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Portobello and Leith locals show their support for a community owned turbine at Seafield Regular Greener Leith readers will know that we have been ...

In a consumer culture, clothes generate cash. The UK fashion industry brings in over 20 billion pounds every year. Fashion changes and we keep buyi...

A predicted view of how the turbine might look Scotland’s first community-owned urban wind turbine took a step closer to reality today with t...

Have you not seen? Have you not heard? A beautiful, electric-diesel, retro-chic low carbon hybrid bus is here in Leith! Lothian Buses&nbs...

By Kirsty Topping HIBS fanatic Irvine Welsh tried to sabotage deadly rivals Hearts by applying for the job of manager at Tynecastle, a new book cl...

  Real nappies are funky, fun and come in a variety of shapes, sizes and materials. With eight million disposable nappies going...

Pic Katielee Arrowsmith/Deadline News The Paper Doll Militia perform a preview of This Twisted Tale, their new dark and fantastical aerial theatre ...

A SCOTS bingo hall is to build a giant smoking shelter outside which will allow customers to have a cigarette while they play. Customers will be gi...

A WOMAN was taken to hospital after a fire broke out in her home. The 46-year-old was rescued from the ground floor flat on The Shore in Edinburgh....

 Once upon a time a waterfront promenade would have run over here. In early May, Ray Perman, posted an excellent blog post calling for a new v...

Last weekend, environmental artists and environmental scientists united to explore the legacy of John Muir in an 'Art Eco Lab' at the Edinburg...

Judging by an email received by Greener Leith this weekend it would appear that an online only TV station dedicated to Leith will be launched this ...

Wellies on, it’s time to get wet for the the June edition of our Nature’s Calendar Podcast . Meet a Leith Leech, discover who&rsqu...

By Kirsty Topping   VISITOR numbers to the Royal Yacht Britannia have surged thanks to the ‘Will and Kate effect’. Following the Royal wed...

On Sunday 12th June over 500 people took part in the Edinburgh Innertube Map Postcode Challenge. The 'treasure hunt on wheels' helped to publicise ...

Our Mooncup Monday series followed three Leith ladies for one month as they tried a safer, cheaper and more sustainable sanitary product, the reusa...

The Harbour: Sunset on a windy day from Emily Dodd on Vimeo. I walked to Western Harbour last night to film the terns, I'd enjoyed Colin Brown's gu...

Another violent assault on Monday morning saw a man in his 20s left in a serious condition in Leith. Police said the victim suffered a serious head...

Hello and welcome to our monthly Nature Roundup. May is a magnificent month to head outdoors and enjoy wildlife... National Nature This week is be ...

A MAN was repeatedly stabbed in a car park after an argument with a group of people. The 35-year-old was walking along the Water of Leith walkway n...

Men, you may wish to stop reading now... In the penultimate part of Mooncup Monday, our three brave Leith ladies put their Mooncups (a greener...

By Kirsty Topping A councilor has told how his daughter was carjacked in broad daylight by a man who escaped from Reliance officers. Catriona Perry...

A 21-year-old cyclist was robbed at knifepoint as he arrived for work. He was chaining his bicycle to a railing when he was approached by a man wit...

It's International Compost Awareness Week! Composting is a fantastic way to reduce the amount of waste you send to landfill and make a beneficial p...

20% of Planet Earth's energy is used in electric lighting. If we converted all of our lighting to LED bulbs the figure would decreased to just 1%! ...

Following on from our April Nature’s Calendar podcast, here’s a roundup of some of the best of nature links and activities I've seen th...

Welcome to the April edition of our nature’s calendar podcast, bringing you the best of nature here in Leith. This month’s we’re ...

By Kevin Duguid POLICE were called to a major disturbance after a man was alleged to have threatened to blow himself up. The 28-year-old was arrest...

  TWO guinea pigs have been found dumped in cardboard boxes. The Scottish SPCA has appealed for information after the animals were found abandone...

SCOTLAND is to get a taste of the Far East this summer when a new charity boat race inspired by a Chinese holiday to celebrate the dragon launches....