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1 week ago | 
deadlinenews.co.uk | Douglas Simpson
A FRENCH comedy has been spotted filming scenes outside a busy West End hotel in the Scottish capital. Les Parfaits, a French comedy following a family of con artists on the run in Edinburgh, filmed scenes outside the Caledonian Hotel yesterday. Locals spotted dozens of film crew members, actors and massive camera rigs on the West End of Princes Street. The French crew has employed Scots locals to appear as extras in the shoot with several taking part in yesterday’s filming.
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1 week ago | 
deadlinenews.co.uk | Douglas Simpson
THE public consultation for the City of Edinburgh Council’s complete regeneration of the Seafield waterfront is ending in the coming weeks. Residents can participate in an online consultation on the redevelopment of the area up until the end of this month. The redevelopment will see massive changes brought to the area with the city council approaching the community engagement around the project in three stages.
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1 week ago | 
deadlinenews.co.uk | Douglas Simpson
BELLFIELD, a community centre in Portobello, has launched a community shares offer to raise money to redevelop the centre. In the first community shares offer that Portobello has seen, the hub intends to secure funds for a new celebration hall. £43,000 was raised as of last Wednesday, and the centre was hoping to hit their minimum target of £50,000 before the weekend.
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1 week ago | 
deadlinenews.co.uk | Douglas Simpson
POLICE Scotland has launched drone operations over Edinburgh’s greenspaces, making use of the tech to already make an arrest. Officers took to the capitals greenspaces on Tuesday to target illegal off-road and e-bike riders. Residents have complained over the last few months after off-road vehicles were ridden repeatedly over greenspaces causing severe damage to the public parks. Police Scotland announced earlier this week that they were planning to use drones to tackle the issue.
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1 week ago | 
deadlinenews.co.uk | Douglas Simpson
A YOUNG girl has been knocked off her bike in the middle of a busy town centre road by a gang of youths. Three young boys were witnessed by the girl’s father and several other members of the public as they ‘booted’ the little girl off her bike. The incident occurred yesterday evening on Musselburgh High Street, a busy road with dozens of cars whizzing by. The three youths immediately fled the scene after the girl fell from her new bike and onto the concrete road.
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1 week ago | 
deadlinenews.co.uk | Douglas Simpson
AN Edinburgh institution, the Edinburgh Furniture Initiative, has hit the market with a local MP calling the move ‘concerning.’ The Four Square Edinburgh Furniture Initiative sells second hand furniture, homeware and appliances to raise money for homelessness. The building from which the charity initiative operates, in Gorgie, has been listed for sale for an unlisted sum. Offers of any size are invited with the property listed as a: “Development site with short term income, site area approx.
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1 week ago | 
deadlinenews.co.uk | Douglas Simpson
FOLLOWING the completion and submission of a £27,000 feasibility study the future of an Edinburgh to Fife hovercraft link is now in the hands of Fife Council. 18 years after a hovercraft link was trialed a new link is under consideration by the two councils. The hovercraft link was raised in a question to the Edinburgh City Council transport convener in February which was met with a confirmation that meetings about the potential link took place.
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1 week ago | 
deadlinenews.co.uk | Douglas Simpson
LOCALS have become frustrated with a continuing problem that sees businesses dumping rubbish bags on the street for seagulls to tear apart. Restaurants, shops and cafes in the Fountainbridge area of Edinburgh are causing upset among locals, dumping full rubbish bags on the pavement. The issue has been raised by residents of Fountainbridge who say the bags are torn open by seagulls and rubbish subsequently left strewn across the street.
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1 week ago | 
deadlinenews.co.uk | Douglas Simpson
THE CITY of Edinburgh Council has touted a milestone in the revamp of North Bridge that has taken more than five years. An iconic part of the bridge, the cast iron facade, has now been painted and installed with the City of Edinburgh Council sharing photos of the new facade with residents. Revamping the bridge began in 2018 after inspections throughout 2014-17 spotted several areas that required repair.
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1 week ago | 
deadlinenews.co.uk | Douglas Simpson
AN EDINBURGH MP has responded to residents’ concerns and ensured a working speed camera is in operation in a neighbourhood renowned for speeding. Dr Scott Arthur MP has touted the work on social media after receiving a number of complaints from locals. The speed camera on Murrayburn Road now operates as intended and will assist in calming traffic in the neighbourhood. The fixed speed camera is replacing the mobile enforcement that was once in place on the road.
