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Council considering lower rent for shops not selling ‘tartan tat’

By Richard Morgan SHOPS in Edinburgh’s historic Royal Mile may be offered lower rent in return for banning displays of “tartan tat”. The street, which attracts...

Trees removed to make way for trams

EDINBURGH’S disastrous trams project has claimed another victim – dozens of mature trees in some of the city’s most prestigious streets.   Furious residents, already reeling...

Council blasted for spending on “skinny lattes and Irn Bru”

A CASH-STRAPPED Scottish council paid more than £11,500 to an English racecourse, it has emerged. East Lothian Council also spent more than £26,000 to the...

Councillors use FoI laws to force information from their own council

FRUSTRATED Scottish councillors are using the Freedom of Information Act to get information  - from their own council. Three councillors at Scottish...

School ordered to remove banner from railings for distracting drivers

A SCHOOL'S fundraising banner has been ordered to be removed for "fanciful" road safety rules. St John's primary school in Edinburgh was told to take...

Visitor centre planned for recycling facility

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...

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