Tag: edinburgh council

Housing initiative builds on success with launch of phase two

Scottish News

Deadline News Journalist - October 27, 2011

A SCHEME to fund hundreds of affordable new homes in Scotland is responding to massive demand with a second phase. The National Housing Trust initiative...

Union chiefs brand city council a cross between Dad’s Army and the KGB

Scottish News

Deadline News Journalist - October 19, 2011

A SCOTS council has been accused of behaving like “a bizarre cross between Dad’s Army and the KGB” by union chiefs. UNISON claims Edinburgh City...

Tram firm to cost £8,000 a day

Scottish News

Deadline News Journalist - October 13, 2011

THE new firm brought in to run the Edinburgh tram project will cost nearly £8,000 a day. International consultancy firm Turner & Townsend (T&T) will...

Dolly scientist loses Roslin race discrimination claim

Scottish News

Deadline News Journalist - October 12, 2011

A SCIENTIST who worked on the Dolly the sheep project has lost his race discrimination claim against the world- famous Roslin Institute. Dr Prim Singh won...

Noisy neighbour complaints on the rise

In Brief

Deadline News Journalist - October 10, 2011

NOISE teams in the capital are being bombarded with more than 30 antisocial neighbour complaints a day. New figures show that Edinburgh Council’s noise and...