Tag: Edinburgh City Council

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...

Tram bosses’ £1 million bonus

Deadline News Journalist - April 27, 2009

By ALEXANDER LAWRIE CONTROVERSIAL tram bosses have come under fire after paying themselves almost £1 million in bonuses – before a length of track has...

Life-size replica of Edinburgh tram finds new home in Leith

Deadline News Journalist - April 27, 2009

By Oliver Farrimond A LIFE-SIZE replica of Edinburgh's controversial tram system was lowered into place in the Capital's busy Leith Walk area yesterday. The 15m mock-up,...

Scottish tories leaftlet outside Princes Street tram

Deadline News Journalist - March 18, 2009

By Oliver Farrimond THE SCOTTISH Conservatives took to the streets yesterday, targeting members of the public with leaflets demanding answers to Edinburgh's tramworks fiasco. The leaflets...

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