“It’s hard to see how erasing all the buildings along Leith Walk will preserve or enhance anything. Once heritage is lost it is very hard to replace.”
Leith has always been Edinburgh’s port and still retains a distinctive quality of its own even though it has changed significantly in recent years. It has been reinvented as a lively centre of urban living, a good food destination, and as a hub of creative activity and cultural diversity. Continue reading Leith Walk: the Cockburn Association view
One of Edinburgh’s top bars, Bramble, will take part in a unique international exchange as part of Naked Grouse’s LiBARating swap next week. Continue reading Edinburgh’s Bramble to take part in Naked Grouse’s LiBARating Swap
Voice Your Choice Voting Event NW
Edinburgh’s employability themed participatory budgeting programme has moved into the voting stages and you are invited to attend the voting event in your locality where you can learn more about the employability projects on offer, and vote for those you would like to see become a reality in your locality. Continue reading Voice Your Choice: voting event in North West Edinburgh
The Scottish SPCA is appealing to kind hearted people across Scotland to fundraise this September at their local Pets at Home store. Continue reading Scottish SPCA calls for volunteers to help raise funds for Scotland’s animals
PROPERTY hunters may no longer be left out in the cold as summer comes to a close – with the capital market continuing to find a better balance between buyers and sellers. Continue reading Capital housing market continues to find ‘better balance’
Police in Edinburgh have released images of a man that they wish to trace as part of an ongoing investigation into a serious assault in the city centre. Continue reading Hanover Street assault: man arrested
From today young Scots have extra help to realise their potential thanks to £18m funding from Young Start. Continue reading £18 million windfall for young people in Scotland
Graffiti artists from across the UK and Europe will descend on the Capital this weekend to work their magic on a stretch of wall close to Edinburgh’s Ocean Terminal. The Rock the Dock Graffiti Jam on Saturday (1 September) aims to create the UK’s longest legal graffiti wall at Marine Parade. Continue reading Edinburgh set to become home of UK’s longest legal graffiti wall
While the public’s image of a typical landlord might be a money-grabbing property professional, the reality is different. Office admin roles, alongside jobs in IT, teaching and accountancy are the four most common occupations for landlords, according to new research. Continue reading Landlords can be loveable too!
Scotland’s firefighters will soon be armed with the very latest firefighting equipment – capable of blasting through concrete and steel. The kit was demonstrated at SFRS’ National Training Centre in Cambuslang yesterday. Continue reading SFRS demonstrates the latest firefighting technology
