Blog Archive

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    First by-election Action Weekend!

    This weekend (18th and 19th) we’ll be holding the first action weekend in the Liberton/Gilmerton by-election campaign, and it’s a great chance to get involved. We need volunteers to help us out this weekend to head down to Liberton and Gilmerton to chat to people...

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  • Craiglockhart Primary School

    The promised land?

    At full Council yesterday the City Council approved plans to allocate £10.5 million extra in capital investment for schools and nurseries.  Green Education spokesperson Cllr Melaine Main explains why she backed the programme, but with misgivings.

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    Getting to the bottom of the property repair scandal

    Melanie Main finds unexpected depths and resonance in audit.

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    Marketing Edinburgh

    What does Edinburgh need to get its message over and is the body charged with that task up to the job, asks Gavin Corbett?

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  • Gavin at City Chambers close

    Parking marathon

    After 6 hours talking about car-parking, Gavin Corbett, pauses for reflection.

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  • Water of Leith clean up April 13

    Bags, buckets and beavers

    There was a fantastic turnout to the first of the Water of Leith Conservation Trust’s spring clean ups at the weekend just past.

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    In food we trust

    The horsemeat scandal is the latest in a long line of food scandals, and unless we radically overhaul our approach to food it will not be the last, writes Alison Johnstone.

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  • Canal cycling

    Canal towpath cycling revisited

    Gavin Corbett ponders shared use of the Union Canal Towpath.

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