'Transformation'? More like Richard Demarco's "Ceaușescu's Romania": "They are creating a vast dormitory...I would like to see a cityscape where people work and children play...where there is some recognition of Edinburgh's international standing." #LeithWaterfront #LeithDockside

The game is afoot… A refurbished statue of Sherlock Holmes returns to Edinburgh’s Picardy Place, following long running tram works on Leith Walk. The famous detective’s creator - Sir Arthur Conan Doyle - was born just down the road.

Edinburgh Tram Inquiry thread 🧵🚋 The findings of the £13m investigation have finally been published after a nine-year wait

Lord Hardie has published the findings and recommendations in a report, which contains criticisms of several organisations over the failure to deliver the Edinburgh Trams Project on time, within budget and to the extent projected. projectscot.com/2023/09/edinbu…

Our live blog breaking down the statement by Lord Hardie is here... theedinburghreporter.co.uk/2023/09/live-b…

NEW: Edinburgh Tram Inquiry: politicians and officials blamed for project chaos edinburghlive.co.uk/news/edinburgh…

Miles Briggs MSP Read the full story here ⬇️ thetimes.co.uk/article/report…

And finally, Donald Anderson who was leader of the council when the trams were first conceived back in 1999 (Lab) told LBC LBC News that he is still "angry" about the "incompetence, the money that was wasted and the inconvenience and disruption of life for Edinburgh residents"

Just published is the public inquiry report by Lord Hardie 'to establish why the Edinburgh Tram project incurred delays, cost more than originally budgeted and through reductions in scope delivered significantly less than projected.' #TramsToNewhaven edinburghtraminquiry.org

Trams to Newhaven public inquiry report is here! edinburghtraminquiry.org/final_report/t…

Liquidators confirm that Bross Bagels Limited sold to new company and payment to any creditors including £635,000 to HMRC is unlikely. Meanwhile business carries on under new company name. Read the latest instalment in this story here theedinburghreporter.co.uk/2023/09/loss-m…

Does Save Leith Walk know its website's hijacked by cuckoo in the nest, Hudson Hunt: "a driving force within the esteemed organization, Save Leith Walk."🙀 Any ideas Broughton Spurtle Leith Central Community Council William Gould TheFerret Ally Tibbitt Edinburgh Reporter LEITH DEPOT? saveleithwalk.org/about-hudson/

What do you think about this proposal for 120 flats and 404 student beds on Ocean Drive? Comment on the planning application (reference 23/04069/FUL) before 8 October. tinyurl.com/bdh2nh39 #Leith #highrise #studentflats

Destined for Home Donald Turvill Totally agree. Do you know what's happened to Save Leith Walk's website that was stuffed with useful resources including its journey, but doesn't seem to exist any longer? Anyone Linda Somerville Gordon Munro The Edinburgh Architectural Association? x.com/oculusaye/stat…

Edinburgh Tram [Light Rail] Inquiry Report EdinburghTramInquiry: 'As an organisation, TIE [CEC Recovery Limited] had no experience in project managing or delivering a major infrastructure project, far less a light rail or tram project." (Para 6.145, p230). edinburghtraminquiry.org/final_report/t…

DEMOLITION HALTED! 📣 After 2 years of landlord lies, social cleansing, displacement, occupation, arrests, police harassment, and despite the vast monopoly power & political influence of Wheatley Group - we have halted illegal demolition works in our scheme.

INVITATION - ALL WELCOME Come along to Leith Dockers Club on the 16th October at 7pm and join in the chat about my new book ‘Hope & Despair - lifting the lid on the murky world of Scottish Politics’ Everyone welcome

Unpleasant as the "revamped" Picardy Place is, it's made even worse by the blinding new electronic advertising panel that dominates the area. It glares, it distracts, and like a fire-eating juggler at a funeral it eclipses everything else. Rude and unnecessary. (Stock photo.)

Here's what we thought of this proposal: cockburnassociation.org.uk/planning-consu…

The potential eviction of long-sitting community groups and public services from #Edinburgh's South Bridge "Resource Centre" means it's time for a thread on the history of the South Bridge Public School itself, a useful case study in 150 years of inner city social change 🧵👇