{"id":169562,"date":"2025-06-09T06:28:13","date_gmt":"2025-06-09T06:28:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/169562\/"},"modified":"2025-06-09T06:28:13","modified_gmt":"2025-06-09T06:28:13","slug":"five-things-you-need-to-know-today-22","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/169562\/","title":{"rendered":"Five things you need to know today"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>        This week at the council<\/p>\n<p>Monday, 9 June, 2025<\/p>\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/democracy.edinburgh.gov.uk\/ieListDocuments.aspx?CId=140&amp;MId=7831\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>10.00 am\u00a0<\/strong>Special Meeting, Finance and Resources Committee<\/a>\u00a0\u2013 Dean of Guild Court Room \u2013 City Chambers At this meeting the council hopes to approve the purchase 38 homes at Dreghorn from the Defence Infrastructure Organisation, Ministry of Defence, which have sitting tenants. All properties are less than 10 years old. The Dreghorn Tenants\u2019 Association have requested to speak to the meeting. The council has already purchased 40 of the homes with the help of around \u00a34 million of grant funding from The Scottish Government, and were made aware of the possibility of this batch of 38 becoming available in February of this year. If the council had not stepped up the proposal was to evict all tenants, (15 of whom are civilian tenants and who could have become homeless) and sell the homes on the open market in spring 2026. It is not within council policy to buy tenanted properties except in certain circumstances but this purchase is recommended by council officers. The price will be \u00a36.65 million plus Land and Building Transaction Tax \u2013 but with a proviso that if any homes become vacant within three years there will be an uplift payment due to the Ministry of Defence to reflect the lower price the houses are being purchased at now. <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Tuesday, 10 June, 2025<\/p>\n<p>Wednesday, 11 June, 2025<\/p>\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/democracy.edinburgh.gov.uk\/ieListDocuments.aspx?CId=148&amp;MId=7336\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>10.00 am\u00a0<\/strong>Development Management Sub-Committee<\/a>\u00a0\u2013 Dean of Guild Court Room \u2013 City Chambers. At this meeting the council will consider the Proposal of Application Notice (PAN) for a development of student flats at 140 Causewayside. The developer seeks permission to demolish the existing buildings and built new purpose built student accommodation in its place.There will be two public consultation events \u2013 Event 1 \u2013 19th June 2025 from 3.30pm to 7.00pm at Mayfield Salisbury Church, 18 W Mayfield, Edinburgh, EH9 1TQ and Event 2 \u2013 17th July 2025 from 3.30pm to 7.00pm at Mayfield Salisbury Church, 18 W Mayfield, Edinburgh, EH9 1TQ<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Thursday, 12 June, 2025<\/p>\n<p>Friday, 13 June, 2025<\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"696\" height=\"464\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/TER-City-Chambers-A740789520241024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-574372\"  \/>City Chambers \u00a9 2024 Martin McAdamHRH The Princess Royal in Edinburgh<\/p>\n<p>HRH The Princess Royal had a busy time in Edinburgh over the past few days \u2013 first of all at Saughton Park on Friday, and then on Saturday first of all in Princes Street Gardens followed by taking the salute at the Beating Retreat outside The Royal Scots Club. <\/p>\n<p>As Patron of The Royal Scots Regimental Association, Her Royal Highness unveiled a bronze medallion containing a figurehead of Her late Majesty Queen Elizabeth II as a final addition to The Royal Scots Monument in Princes Street Gardens, Edinburgh.<\/p>\n<p>The monument, originally unveiled on 26 July 1952, commemorates the service rendered by The Royal Scots (The Royal Regiment) to 16 monarchs from its founding in 1633 under a Royal Warrant from King Charles I until its amalgamation under Defence Review in 2006. The additional medallion marks the final monarch under whom the Regiment served. <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/theedinburghreporter.co.uk\/2025\/06\/princess-royal-unveils-final-addition-to-the-royal-scots-monument\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read more here.<\/a> and see our photos from the Beating Retreat <a href=\"https:\/\/theedinburghreporter.co.uk\/2025\/06\/beating-retreat-at-the-royal-scots-club\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"696\" height=\"465\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/1749450491_174_20250607-DSC0011120250607.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-600604\"  \/>The Edinburgh Canal Festival 2025<\/p>\n<p>This takes place on 21 June. It is free and open to everyone from 2pm to 5pm. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cResidents and visitors are invited to explore the Union Canal between the Lochrin Basin and Harrison Park and to meet some of the great organisations that operate year round on and near to the canal. There will be loads of\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/edinburghcanalfestival.org.uk\/programme\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">free activities\u00a0<\/a>and\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/edinburghcanalfestival.org.uk\/music\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">entertainmen<\/a>t as you travel along the canal in the heart of Edinburgh.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"696\" height=\"392\" data-id=\"600752\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/2025-header.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-600752\"  \/><\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"696\" height=\"495\" data-id=\"600753\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/zone-map.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-600753\"  \/>Botanics Late<\/p>\n<p>On Friday 20 June the Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh invites everyone in to the garden for a late night event with art, food and music. But not just any music \u2013 the music will feature Auntie Flo \u2013 an award-winning sound artist, DJ, music producer and live performer. Brian d\u2019Souza who performs as Auntie Flo won the Scottish Album of the Year in 2019.  <\/p>\n<p><strong>Shunpike Social Club<\/strong> will play at 7.45pm and 9pm<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBrass, reeds &amp; rhythm section on a big scale! Shunpike Social Club is a collective of players bringing Cumbia, Brazilian and Cuban music alive with big band flair.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.rbge.org.uk\/whats-on\/botanic-lates\/57538\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/www.rbge.org.uk\/whats-on\/botanic-lates\/57538<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Maid of the Forth Bridge engineering cruise<\/p>\n<p>This is a cruise with a difference for all the bridge enthusiasts among you. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cJoin us as we look to explore the civil engineering of the landmark bridges that lie on the Forth of Forth. \u00a0This spectacular 90 minute cruise \u00a0will provide a cruise under all three Forth Bridges and around the other major engineering sites such as Hound Point Oil Terminal and Rosyth Dockyard. It is by far the best way to view the magnificent engineering of the Forth Bridge, the Forth Road Bridge and the Queensferry Crossing.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>It takes place on 28 June and there are more details on the Maid of the Forth website.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.maidoftheforth.co.uk\/ICE-guided-cruise\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">https:\/\/www.maidoftheforth.co.uk\/ICE-guided-cruise<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/theedinburghreporter.co.uk\/2025\/06\/five-things-you-need-to-know-today-1917\/?print=pdf\" class=\"pdfprnt-button pdfprnt-button-pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/1749450492_14_pdf.png\" alt=\"image_pdf\" title=\"View PDF\"\/><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/theedinburghreporter.co.uk\/2025\/06\/five-things-you-need-to-know-today-1917\/?print=print\" class=\"pdfprnt-button pdfprnt-button-print\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/1749450492_389_print.png\" alt=\"image_print\" title=\"Print Content\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a class=\"m-a-box-avatar-url\" href=\"https:\/\/theedinburghreporter.co.uk\/author\/phyllis-stephen\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"75\" height=\"100\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/1749450493_820_Phyllis-Summer-2022-scaled.jpg\" class=\"attachment-100x100 size-100x100\" alt=\"\" itemprop=\"image\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Founding Editor of The Edinburgh Reporter.<br \/>Edinburgh-born multimedia journalist and iPhoneographer.<\/p>\n<p>Like this:<\/p>\n<p>Like Loading&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"sd-link-color\"\/><\/p>\n<p>\n\tRelated<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"This week at the council Monday, 9 June, 2025 10.00 am\u00a0Special Meeting, Finance and Resources Committee\u00a0\u2013 Dean of&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":169563,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8816],"tags":[748,1102,4154,4155,4884,712,16,15],"class_list":{"0":"post-169562","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-edinburgh","8":"tag-britain","9":"tag-edinburgh","10":"tag-edinburgh-local-news","11":"tag-edinburgh-news","12":"tag-great-britain","13":"tag-scotland","14":"tag-uk","15":"tag-united-kingdom"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/114651995818146615","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/169562","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=169562"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/169562\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/169563"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=169562"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=169562"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=169562"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}