- Funding for social community group
- Man's body found on railway line
- 'Only husband had murder motive'
- Children at nursery contract E.coli
- Fire debris 'may have asbestos'
- Man arrested over rape of woman, 19
- Water warning issued amid hot spell
- Murder inquiry after man found dead
- Yes declaration seeks 1m signatures
- Campaign for independence begins
East Edinburgh
Judges’ Portobello High ruling is ‘months away’
PROTESTERS are facing a long wait to discover whether their bid to derail plans for a new Portobello High School has been successful.
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Toddler born with crippling hip defect to do charity circuit
A TODDLER born with a hip socket defect is set to walk around Meadowbank Stadium’s running track to raise funds for the hospital that cared for her.
2 commentsHigh school appeal starts
AN appeal hearing over plans to build a new Portobello High School on a park has begun.
City’s Clinton Cards stores set to close
THE Edinburgh and Dalkeith branches of one of Scotland’s best-known specialist card retailers are to shut as part of a national wave of closures.
Primaries join forces to fight appeal over new high school
PARENTS from Portobello’s primary schools have banded together in a bid to persuade a protest group to drop its appeal against the building of a new high school.
18 commentsToy store to create more than 30 jobs
A NEW toy superstore is to open at Edinburgh’s Fort Kinnaird retail park, creating more than 30 jobs.
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Bus lane and cameras add up to a left turn for worse
FAMILIES in an east Edinburgh street have complained of being landed with £60 fines every day as they must drive through a bus lane to get home.
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Girl left traumatised after supermarket gang assault
A TEENAGE girl has been left traumatised after being attacked by a gang of ten older youths in a supermarket car park.
Park protesters tee off course protection drive
CAMPAIGNERS are hoping to use the Queen’s diamond jubilee to protect Portobello Golf Course from future attempts to build on it.
Chef cooking up help for teen victims
TEENAGERS with the digestive disorder coeliac disease are to receive a free cooking lesson at Queen Margaret University to help them manage their condition.
Biker’s fatal crash is chilling echo of friend’s death
A YOUNG man killed when the motorbike he was riding crashed into a tree died less than three years after his friend was fatally injured in an off-road crash, it was revealed today.
Mark up and saddle up
POLICE are set to host a series of bike-marking events in a bid to make it easier to reunite stolen cycles with their owners.
Motorcyclist killed in collision is named
A young motorcyclist who was found dead on a walkway was named by police today.
US folk project dredges up historic Forth oyster songs
THEY were sung by the oyster fishermen on the Firth of Forth more than a century ago, with some believing they helped to “charm the oysters into the nets”.
Portobello park group protest leader steps down
THE leader of a protest group fighting a new Portobello High School has stepped down from her role – because she works for the city council’s children and families department.
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Friday 25 May 2012
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