Leith local election candidates faced the voters last night at the Leith Links hustings. On the menu were crucial issues for the port including the biomass proposal and the tram project. Leith Waterworld was also discussed and the closure of the family-friendly pool last January has not deterred campaigners, Splashback, from trying to reopen it. Edinburgh Napier News [...]
It’s campaign time and on May the 3rd voters will choose the future of the city transport. Transport had been in the spotlight in recent years due to the troubled tram project. Now Edinburgh faces another challenge with European Union strict standards on air pollution. The Green party have highlighted the deadline for the city [...]
A letting agency in Scotland is making the Polish community feel at home by providing information, linguistic support and adverts in the Polish language. Edinburgh has an estimated Polish population of 8,000 and there is a growing number of restaurants, supermarkets and delicatessens in the city. Edinburgh Napier News spoke to Letting Solutions Manager Brian [...]
A new campaign has been launched today by school pupils in south Edinburgh. “Just give me a minute” highlights the small amount of time lost to a driver if they travel at 20mph rather than 30mph. The speed difference will save lives according to experts. A 20mph speed limit along residential streets from Arthurs Seat to Blackford [...]
This week volunteers, business people, residents and council workers have been cleaning up the Royal Mile. The work is helping to conserve and manage the famous street to stop its reputation slipping. After a workshop organised by the council thirty people split into groups of four to repaint, pick up litter and remove graffiti from [...]
by Trystan Davies Gordon Brown at the turn of the century highlighted a new idea. That idea was “community radio” which has become, according to Ofcom the broadcasting regulator, “one of the great UK broadcasting success stories in the last few years”. The journey has not been easy and certainly isn’t over but despite recession, [...]
Finance Minister John Swinney will face angry MSPs today as a storm surrounding Scottish taxes has erupted at Holyrood. The controversy surrounds what is known as the “tartan tax”, powers to change income tax in Scotland 3 pence to the pound, and has been a part of devolution since the Scottish Parliament was voted for in 1997. [...]
by Trystan Davies An attack in Leith Walk resulted in a man being scarred for life. The assault took place this week at the City Limits bar in the city centre. The 37-year-old man was drinking in the pub with friends when they were confronted by a group of men who started to racially abuse them. One of [...]
The Waterfront project of Edinburgh is the centre of a row between two city councillors. The £84 million port development will be presided over by an executive group but how that group will be made up is an issue of concern to local councillor Gordon Munro. Leith Councillor Gordon Munro would like to see leaders [...]
The nominations for the Scottish Politician of the Year Awards have been declared. The awards, introduced in 1999, are for politicians from all walks of life – from local authorities to Westminster. The annual awards are based on nine categories including the Politician of the Year, Public Campaign of the Year and Lifetime Achievement Award. [...]
A local group has hit out at plans to hold public events on the proposed biomass plant at Edinburgh’s waterfront.The green energy proposal has been controversial since December 2009 and opposed by local groups and politicians. Local organisation Leith Links Residents Association oppose plans to build a biomass plant in the port and have reacted angrily [...]
Despite the credit crunch police chiefs received bonuses. Lothian and Borders police superintendents and chief constables shared tens of thousands of pounds of tax payers money over the last year First Minister Alex Salmond commented in this weeks Scottish Nationalist Party conference that police forces will go through big changes because of the Westminster spending [...]
by Trystan Davies Next week a renowned Buddhist Lama is visiting Scotland giving students from all over the world a special experience. Chökyi Nyima Rinpoche, considered the equivalent of a Bishop in Tibetan Buddhism, will stay at the Gomde Lindholme Hall near Inverness. Rinpoche will be greeted by bagpipes, incense, tea and biscuits in a Tibetan tent. He will [...]
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