Tag: edinburgh council

Time to grow up as toll of adults hurt in kids’ playparks revealed

Scottish News

Peter Laing - September 12, 2013

AT LEAST 30 adults have sparked emergency ambulance callouts in the past three years - after getting hurt in children’s playpark equipment. The Scottish Ambulance...

Fury over tram workers’ “private” car park in street

Scottish News

Peter Laing - July 9, 2013

TRAM workers have sparked fury by creating a private car park in an area fenced off to other road users. Angry Shopowners, struggling to stay...

Tempers flare over Water of Leith defence scheme

Scottish News

Deadline News Journalist - April 30, 2013

EDINBURGH is heading for another trams-style fiasco as spending on its flood defences appears to be spinning out of control. The cost of the Water...

Edinburgh tram passengers will be left “cold and wet”

Scottish News

Deadline News Journalist - April 28, 2013

PASSENGERS at Edinburgh’s tram stops will be left “cold and wet” due to inadequate shelter, critics warn. Politicians, elderly support groups and passenger watchdogs have...

Parents demand public inquiry into baby ashes scandal

Scottish News

Deadline News Journalist - December 14, 2012

FURIOUS bereaved parents last night demanded a public inquiry into the secret disposal of ashes from stillborn and neonatal deaths at a crematorium in...