Edinburgh’s returning officer has backed calls for a review of the UK’s postal voting system after delays in the distribution of ballots meant some were unable to vote in last week’s election. Paul Lawrence said the process of printing and posting out ballots “needs to be looked at” to ensure …
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An Edinburgh resident has been left frustrated after spotting a Royal Mail postie van parked over a well used cycle lane in Leith. The image was captured shortly after 8am on Tuesday, August 24 and appears to show a red van blocking the entirety of a cycle lane at a …
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An Edinburgh councillor has condemned the scourge of pavement parking that is making travelling around the capital difficult for those with disabilities. At around 9.00pm on Saturday July 9, wheelchair user Kayleigh O’Neill, a Green councillor for the Forth Ward, was travelling home after visiting family near Redhall Crescent. However, …
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Edinburgh locals now have less than 24 hours to give their opinion on the council’s ‘Spaces for People’ scheme. The initiative was brought in during lockdown last year, and saw a number of roads pedestrianised, cycle lanes added and pavements widened to allow for social distancing. Over the last year, …
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A brazen Royal Mail driver blocked off a designated Spaces for People zone in Edinburgh’s city centre this week. A member of the public snapped a picture of the van parked inside a row of bollards outside the Post Office on Forrest Road. The photograph, which shows a police van …
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