{"id":206193,"date":"2025-06-22T22:48:11","date_gmt":"2025-06-22T22:48:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/206193\/"},"modified":"2025-06-22T22:48:11","modified_gmt":"2025-06-22T22:48:11","slug":"scots-council-blasted-after-tearing-down-schoolkids-banners-protesting-bike-path-closure","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/206193\/","title":{"rendered":"Scots council blasted after tearing down schoolkids&#8217; banners protesting bike path closure"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>COUNCIL chiefs have been accused of \u201ccensoring\u201d kids who put up banners in a bid to save a cycle path.<\/p>\n<p>Staff were told to paint over signs 10-year-olds had created to protest against plans to extend <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thescottishsun.co.uk\/where\/edinburgh\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Edinburgh\u2019s<\/a> controversial tram project.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"#\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Children's artwork advocating to save a walking and cycling path.\" height=\"960\" width=\"720\" data-credit=\"Thomas Brown\" data-img=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/edinburgh-council-ordered-removal-signs-994610534.jpg\" data-caption=\"Locals started a campaign to save the route after the local authority announced their plans\"   loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/edinburgh-council-ordered-removal-signs-994610534.jpg\" role=\"img\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>3<\/p>\n<p>Locals started a campaign to save the route after the local authority announced their plansCredit: Thomas Brown<a href=\"#\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Sign made by primary school children reading &quot;Save the Path&quot; by Blackhall Primary School.\" height=\"960\" width=\"720\" data-credit=\"Thomas Brown\" data-img=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/edinburgh-council-ordered-removal-signs-994610675.jpg\" data-caption=\"The colourful signs on display on the Roseburn Path in Edinburgh\"   loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/edinburgh-council-ordered-removal-signs-994610675.jpg\" role=\"img\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>3<\/p>\n<p>The colourful signs on display on the Roseburn Path in EdinburghCredit: Thomas Brown<a href=\"#\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Wooden planter box with flowers, mounted on a metal stand.\" height=\"720\" width=\"960\" data-credit=\"\" data-img=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/edinburgh-council-ordered-removal-signs-994636748.jpg\" data-caption=\"Angry parents have hit out at the &quot;disgusting&quot; move\"   loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/edinburgh-council-ordered-removal-signs-994636748.jpg\" role=\"img\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>3<\/p>\n<p>Angry parents have hit out at the &#8220;disgusting&#8221; move<\/p>\n<p>But when the artwork was replaced by P7 pupils at the city\u2019s Blackhall Primary, killjoy officials had them removed from the area\u2019s Roseburn Path.<\/p>\n<p>An angry parent hit out: \u201cWhy the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thescottishsun.co.uk\/topic\/councils\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">council<\/a> would want to censor kids is unthinkable.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThey were just making their voices heard. It\u2019s disgusting.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Locals started a campaign to save the route after the local authority announced their plans last year. <\/p>\n<p>The path is home to badgers, foxes and deer.<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s also used by hundreds every day to commute or travel to and from school away from busy roads.<\/p>\n<p>Ed Thornley, leader of the capital\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thescottishsun.co.uk\/topic\/scottish-lib-dems\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Lib Dem<\/a> group, said: \u201cRemoving signs the schoolkids painted seems to be heartless.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>But the council\u2019s education convener James Dalgleish said: \u201cThere are sensitivities around this topic and how the opinions of pupils are expressed.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe artwork was created outwith the class curriculum and during lunchtimes.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"COUNCIL chiefs have been accused of \u201ccensoring\u201d kids who put up banners in a bid to save a&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":206194,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8816],"tags":[748,1389,1102,918,4884,117,41690,857,712,5119,16,15],"class_list":{"0":"post-206193","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-edinburgh","8":"tag-britain","9":"tag-children-parenting-and-family-life","10":"tag-edinburgh","11":"tag-glasgow","12":"tag-great-britain","13":"tag-parenting-advice","14":"tag-school-rules-and-laws","15":"tag-schools","16":"tag-scotland","17":"tag-section-newsscottish-news","18":"tag-uk","19":"tag-united-kingdom"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/114729458649377150","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/206193","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=206193"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/206193\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/206194"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=206193"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=206193"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=206193"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}