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Advertising is estimated to ad over 30% to our carbon footprint by encouraging us to consume more. Do you think Edinburg...
10/10/2025

Advertising is estimated to ad over 30% to our carbon footprint by encouraging us to consume more. Do you think Edinburgh's public bodies should be allowed to host adverts for high-carbon products? Let us know in the comments, here or on Substack!

When will it bite and how might it affect life in the Capital?

A couple of weeks ago we checked in on Edinburgh's constituency MSPs- this week it's the regionals' turn! And they've be...
23/09/2025

A couple of weeks ago we checked in on Edinburgh's constituency MSPs- this week it's the regionals' turn! And they've been just as busy as their colleagues...
https://www.edinburghinquirer.co.uk/p/checking-up-on-the-work-of-our-lothian
Jeremy Balfour MSP,Miles Briggs MSP,Lorna Slater - Scottish Greens,Sue Webber MSP, Presiding Officer Alison Johnstone MSP, Sarah Boyack MSP for Lothian, Foysol Choudhury Mbe Msp

Plus: Tory-turned-Independent Jeremy Balfour declares his plan for next May’s election

What do Covid and homelessness have in common? Take a look at our guest article from the head of Cyrenians to find out:
17/09/2025

What do Covid and homelessness have in common? Take a look at our guest article from the head of Cyrenians to find out:

Charity leader Ewan Aitken on what it will take to tackle the Capital's housing emergency

Is legal aid in Edinburgh under existential threat?
15/09/2025

Is legal aid in Edinburgh under existential threat?

The quiet crisis threatening our faith in "justice for all"

Trams and controversy have had a habit of sticking closely together in Edinburgh. We dug into the details of the propose...
29/08/2025

Trams and controversy have had a habit of sticking closely together in Edinburgh. We dug into the details of the proposed tram extension as the Council opens up its online consultation.
https://www.edinburghinquirer.co.uk/p/battery-powered-trams-cycling-squeezed
Save The Roseburn Path The City of Edinburgh Council Edinburgh Trams

The Capital tries to plot a route to a bigger tram network

What do you think of e-scooters? Transport for the modern age, or an annoying fad? We might be seeing many more of them ...
21/08/2025

What do you think of e-scooters? Transport for the modern age, or an annoying fad? We might be seeing many more of them in Edinburgh soon...

Paris dumped its mass e-scooter scheme, but Edinburgh may be ready to (tentatively) embrace one

Thanks very much to the rangers at Pentland Hills Regional Park and Scottish Fire and Rescue Service for sharing advice ...
17/08/2025

Thanks very much to the rangers at Pentland Hills Regional Park and Scottish Fire and Rescue Service for sharing advice on the real risk of wildfires in Edinburgh and the Lothians, and what we can do to prevent them.

Blazes are on the rise and our assumptions about 'soggy Scotland' are not helping

This week we did the maths on the costs for Fringe performers- the results were pretty terrifying. We also spoke with Fr...
01/08/2025

This week we did the maths on the costs for Fringe performers- the results were pretty terrifying. We also spoke with Fringe performers who've been bankrupted by the Fringe, shopped around dozens of Fringe venues trying to make some money, and even started their own comedy clubs. Here's their list of the venues which are giving comedians a better chance: https://www.edinburghinquirer.co.uk/p/the-fringe-venues-putting-more-money
Monkey Barrel Comedy, Hoots Comedy, The Stand Comedy Club, Edinburgh, Shedinburgh Fringe Festival, Friends of PBH's Free Fringe, The Free Edinburgh Fringe Festival, Just the Tonic Comedy Edinburgh, Edinburgh Festival Fringe

Prefer your laughs from performers who aren't risking bankruptcy? Try these Festival spots

Nobody would say it’s been a smooth ride for the Labour government’s first year. But how do our own Edinburgh MPs fit in...
24/07/2025

Nobody would say it’s been a smooth ride for the Labour government’s first year. But how do our own Edinburgh MPs fit into this political picture? We've had a wee look at what Tracy Gilbert MP, Dr Scott Arthur MP, Chris Murray MP, Ian Murray and Christine Jardine have been up to in the year since the General Election:

What the Capital's representatives at Westminster have been up to since the General Election

Did you know that, for the first time on record, Edinburgh's economy has out performed London's? Take a look at our week...
30/06/2025

Did you know that, for the first time on record, Edinburgh's economy has out performed London's? Take a look at our weekly round-up for an explanation of how Auld Reekie overtook the Big Smoke, and what it means for the average Edinburgher:

Plus: Alcohol restrictions scrapped; thousands back Doddie Weir stadium campaign; and anyone for an Oasis tote bag?

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