The Edinburgh Minute ⏰ Tuesday 11 November 2025
Lothian Buses sued, Cowgate road safety protest, trams 'false consultation' claim + Radical Road update
Lothian Buses sued, Cowgate road safety protest, trams 'false consultation' claim + Radical Road update
🍕 Introducing: Brown's of Leith, a new food, drink and arts space 🪩 Civerinos among the traders moving in 🎨 'It's like a mini Tate Modern'.
£42m for Granton housing, new fears for Porty cinema, 20mph change for 66 streets + questions over £2bn tram plan consultation
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'Relief' in Niddrie but police on stand-by, Rockstar protests, wedding venue closing, new spot for The Pastry Section + Flotilla of Lights along the canal
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Radical Book Fair, new £50k Pianodrome campaign to revamp Bruntsfield church, community cinema spotlight, new Summerhall Arts residency + woodland dining at Jupiter Artland
'Considerable reduction' in bonfire night disorder, uni staff to strike, Christmas festival expansion denied + house prices rise again
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Bonfire Night warning, Porty beach 'sewage scandal', protests as Rockstar North denies 'union-busting' + memorial plan for Dame Muriel Spark
Bus hits phone mast, airport laser probe, Lost Shore launches Surf Bus, new cafe coming to the Shore + Leith Walk finally getting a Christmas tree
Uni jobs axed, patients' medical records breached, fury over Astley Ainslie plans, Lyceum losses + thousands attend Samhuinn & Diwali
Fireworks crackdown, Christmas Market expansion blocked, new school plan + Samhuinn fire festival on Friday & Diwali festival fireworks on Sunday
Bonfire Night plea to parents, GP practice fears, Dreghorn housing deal + hunt for missing woolly mammoth tusk
Goodbye Substack, hello Ghost.
Uni staff vote to strike again, new Granton Harbour flats face rejection, 'damning' report on maternity unit + Self Esteem to join Florence & The Machine at Ingliston
Fireworks crackdown map revealed, short-term lets 'black market', tram consultation ‘poorly organised’, inside revamped Caley Bar + Calton Hill locals plan to TIY: turf it yourself
Ferrari hit-and-run, 5,000 march against poverty, AI centres ‘would use 5x city’s energy’ + no more commercial Christmas events for St Andrew Square
New concert hall gets £20m 'lifeline', St James Quarter in Westfield deal, weekend protests + Portobello Food Market returns
800 new homes at World of Football, Roseburn Path gun story unravels, hit-and-run driver hunt + Bon Jovi at Murrayfield