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MSP slams ‘sticking plaster’ approach to roads

Sat, 18 May 2013 09:43:39 GMT

THE “sticking plaster” approach to fixing Edinburgh’s roads cannot go on, a leading MSP has warned.

Taxis to get drop-off point underneath North Bridge

Fri, 17 May 2013 10:53:19 GMT

A TAXI lay-by is being built under North Bridge to service passengers using Waverley station.

Final chance to comment on Royal Mile traffic plan

Fri, 17 May 2013 10:48:14 GMT

Just hours remain to submit comment on the plans for a major shake-up of the historic Royal Mile.

Police in call to witnesses of taxi crash

Fri, 17 May 2013 10:26:37 GMT

POLICE have appealed for witnesses to a road crash which saw an elderly woman struck by a taxi then become trapped beneath it.

Charity backs car liability law for cyclists

Fri, 17 May 2013 10:10:11 GMT

A CHARITY has become the latest organisation to back proposed strict liability laws that would see motorists held responsible for all collisions with cyclists.

Sheep reunited with family after 60mph car ordeal

Wed, 15 May 2013 10:10:01 GMT

HE is surely Scotland’s most famous sheep, and what a yarn he has to tell the rest of the flock.

Forth Road Bridge climb: Tourists subsidise locals

Wed, 15 May 2013 09:21:14 GMT

WHEN it comes to building bridges, it’s good to know the people behind proposals to allow adventurous types to the top of the Forth Road Bridge are planning to keep the cost down.

MSPs clash over Edinburgh tram inquiry

Wed, 15 May 2013 09:09:21 GMT

MSPS clashed over plans for a public inquiry into the trams after one said he “relished” the prospect of hearings into the controversial project.

Call for sterner sentence for double-killer driver

Tue, 14 May 2013 09:29:30 GMT

Thousands of cyclists have demanded the sentence given to double-killer driver Gary McCourt be reviewed.

Lamb survives 25-mile trip stuck to front of car

Tue, 14 May 2013 09:25:47 GMT

A LAMB hit by a Renault Clio and carried more than 25 miles to Edinburgh Airport is lucky to be alive, a vet said today.

Borders rail link: £150m plan for Penicuik spur

Tue, 14 May 2013 09:07:10 GMT

A VITAL £150 million rail line connecting Penicuik to central Edinburgh could be reopened for the first time in half a century.

Cyclists hail traffic-free route to Midlothian

Mon, 13 May 2013 08:54:14 GMT

CYCLISTS will be able to ride under the busy Edinburgh Bypass from next year on a new £500,000 route linking Edinburgh to Midlothian as part of ambitious plans to make the city bike-friendly.

Trams: Craigmillar, Dalkeith groups back extension

Sat, 11 May 2013 09:44:55 GMT

COMMUNITY groups from south-east Edinburgh and Midlothian have welcomed the prospect of a tram line to Dalkeith, but labelled the proposed route as a “pie in the sky” project.

Edinburgh Airport blasted over queues

Sat, 11 May 2013 09:36:06 GMT

Passengers have used social media to lambast Edinburgh Airport over lengthy queues at security screening in the past fortnight.

Bad Edinburgh parking shamed on website

Fri, 10 May 2013 09:29:16 GMT

THEY are the drivers whose road sense seems to have driven off down the street.

Edinburgh Trams plan to go to Dalkeith

Fri, 10 May 2013 09:07:16 GMT

“NEXT stop Dalkeith” is something future tram commuters could be hearing if ambitious plans to extend the controversial travel network out to the Midlothian town are realised.

Edinburgh Airport facial scanners to cut queues

Thu, 09 May 2013 10:35:55 GMT

HI-TECH cameras will regularly scan the faces of passengers at Edinburgh Airport in the latest futuristic move by officials to slash queues at security screenings.

Evening taxi fare rises start earlier in Edinburgh

Thu, 09 May 2013 10:00:36 GMT

EDINBURGH taxi passengers are hit with evening tariffs earlier than anywhere else in the UK, according to a new report.

Taxi fare rise: Councillor says ‘just drink less’

Wed, 08 May 2013 09:10:41 GMT

A SENIOR SNP councillor has sparked outrage by suggesting that if women have one drink less when they’re out, that will pay for the increased price of their taxi home.

Edinburgh Trams firm bid for Aberdeen bypass work

Tue, 07 May 2013 11:26:00 GMT

GERMAN industrial giant Bilfinger, the main contractor for Edinburgh’s troubled trams project, has been named as part of one of the consortia bidding for the £650 million contract to build the long-awaited Aberdeen bypass.