Tag: edinburgh council

Trams fiasco council’s “gold award” for staff

Local News

Deadline News Journalist - January 18, 2012

THE council responsible for the Edinburgh trams fiasco revealed today it had received a “gold award” for its treatment of staff. The City of Edinburgh...

Tram boss admits project was “doomed” from the start

Scottish News

Deadline News Journalist - January 5, 2012

TRAM bosses have admitted that the project was “doomed” before it had even begun. Sue Bruce, an Edinburgh city council chief executive, said that “wildly inaccurate” predictions...

Shoppers stay away from tram route Santa train

Scottish News

Deadline News Journalist - December 23, 2011

FED-UP Scots shoppers have given a big thumbs-down to the closest thing Edinburgh has to trams - a Santa train. In a bid to cheer...

Castle bosses veto Olympic rings plans

Scottish News

Deadline News Journalist - November 23, 2011

HISTORIC Scotland has banned Games organisers from hanging the Olympic rings from the ramparts of Edinburgh Castle. The guardians of Scotland’s ancient monuments claim the...

Council: “We didn’t shred tram documents. But we won’t show you them”

Politics

Deadline News Journalist - November 15, 2011

TRAM bosses accused of shredding crucial project documents today insisted that they do have them after all – but will keep them under wraps. Edinburgh...