Dear All   Portobello Community Council meets on line on Monday with quite a packed agenda, including a researcher for the National Trust for Scotland asking us how locals use and enjoy Newhailes House and grounds. More here: https://www.portobellocc.org/pccpn/2021/11/22/community-council-388th-meeting-agenda-november-2021/   Some Porty households missed brown bin garden waste day as it moved from Friday to […]

Dear All   This weekend is Heart Talk Porty, a chance for the community to shape what Portobello/Joppa will be like in the future. For last week’s Porty Podcast, Hazel Darwin-Clements spoke to Eva Schonveld, Justin Kenrick, Jennifer Elliot and Lynn Houmdi about it. More information on the website: http://www.hearttalkporty.land The podcast here: https://www.buzzsprout.com/71622/9538288?fbclid=IwAR1EeeNkWdlmI-X6u_P46TsSIZpXlepCexZQVl6YxOiytalFcgaZfq4Bdsg One […]

Dear All   Some of you have contacted me about the imminent experimental closure of Brunstane Road and I wanted to give you my account of it.    The Transport and Environment Committee on 28 January 2021 already agreed to trial the closure of Brunstane Road to motorised vehicles, together with complementary traffic management measures […]