Lothian Buses is now operating a Sunday service. Buses began leaving garages into service from 10am and the full Sunday service is expected to be operational by midday.
Subject to weather conditions not worsening, Lothian Buses also plan to operate a Sunday service tomorrow, (Saturday 3rd March) but there will be NO night buses on service this weekendl.
A decision on Monday’s (5th March) service levels will be posted by 1200hrs on Sunday on the company’s website and social channels.
Education Convener Councillor Ian Perry writes about how decisions are reached when closing schools:
Closing just one school for a day is not a decision anyone takes lightly so Tuesday night’s move to close all our schools was taken after much consideration.
Always at the forefront of all our planning is the health and safety of our pupils, staff and parents/carers. The advice we received from the Met Office, Police Scotland and the Scottish Government on Tuesday night was that travel into and within the amber weather warning areas was a risk for anyone making those journeys – that was a message we could not ignore.
With the red weather warning issued yesterday by the Met Office for Edinburgh and surrounding region we kept our schools, nurseries and early years centres closed today and they will remain closed tomorrow.
We recognise that parents and carers appreciate the earliest possible notice of any potential closure and of course we need to balance that with changing circumstances that might result in schools being able to open.
The unique aspect of the weather warnings this time has shown that initially the forecast for severe weather was amber and was escalated yesterday to red during what would have been a school day. We anticipate that the weather warnings will be updated over the coming days and hopefully will indicate more settled circumstances.
I expect that normal services will resume on Monday but should there be any need for further school closures these will be communicated direct to parents, via the Council website, social media channels and local radio stations.
And lastly can I thank all the Council staff, including our road services teams and health and sopcial care staff, and members of the public who have rallied round during this extreme weather situation to keep the city moving.
I would remind everyone to visit our website www.edinburgh.gov.uk/schoolclosures, listen to media broadcasts, especially local radio, visit the Traffic Scotland website, follow @edintravel and Police Scotland on Twitter to get the latest updates about the weather situation over the coming days.
Ahead of the current amber warning for snow coming to an end at 10am this morning, members of the public are urged to plan ahead, only travel if necessary and to expect high levels of disruption. Continue reading Amber turns to yellow, but public urged to take care
As difficult weather continues with the Amber snow warning in place for much of Scotland, steps are being taken to ensure NHS staff are able to safely travel to and from their workplace, with particular challenges faced by NHS Lothian. Continue reading Government acts to get essential NHS staff to their work
Lothian Bus services remain suspended this morning. The company will review the situation at 9am. Continue reading Lothian Buses NOT running – will review again at 9am
Edinburgh Leisure venues will stay closed today (Friday) due to the adverse weather conditions. It’s hoped that venues will reopen on Saturday. Continue reading Edinburgh Leisure venues remain closed today
Continue reading Council staff and volunteers battle to keep Edinburgh moving
Statement from Lothian Buses:
We encourage all our customers to heed advice from the Met Office on Yellow Weather Warnings and Scottish Government on Travel Advice. Do not travel. Continue reading Lothian Buses: NO services will run today
Firefighters overcame challenging conditions to provide food, water, blankets and comfort to hundreds of drivers stranded overnight on the M80. Continue reading Firefighters go ‘above and beyond the call of duty’ to aid motorists stranded on M80
Service Update: statement from NHS 24
NHS 24 has been affected, as with all public services across Scotland, by the extreme weather over the past 24 hours. This has meant that many staff have been unable to get to work and we have been operating on approximately 50% capacity. Overnight we answered 1730 calls. Continue reading Extreme weather: NHS 24 battles to provide service as staff struggle to get to work
