Tag: Edinburgh City Council

Flags raised in Edinburgh to honour armed forces

Deadline News Journalist - June 22, 2009

By Oliver Farrimond EDINBURGH joined a host of cities nationwide yesterday in raising a flag to honour the UK’s armed forces. The ceremony, attended by senior...

Edinburgh OAPs go five sets with Wii Tennis

Deadline News Journalist - June 16, 2009

By Oliver Farrimond STRAWBERRIES and cream were on standby as a team of elderly care home residents took to centre court yesterday – on Wii...

City schools set for the scrapheap

Deadline News Journalist - June 9, 2009

By Michael MacLeod FOUR Scots primary schools are set to shut amid falling pupil numbers. In a cost-cutting drive, Edinburgh’s education bosses want to close...

Demolition set homes cost £2.2m to protect from vandals

Shaun Milne - May 11, 2009

By SHAUN MILNE A SCOTS council plans to spend £2.2 million protecting hundreds of empty homes it plans to bulldoze over the next few years...

Celebs back new Leith campaign

Deadline News Journalist - May 4, 2009

By ALEXANDER LAWRIE SCOTTISH celebrities including The Proclaimers, award-winning author Irvine Welsh and former-world champion boxer Ken Buchanan have joined a campaign to boost trade...

Woman knocked unconcious by falling masonry

Deadline News Journalist - May 4, 2009

By ALEXANDER LAWRIE EDINBURGH’S crumbling buildings have claimed another victim after a woman was knocked unconscious by a falling slate as she walked to work. The...

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