Joe Sullivan, Local Democracy Reporting Service

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Swingers club bid for photography studio and cafe rejected
Edinburgh & East

Swingers club bid for photography studio and cafe rejected

Councillors pay tribute to ‘gentle, yet fierce and loyal’ Val Walker
Edinburgh & East

Councillors pay tribute to 'gentle, yet fierce and loyal' Val Walker

Call for ban against flypast aerial displays over environmental concerns
Edinburgh & East

Call for ban against flypast aerial displays over environmental concerns

Businesses facing ‘huge costs and abuse’ due to lack of public toilets near Haymarket station
Edinburgh & East

Businesses facing 'huge costs and abuse' due to lack of public toilets near station

Edinburgh residents could be asked to fund city projects as part of ‘fundraising team’
Edinburgh & East

Residents could be asked to fund city projects as part of 'fundraising team'

Edinburgh Council overpaid staff nearly £2m over five years
Edinburgh & East

Council overpaid staff nearly £2m over five years

Plan for Edinburgh venues to sell cheaper tram and bus tickets for events
Edinburgh & East

Plan for Edinburgh venues to sell cheaper tram and bus tickets for events

Nearly 70% of Edinburgh council’s active travel projects delayed
Edinburgh & East

Nearly 70% of council's active travel projects delayed

Edinburgh strip club given permission to open later during festival months
Edinburgh & East

Strip club given permission to open later during festival months

Edinburgh nightclub where staff attacked customer ordered to close for a month
Edinburgh & East

Nightclub where staff attacked customer ordered to close for a month

Secondary school to get £52m expansion as it faces over-capacity
Edinburgh & East

Secondary school to get £52m expansion as it faces over-capacity

Edinburgh Council slammed for ‘splurging’ on marketing campaign amid service cuts
Edinburgh & East

Council slammed for 'splurging' on marketing campaign amid service cuts

Edinburgh-wide firework control zone ruled out despite concerns
Edinburgh & East

City-wide firework control zone ruled out despite concerns

Edinburgh Council to stop running ‘lifeline’ hub after Easter holidays
Edinburgh & East

Council to stop running 'lifeline' hub after Easter holidays

Edinburgh residents call for hundreds of bin hubs to be moved following complaints
Edinburgh & East

Residents call for hundreds of bin hubs to be moved following complaints

Terminal V license approved in Edinburgh despite ‘noise and drug use’ concerns
Edinburgh & East

Terminal V license approved despite 'noise and drug use' concerns

Edinburgh council considering crackdown on illegal street traders 
Edinburgh & East

Edinburgh council considering crackdown on illegal street traders 

Delay to decision on consultation for city-wide firework ban in Edinburgh
Edinburgh & East

Delay to decision on consultation for city-wide firework ban 

Locals slam council decision not to fund new public toilets at Portobello beach
Edinburgh & East

Locals slam council failure to fund new public toilets at popular beach

Edinburgh confirms council tax rise of 8%
Edinburgh & East

Edinburgh confirms council tax rise of 8%

Councillors vote to make low traffic area in Edinburgh permanent
Edinburgh & East

Councillors vote to make low traffic area in Scots city permanent

Edinburgh facing 10% council tax rise and free tram travel axed under latest budget
Edinburgh & East

Edinburgh facing 10% council tax rise and free tram travel axed under latest budget

Every Edinburgh council service set to increase in price from burial costs to parking
Edinburgh & East

Edinburgh council services set to increase in price from burial costs to parking

Edinburgh Council exploring £600,000 spend on new public toilets at Portobello Beach
Edinburgh & East

Council exploring £600,000 spend on new public toilets amid complaints

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Teenager charged after 16-year-old Kayden Moy dies following alleged Irvine beach stabbing
Glasgow & West

Teenager charged after death of 16-year-old following beach 'stabbing'

Keir Starmer’s EU deal ‘absolutely terrible’ for Scottish fishing industry
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Keir Starmer's EU deal 'absolutely terrible' for Scottish fishing industry

First Minister condemns weekend football violence as ‘utterly unacceptable’
Scotland

First Minister condemns weekend football violence as ‘utterly unacceptable’

Plans to build Flamingo Land resort on banks of Loch Lomond divide local residents in Balloch
Glasgow & West

Plans for Flamingo Land resort at Loch Lomond continue to divide locals

Clyde Tunnel ‘could close’ as workers vote to strike for better pay
Glasgow & West

Clyde Tunnel ‘could close’ as workers vote to strike for better pay

Woman’s dangerous Staffy dogs savagely attacked two men leaving them in hospital
Glasgow & West

Woman's dangerous dogs savagely attacked two men leaving them in hospital

‘Do not eat’: Grape Tree nuts pulled from shelves over fears of E. coli contamination
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'Do not eat': Nuts pulled from shelves over fears of E. coli contamination   

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Century-old East Lothian boarding school plans to enclose outdoor swimming pool
Edinburgh & East

Century-old boarding school plans to enclose outdoor swimming pool

Fraud investigation launched after Scottish drama school collapses ‘out of the blue’
Edinburgh & East

Fraud investigation launched after drama school collapses 'out of the blue'

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Edinburgh & East

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Edinburgh Trams launches ‘tap on, tap off’ contactless payment system
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Edinburgh Trams launch ‘tap on, tap off’ contactless payment system

Cyclist seriously injured in crash with car in Stirling
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Edinburgh Zoo sun bear in remission after terminal cancer diagnosis
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Edinburgh Zoo sun bear in remission after terminal cancer diagnosis

Allotment boom: Community-growing projects flourish post-pandemic
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