Joe Sullivan, Local Democracy Reporting Service

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Edinburgh City Council explores cutting free parking on holidays
Edinburgh & East

City council explores cutting free parking on holidays

Swingers club bid for photography studio and cafe rejected
Edinburgh & East

Swingers club bid for photography studio and cafe rejected

Councillors pay tribute to ‘gentle, yet fierce and loyal’ Val Walker
Edinburgh & East

Councillors pay tribute to 'gentle, yet fierce and loyal' Val Walker

Call for ban against flypast aerial displays over environmental concerns
Edinburgh & East

Call for ban against flypast aerial displays over environmental concerns

Businesses facing ‘huge costs and abuse’ due to lack of public toilets near Haymarket station
Edinburgh & East

Businesses facing 'huge costs and abuse' due to lack of public toilets near station

Edinburgh residents could be asked to fund city projects as part of ‘fundraising team’
Edinburgh & East

Residents could be asked to fund city projects as part of 'fundraising team'

Edinburgh Council overpaid staff nearly £2m over five years
Edinburgh & East

Council overpaid staff nearly £2m over five years

Plan for Edinburgh venues to sell cheaper tram and bus tickets for events
Edinburgh & East

Plan for Edinburgh venues to sell cheaper tram and bus tickets for events

Nearly 70% of Edinburgh council’s active travel projects delayed
Edinburgh & East

Nearly 70% of council's active travel projects delayed

Edinburgh strip club given permission to open later during festival months
Edinburgh & East

Strip club given permission to open later during festival months

Edinburgh nightclub where staff attacked customer ordered to close for a month
Edinburgh & East

Nightclub where staff attacked customer ordered to close for a month

Secondary school to get £52m expansion as it faces over-capacity
Edinburgh & East

Secondary school to get £52m expansion as it faces over-capacity

Edinburgh Council slammed for ‘splurging’ on marketing campaign amid service cuts
Edinburgh & East

Council slammed for 'splurging' on marketing campaign amid service cuts

Edinburgh-wide firework control zone ruled out despite concerns
Edinburgh & East

City-wide firework control zone ruled out despite concerns

Edinburgh Council to stop running ‘lifeline’ hub after Easter holidays
Edinburgh & East

Council to stop running 'lifeline' hub after Easter holidays

Edinburgh residents call for hundreds of bin hubs to be moved following complaints
Edinburgh & East

Residents call for hundreds of bin hubs to be moved following complaints

Terminal V license approved in Edinburgh despite ‘noise and drug use’ concerns
Edinburgh & East

Terminal V license approved despite 'noise and drug use' concerns

Edinburgh council considering crackdown on illegal street traders 
Edinburgh & East

Edinburgh council considering crackdown on illegal street traders 

Delay to decision on consultation for city-wide firework ban in Edinburgh
Edinburgh & East

Delay to decision on consultation for city-wide firework ban 

Locals slam council decision not to fund new public toilets at Portobello beach
Edinburgh & East

Locals slam council failure to fund new public toilets at popular beach

Edinburgh confirms council tax rise of 8%
Edinburgh & East

Edinburgh confirms council tax rise of 8%

Councillors vote to make low traffic area in Edinburgh permanent
Edinburgh & East

Councillors vote to make low traffic area in Scots city permanent

Edinburgh facing 10% council tax rise and free tram travel axed under latest budget
Edinburgh & East

Edinburgh facing 10% council tax rise and free tram travel axed under latest budget

Every Edinburgh council service set to increase in price from burial costs to parking
Edinburgh & East

Edinburgh council services set to increase in price from burial costs to parking

Edinburgh Council exploring £600,000 spend on new public toilets at Portobello Beach
Edinburgh & East

Council exploring £600,000 spend on new public toilets amid complaints

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Seven-year-old boy seriously injured after being struck by car

Family fly out to Algarve to join search for Scot who disappeared on stag do
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Family fly out to join search for Scot who disappeared on stag do in Portugal

Hunt for four suspects after boy, 15, stabbed in ‘targeted’ street attack
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Hunt for four suspects after boy, 15, stabbed in 'targeted' street attack

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Woman who stole from charity and family business ordered to pay back £36,000
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Man taken to hospital and arrested after one-car crash in Fife
Edinburgh & East

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Girl, 15, raped by masked man in Edinburgh city centre
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Conman duped top hotels and growers out of £500,000 by selling fake Scottish tea
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Former WH Smith turned into three-storey £6m cannabis factory by crime group
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Former WH Smith turned into three-storey £6m cannabis factory by crime group

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