Category: North Edinburgh News

Celebrate National Tree Week in Craigmillar Castle Park this weekend

Forestry Commission Scotland (FCS) and Edinburgh and Lothians Greenspace Trust (ELGT) is inviting the community to celebrate National Tree Week at its popular tree dressing event on Saturday (1st December). Continue reading Celebrate National Tree Week in Craigmillar Castle Park this weekend

Tenants get keys for new council homes

The first tenants have begun moving into brand new homes for social rent across Edinburgh. The homes are being built by the City of Edinburgh Council as part of a project to provide hundreds of affordable flats and houses on seven small brownfield sites across Edinburgh.  Continue reading Tenants get keys for new council homes

Gentle Giant Doddie receives Edinburgh Award

Scottish rugby legend George “Doddie” Weir has been presented with the prestigious Edinburgh Award 2018.

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Surrounded by friends, family and familiar faces from professional rugby, Doddie was reunited with a set of his handprints outside the City Chambers before being presented with an engraved Loving Cup from Edinburgh’s Lord Provost Frank Ross.

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