ROME, DEC. 23, 2007 (Zenit.org).- In Benedict XVI’s Dec. 1 address to an audience with participants in the Forum of Catholic-Inspired Nongovernmental Organizations, he warned against basing international relations on a relativistic logic. for more click here
DRIVERS will not have to pay for on-street parking on Christmas Day, Boxing Day or New Year’s Day in Edinburgh this year.
However, normal parking restrictions will be in effect in the city on 27, 28, 29 and 31 December and on 2 and 3 January.
Sunday parking restrictions will apply on Christmas Day, Boxing Day, and New Year’s Day, but payment is required on all other bank and public holidays except Easter Monday.
Drivers should always check signs and lines before parking their car.
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Media contact: Fiona Borland, Media and Communications Officer, the City of Edinburgh Council, 0131 529 6471.
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PLANS to take control of firearms law and impose an airgun ban north of the border have been blocked by UK ministers, Scotland on Sunday can reveal.
Home Secretary Jacqui Smith, in a letter leaked to Scotland on Sunday, has told SNP ministers she will not hand over gun laws, slapping down the change as “confusing and potentially damaging”. for more click here
The Edinburgh City Council has rejected a recent call to boycott the Israeli bottled water company Mei Eden (Eden Springs), the Stop the Boycott advocacy group announced Friday. for more click here
MORE than a million air passengers face disruption from an unprecedented strike threat which could close Britain’s biggest airports for four days next month.
Firefighters, security officers and other airport staff will walk out at Edinburgh, Glasgow and the three main London airports in a dispute over pensions.for more click here
It has become the party capital of the world on New Year’s Eve: a night when 100,000 revellers crowd into the elegant Georgian centre of the Scottish capital for a vast open-air party, a night of rock concerts, fairground rides and fireworks which is broadcast worldwide. for more click here
Tony Blair’s role in the blocking of a criminal investigation into the Al Yamamah arms deal should be investigated by an independent inquiry, says newly elected Liberal Democrat leader Nick Clegg. for more click here
TRANSPORT bosses have pledged to reconsider allowing bikes on the city’s new trams after they were ruled out over safety concerns.
The city’s transport leader, Phil Wheeler, said an investigation into how cyclists used trams elsewhere in Europe had been reopened. for more click here
THE 111-year-old clock at the top of Leith Walk has finally been moved.
The clock and cast iron support – which has sat at the top of Leith Walk at the roundabout with London Road since 1959 – was meant to make way for the city’s new £498 million tram line last month. for more click here
J K ROWLING has made an emotional return to the cramped Edinburgh flat where she wrote the first book in the Harry Potter series.
The author, who has notched up almost 400m book sales, broke down in tears as she recalled the hardship she endured while living there as a single mother with her baby daughter Jessica. for more click here