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The pavement outside fire-hit Debenhams store is due to return to pedestrian use by the end of the year

Pavement next to fire-hit store set to reopen by end of year

View looking south east along Castle Terrace towards the proposed office building.

Plans to demolish Edinburgh's Argyle House and build homes and hotels

Westfield Court was built as Edinburgh's first municipal housing block in 1952

Owners of troubled flats fear they will be left in limbo for years

Summerhall.

Exclusive Summerhall Arts call for 'repair not demolition' amid warning on plans

Artist impression of what The Causey could look like once transformed

Community space secures Edinburgh tourist tax cash

Edinburgh rejected a congestion charge in a referendum in 2005. Picture: Lisa Ferguson.

Ministers under fire for denying councils congestion charge powers

The cast of Clown Show in rehearsals ahead of their European debut at Edinburgh International Festival last month (Picture: Jeff J Mitchell)

How tourist tax is helping Edinburgh festivals to continue to flourish Jane Meagher

Private hire drivers say being unable to use bus lanes means longer journeys for their passengers

£1.1m collected from Edinburgh bus lane fines so far in 2026

Philip Flockhart on Atholl Crescent

Residents' court action against 'super hostel' in Edinburgh's New Town

Deputy First Minister Jenny Gilruth visits the site of the Princes Street fire last month

SNP ministers hit out at claim they favoured Glasgow after city fires

Labour's Ruth Elliott and the Greens' Lorenzo Martinico were the victors in the two by-elections

Edinburgh council by-elections results: Wins for Labour and Greens

Louise Licznerski with some of the children at Little Bugs nursery in West Lothian.

Inside the childcare funding crisis in West Lothian

MSPs want an exemption from Edinburgh Council's proposed 300 per cent council tax hike on second homes on the basis many live far from Edinburgh, where the Scottish Parliament is based

Readers' Letters: As usual, MSPs want a perk Scottish voters don't have

Workmen inspect the facade of the former Debenhams store in Princes Street four weeks after fire gutted part of the building

John Swinney social media posts failed to mention Princes Street fire

The former Debenhams store in Princes Street was extensively damaged in the July 9 fire.

Scale of task following Princes Street fire is spelled out

The King's Theatre reopened at the weekend. Pic: Anneleen Lindsay.

Inside 11th hour bailout that saved theatre being handed to council

Work is under way to secure the facade of the fire-ravaged former Debenhams store

Scottish Government to offer financial aid over Princes Street fire

The former Debenhams building from the rear, showing the extent of the fire damage

Princes Street closure will last for at least another three weeks

The historic grand staircase appears to have survived intact

Historic features of building survived Princes Street fire

The King's Theatre has undergone a four-year renovation project

Arts diary: King's Theatre and why festivals need trams chaos sorted

Chef Dean Banks has hit out at Edinburgh council over the lack of clarity and communication following the suspension of the trams three weeks ago

Leith trade being 'destroyed' due to tram disruption, warn top chefs

Daniel Sloss has been performing at the Fringe for almost two decades. Pic: Troy Edige

Exclusive Daniel Sloss: I get the fear of 'is this festival dying?'

Developers want to demolish Argyle House in Castle Terrace

Developers set out plans to replace Edinburgh's Argyle House

Princes Street has been closed since July 9

Calls for 'more urgency' in reopening city centre after fire

Scottish Ballet has said it has been forced to cancel plans for more festive performances of 'Cinders!' due to the Edinburgh Visitor Levy and financial pressure on artists touring in the city.

Scottish Ballet calls for visitor levy relief after cancelling shows

An Edinburgh tram on Leith Walk.

Call for extra buses for Leith while tram not running

The revamp of George Street would see the current parking down the centre of the street removed, buses rerouted, the pavement widened and vehicles excluded for most of the day.

Princes Street fire raises questions over George Street revamp

Structural engineers have said the top two floors of the building must be removed

Developer behind new hotel at former Debenhams store 'could quit site'

Edinburgh Trams boss Lea Harrison received a total package of £520,000.

Edinburgh trams boss received 'excessive' £327,000 pay-off

‘Green’ data centres have been classed as a national priority but the Scottish Government has not provided a definition. Picture: PA

Council calls for Scottish Government moratorium on huge data centres

Edinburgh North-South tramline risks becoming 'fantasy project' due to lack of funding, claims senior councillor

Edinburgh North-South tramline 'risks becoming fantasy project'

The figures will be reported the city’s transport and environment committee next week

Edinburgh emerges as Scotland's cleanest city

Pupils will have to lock their phones away in pouches all the time they’re at school

Phones banned in Edinburgh high schools from August

Queen Street Gardens

Bid for Edinburgh's private gardens to be opened to public rejected

Lockable pouches where pupils place their phones could be rolled out to all Edinburgh high schools

Opposition groups yet to decide if they will back all-day phone ban

A street performer on the Royal Mile.

Fringe urges council to push for cheaper digs for visitors and artists

Westfield Court now has crash decks in case of falling cladding

Warning of 'dystopia' if council walks away from problem flats

This year’s Edinburgh Taxi Outing is going ahead after all

Final confirmation that children's taxi outing can go ahead after all

Edinburgh’s Westfield Court looks likely to become a listed building

Plans to demolish block of flats in chaos after move to list building

Edinburgh Tram at Murrayfield Stadium

Council in out-of-court settlement with law firm over tram project

The hearts war memorial at Haymarket Junction has allegedly been damaged

Fury after Hearts crest at war memorial found doused in brake fluid

Terminally ill women Lisa Fleming, Tish McEwan and Lorna Weir stage an installation as 'living statues' outside the Scottish Parliament to show their support for the Assisted Dying Bill (Picture: Jeff J Mitchell/Getty Images)

Readers' letters: Let's kill the Assisted Dying Bill, not people

Injection bay areas in the Using Space at Thistle Centre Safer Drugs Consumption Facility in Glasgow

Edinburgh drug consumption room 'will benefit city as a whole'

Philip Flockhart, spokesman for the residents, says local scrutiny of such a big scheme really matters

Company behind 544-bed 'super hostel' accused of undermining democracy

Edinburgh’s council tax rise looks likely to be the lowest in Scotland

Edinburgh council tax rise 'lowest in Scotland'

Mobile phones have to be locked in pouches at Portobello and Queensferry hIgh schools

Plan for mobile phone ban sees more responses than tram consultation

The transformation of Edinburgh's George Street into a pedestrian and cycle zone was due to be funded through the Visitor Levy

Change of plan on funding George Street revamp from tourist tax

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