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Edinburgh council says housing upgrades and new grants put city on track to cut unsuitable temporary accommodation

On Scottish Housing Day the city council outlined how upgrades, new builds and a grant scheme are helping to ease the capital’s housing pressure and improve tenant health.

Edinburgh3 hours ago

Edinburgh Council approves £1.12m boost for festivals and new £2.6m Innovate fund

Councillors have voted to increase existing cultural grants by 25 % and launch a £2.62 million Innovate fund, aiming to strengthen the city’s festivals and community arts groups through the Visitor Levy.

Edinburgh4 hours ago

Edinburgh Council greenlights seven Visitor Levy projects to restore heritage and improve public spaces

Seven new initiatives, from restoring Leith Customs House to creating nature footpaths and a public square on West Cross Causeway, have secured Visitor Levy funding after council approval on 17 September.

Edinburgh4 hours ago

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250 HMS Queen Elizabeth sailors parade the Freedom of Edinburgh on Royal Mile

Around 250 crew members from the navy’s flagship HMS Queen Elizabeth exercised the Freedom of the City, marching along the Royal Mile with a band, a Guard inspection and an F-35 fly-past.

Edinburgh5 hours ago

Knife Angel departs Edinburgh after month-long knife-crime awareness programme

The 27-ft sculpture built from confiscated knives toured Edinburgh in September, sparking school productions, a bus-mounted art mosaic and police-led workshops before leaving the city.

Edinburgh7 hours ago

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Steve Hislop Memorial Cairn

Frostley Burn · 11 miles

'Hizzy' / This cairn was built by a few friends of Steve Hislop, British Superbike Champion, who was tragically killed in a helicopter accident near this site, on July 30th, 2003. / Kind permission was granted by His Grace the Duke of Buccleuch.

Lockerbie Air Disaster Memorial

Lockerbie · 14 miles

Memorial to the victims of the PanAm 103 bombing

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Bolton Fell National Nature Reserve

Boltonfellend · 14 miles

Former peat workings now a National Nature Reserve being restored to it's natural state.

Sir Andrew Smith Birthplace Memorial

Southfield · 16 miles

Facing this memorial stood the cottage of Heronhall birthplace of Sir Andrew Smith (1797-1872) Director General British Army Medical Service African Explorer and Naturalist - Erected by Hawick Archaeological Society (1969)