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By Kirsty Topping   A SCOTTISH council splashed out £2,500 on trendy iPads, only to replace them with iPad2s just months later. And another l...

By Claire Cameron A SPECTACULAR work of “guerrilla” art that appeared overnight on the streets of Edinburgh is being removed on health and safe...

AN overcrowded Scots school is forking out £20,000 a year to bus children to an overflow building less than a mile away. Pupils from South Morning...

LABOUR has called for Edinburgh council leaders to resign over the troubled trams project. The party has accused the SNP – Liberal Democrat coali...

By Kirsty Topping   A SCOTTISH council has sparked fury by spending quarter of a million on staff uniforms at the same time as cutting service...

By Kirsty Topping LOCAL councillors have been banned from talking to teachers who are worried about education cuts. Edinburgh Council has ordered e...

FORMER soldiers will jump the queue for a council home based on the amount of time they served in the forces, a Scottish city revealed today. Edinb...

By Kirsty Topping CYCLISTS will be allowed to ride on pavements, under moves being considered by a Scottish Council. As part of a campaign to get m...

ONE of Scotland’s most celebrated city beauty spots is installing giant underground bins to deter litter louts. The new “silobins” are set to...

By Kirsty Topping EDINBURGH’S tram system has been mired in controversy since it started construction four years ago. But it’s now emerged that...

by Kirsty Topping BARMY council chiefs are set to open a new visitor centre on the site of a new waste facility. Edinburgh and Midlothian councils ...

A TEACHER claims she suffered years of racial discrimination from colleagues at one of Scotland’s biggest councils. Kamaljit Kaur is taking Edinb...

THE new chief executive of Scotland’s second largest council says all of the country’s local authorities are in for a difficult year – and wa...

A giant, snow-shooting robot will be unleashed on Christmas shoppers next week. The towering Snow-bot – which was receiving some last minute tune...

A high-speed rail link to Scotland’s capital will be discussed at a meeting between the Scottish Secretary and city chiefs this week. Edinburgh C...

By Christine Lavelle and Amanda MacMillan A BINMAN suing council chiefs for unfair dismissal after they sacked him and not his wife must wait to fi...

By Oliver Farrimond EDINBURGH council is set to unveil harsh measures intended to punish drivers of “gas-guzzling” cars. City bosses are planni...

The City of Edinburgh Council have written to the secretary of the Community Council to inform us that they propose to promote a new traffic regula...

By Michael MacLeod THE CONTROL of £12 million in charity cash is to be offloaded by one of Scotland’s biggest councils. A huge pool of money lef...

The City of Edinburgh Council are seeking views on a draft planning guideline: Change of Use in Residential Properties.  This has be...

Draft planning guidance has been produced to advise on good practise when considering Biodiversity and Landscape issues. Comments are now...

A Draft Developer Contributions for Public Realm Guideline  is now the subject of a consultation. This follows on from The Public Re...