgh Reporter

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