Tag: City of Edinburgh council

Child knocked off school waiting list due to house location

Deadline News Journalist - November 16, 2009

By Andrea McCallum A FIVE-YEAR-OLD girl has been bumped from an Edinburgh primary waiting list after a new family with a P1 pupil moved into...

Council pays £1.11 per letter to shift post down corridor

Deadline News Journalist - November 2, 2009

By Rory Reynolds A COUNCILLOR has lashed out at the “absurd” culture of waste at one of Scotland’s biggest local authorities after she discovered that...

Edinburgh embraces shock jobs boom for financial workers

Shaun Milne - October 27, 2009

by Shaun Milne SCOTLAND’S beleaguered financial markets are celebrating a shock jobs boom. There are currently now more financial job vacancies being advertised in Edinburgh than...

Edinburgh bin dispute boils over as “scab” worker attacked

Shaun Milne - October 13, 2009

by Shaun Milne A WORKER drafted in to help beat Edinburgh’s bitter bin dispute has quit after being attacked at the weekend – and left...

School health fears as teachers left to clean up in staff crisis

Shaun Milne - October 13, 2009

By Shaun Milne UNDER pressure teachers claim they are doubling up as cleaners because of a massive shortage of Mrs Mops in schools. City of Edinburgh...