Council contractors have cut down five trees along the Water of Leith, despite earlier promises they would be protected. Stop the Chop campaigners were informed of the reversal on Thursday, with three trees removed within 24 hours. The two remaining trees were cut down earlier today. Stop the Chop’s anonymous petition organiser said that [...]
Edinburgh Council has become the first political body to officially back to worldwide Occupy movement. The council this afternoon voted in an overwhelming majority to redirect economic decisions to be more focussed on the needs of the 99% in an attempt to reduce the “inequitable gap” between the rich and poor. The SNP, Liberal Democrats, [...]
The council has scrapped plans to outsource its environmental services to private firm Enterprise. The move means that services such as bin collection, recycling and responsibility for public spaces including parks will remain with the council. The decision came this afternoon after SNP councillors won a majority vote against their Liberal Democrat coalition partners who [...]
By Karen Rafferty Sandra Bullock has done it. Tom Cruise and Nicole Kidman did it. Katherine Heigl has done it, and now Midlothian Council has launched an appeal for it. What is it? Adoption. Midlothian Council have release an appeal in the hope finding new families for children in the local area. At present there [...]
by Suzanne Bargon December sees Midlothian council hand over its first “solar-powered water heated” properties to their council tenants. The council’s new development has 18 properties in total, of this, six first floor flats and six semi-detached in Cuiken Terrace, Penicuik have the new system installed. Solar energy reduces the amount of fossil fuels needed [...]
By Adam Bergin South Lanarkshire council have lost more than £100,000 after being duped by an African crime gang. Strathclyde Police have been called in to investigate after the Council were tricked into paying £102,000 to criminals, who posed as one of their suppliers. It is understood £102,000 then had to be paid to the [...]
by Andrew Donaldson and Michael Behr The City of Edinburgh Council has been nominated for a national customer service award. The Council is on the shortlist in the WOW Awards category of Best Local Authority. The capital city council faces competition from Stoke, Haringey, Warwickshire and neighbouring West Lothian Council. The WOW Awards are solely based on on customer nominations and began in 1997 in [...]
By Shane de Barra They make up for one quarter of Edinburgh’s open space and have catered for those of a golfing persuasion for years however the Scottish capital’s 6 public golf courses may soon be sanctuary to aspiring gardeners as opposed to the next potential Tiger Woods. The fall in the number of people [...]
by Kirstyn Smith An interesting new way of outlining London’s streets could soon be a reality, thanks to Boris Johnson’s plans to render the streets of London ‘naked’. However, this is not a case of the controversial mayor contemplating a mass public nudity bylaw. Rather, he proposes to remove traffic lights, street signs and road [...]
By Vikki Graves Cherie Blair has been hired by two British local authorities to sue the Royal Bank of Scotland through the US Courts. RBS and its entire board of directors, including ex-Chief Executive Sir Fred Goodwin, are named as defendants. North Yorkshire and Merseyside councils’ pension funds have plummeted in value along with RBS [...]
By Nicol J. Craig The Scottish Government will now not meet its target of ceasing the practice of local authorities placing homeless in private accommodation by 2012, according to local councillor Gordon Munro. Leith councillor Gordon Munro, who wants more social housing, said: “We’re at the end of 2008 now so we have three years to [...]
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