The Edinburgh Reporter, Edinburgh (2025)

29/01/2025

Scottish Affairs Committee to discuss Barnett formula The Scottish Affairs Committee will hold the first evidence session of its inquiry into the financing of the Scottish Government. During the inquiry, MPs will examine the current funding model for The Scottish Government and the wider framework for fiscal devolution. Today the Committee will question expert commentators on the effectiveness and fairness of the Barnett formula, which calculates the annual change in the Block Grant, which is The Scottish Government’s core source of funding....

Scottish Affairs Committee to discuss Barnett formula The Scottish Affairs Committee will hold the first evidence session of its inquiry into the financing of the Scottish Government. During the inquiry, MPs will examine the current funding model for The Scottish Government and the wider framework...

29/01/2025

An application for detailed planning permission has been lodged with The City of Edinburgh Council to develop phase two of Harbour 31. The Dry Dock at Harbour 31 is a commercial hub planned for land at the south east of Edinburgh Dock in the Port of Leith, which will also require Listed Building consent for the redevelopment featuring repurposed shipping containers....

An application for detailed planning permission has been lodged with The City of Edinburgh Council to develop phase two of Harbour 31. The Dry Dock at Harbour 31 is a commercial hub planned for land at the south east of Edinburgh Dock in the Port of Leith, which will also require Listed Building con...

29/01/2025

The Scottish Conservatives will once again urge MSPs to back their calls for Health Secretary, Neil Gray, to resign in a Parliamentary vote on Wednesday. The party have this time put forward an amendment to a Labour-led motion to ensure that MSPs will get a chance to tell the First Minister that the Health Secretary should step down after overseeing a “permanent crisis” in the health service since taking on the role nearly a year ago....

The Scottish Conservatives will once again urge MSPs to back their calls for Health Secretary, Neil Gray, to resign in a Parliamentary vote on Wednesday. The party have this time put forward an amendment to a Labour-led motion to ensure that MSPs will get a chance to tell the First Minister that the...

28/01/2025

Police have released CCTV images of a man in connection with an investigation into a theft by housebreaking in Edinburgh on Friday, 29 November, 2024. The incident happened at around 6pm in the Brunstane Mill Road area. A grey Audi A3 was seen at the time. The man officers wish to speak to is described as around 6 foot, of stocky build and with short, black facial hair....

Police have released CCTV images of a man in connection with an investigation into a theft by housebreaking in Edinburgh on Friday, 29 November, 2024. The incident happened at around 6pm in the Brunstane Mill Road area. A grey Audi A3 was seen at the time. The man officers wish to speak to is descri...

28/01/2025

An Airbnb owner has lost his appeal to keep operating but been told he can keep his lock box in place. The owner of the flat on Dirleton had asked Scottish Ministers to throw out an enforcement order demanding he stop renting it for short term lets and remove the key box. But while the Scottish Government Reporter rejected his call for the notice to be quashed he did agree that the demand from East Lothian Council for the box to be removed was excessive....

An Airbnb owner has lost his appeal to keep operating but been told he can keep his lock box in place. The owner of the flat on Dirleton had asked Scottish Ministers to throw out an enforcement order demanding he stop renting it for short term lets and remove the key box. But while the […]

28/01/2025

Hibs have announced the signing of Gambian international Alasana Manneh from Odense Boldklub, subject to international clearance and visa approval. The terms of the transfer will remain undisclosed, with the 26-year-old putting pen-to-paper on a three-and-a-half-year deal. The central midfielder was in the famous La Masia, Barcelona’s Academy, and featured for their youth team and B Team, alongside the likes of European Championship winner Marc Cucurella....

Hibs have announced the signing of Gambian international Alasana Manneh from Odense Boldklub, subject to international clearance and visa approval. The terms of the transfer will remain undisclosed, with the 26-year-old putting pen-to-paper on a three-and-a-half-year deal. The central midfielder...

28/01/2025

West Lothian residents have been advised not to visit local cemeteries and churchyards, along with the country parks, as staff work to clear fallen trees and repair damaged headstones in the wake of storm Eowyn. The council’s arborist teams tackled more than 600 trees toppled across the county and surveys are ongoing at Beecraigs, the largest of West Lothian’s country parks....

West Lothian residents have been advised not to visit local cemeteries and churchyards, along with the country parks, as staff work to clear fallen trees and repair damaged headstones in the wake of storm Eowyn. The council’s arborist teams tackled more than 600 trees toppled across the county a...

28/01/2025

Scottish Ministers have backed a council leader’s decision to stop a family building three new homes next to their business. East Lothian Council leader Norman Hampshire had to cast the deciding vote as planning convenor over the application after fellow councillors were split last year. Applicant Carol Auld had argued that the new homes were needed to secure her family business on the edge of Elphinstone and pointed to more than 100 new homes built by developers Bellway on the other side of the road as further support....

Scottish Ministers have backed a council leader’s decision to stop a family building three new homes next to their business. East Lothian Council leader Norman Hampshire had to cast the deciding vote as planning convenor over the application after fellow councillors were split last year. Applicant...

28/01/2025

Detectives in West Lothian are appealing for information after a man was attacked and seriously injured in front of his partner and child in Broxburn. The incident took place around 7.30pm on Monday, 27 January 2025 when a 37-year-old man was confronted by four men armed with weapons in a house in Cardross Avenue. He was assaulted, dragged from the house into the driveway and further attacked causing serious injury....

Detectives in West Lothian are appealing for information after a man was attacked and seriously injured in front of his partner and child in Broxburn. The incident took place around 7.30pm on Monday, 27 January 2025 when a 37-year-old man was confronted by four men armed with weapons in a house in C...

28/01/2025

The Scottish Government has made agreements with both the Scottish Liberal Democrats and also separately with the Scottish Green Party to support the proposed 2025-26 Budget. This will include deals on bus fares, drug services and free school meals. Finance Secretary Shona Robison has announced she will table amendments to the 2025-26 Budget Bill to allocate £16.7 million funding to:...

The Scottish Government has made agreements with both the Scottish Liberal Democrats and also separately with the Scottish Green Party to support the proposed 2025-26 Budget. This will include deals on bus fares, drug services and free school meals. Finance Secretary Shona Robison has announced she....

28/01/2025

Three new board members have been appointed by Sistema Scotland the charity which aims for social change through music with its Big Noise orchestra programmes, one of which is in Wester Hailes. Former Chief Executive of COSLA, Sally Loudon, joins the charity, alongside BBC Scotland’s Head of Corporate Affairs and Public Policy, Luke McCullough and Karen MacFayden, who brings a wealth of experience in both banking and the third sector....

Three new board members have been appointed by Sistema Scotland the charity which aims for social change through music with its Big Noise orchestra programmes, one of which is in Wester Hailes. Former Chief Executive of COSLA, Sally Loudon, joins the charity, alongside BBC Scotland’s Head of Corpo...

28/01/2025

Tickets are now on available for Hibs Women v Rangers Women at Fir Park in the Sky Sport Cup Final on Saturday 22 March; 3pm kick-off. The Club are currently working on transport options for supporters, pre-match hospitality and sponsorship packages, further information will be shared in due course. Tickets for the match are on sale now through the Motherwell e-ticketing website. ...

Tickets are now on available for Hibs Women v Rangers Women at Fir Park in the Sky Sport Cup Final on Saturday 22 March; 3pm kick-off. The Club are currently working on transport options for supporters, pre-match hospitality and sponsorship packages, further information will be shared in due course....

28/01/2025

Police are seeking the help of the public to trace a 60-year-old man reported missing from Edinburgh. Guy Bargery was last seen around 9.15am on Monday, 27 January, 2025, in the Dundas Street area of the city. He is described as white, around 5ft 9ins tall, of medium build with grey/white hair. When last seen, Guy was wearing a checked green and cream shirt, denim jeans, a beige jacket, and is believed to have been wearing black trainers....

Police are seeking the help of the public to trace a 60-year-old man reported missing from Edinburgh. Guy Bargery was last seen around 9.15am on Monday, 27 January, 2025, in the Dundas Street area of the city. He is described as white, around 5ft 9ins tall, of medium build with grey/white hair. When...

28/01/2025

Timeball and Nelson Monument to temporarily close Nelson Monument, one of Edinburgh’s most iconic landmarks, is set to temporarily close for the final phase of essential refurbishment works and the reinstallation of its historic Timeball and mast. The refurbishment will include inspection and restoration to the monument's external walls and windows, the installation of some new internal lighting, as well as the reinstallation of the Timeball mechanism to full working order....

Timeball and Nelson Monument to temporarily close Nelson Monument, one of Edinburgh’s most iconic landmarks, is set to temporarily close for the final phase of essential refurbishment works and the reinstallation of its historic Timeball and mast. The refurbishment will include inspection and rest...

27/01/2025

Roads in a small Edinburgh community were not ‘sufficiently cleared’ during a recent cold snap leaving them inaccessible and unsafe, it is being claimed. Edinburgh City Council’s transport convenor Councillor Stephen Jenkinson is calling for winter plans for Balerno to be reviewed after concerns about the state of some streets. In a motion due to go before the transport and environment committee this week, Councillor Jenkinson says the local community had raised issues after secondary routes were not cleared properly during recent wintry weather....

Roads in a small Edinburgh community were not ‘sufficiently cleared’ during a recent cold snap leaving them inaccessible and unsafe, it is being claimed. Edinburgh City Council’s transport convenor Councillor Stephen Jenkinson is calling for winter plans for Balerno to be reviewed after concer...

27/01/2025

West Lothian Council is to write to the Labour government demanding a rethink on its decision not to compensate some 10,000 local women in the Waspi pension scandal. A majority of councillors rejected a Labour motion and backed a call by the SNP to demand that Liz Kendall MP, Secretary of State for Work and Pensions allow MPs to vote on a compensation package denied in December....

West Lothian Council is to write to the Labour government demanding a rethink on its decision not to compensate some 10,000 local women in the Waspi pension scandal. A majority of councillors rejected a Labour motion and backed a call by the SNP to demand that Liz Kendall MP, Secretary of State fo...

27/01/2025

Further refurbishment work at the Nelson Monument will lead to its temporary closure. The final phase of renovating the monument will include inspecting the external walls and windows, installing new internal lighting and also reinstalling the timeball. All of the historical items in the monument are now safely secured and visitors can no longer access museum from today. It is expected that the monument will reopen in July 2025....

Further refurbishment work at the Nelson Monument will lead to its temporary closure. The final phase of renovating the monument will include inspecting the external walls and windows, installing new internal lighting and also reinstalling the timeball. All of the historical items in the monument ar...

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