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HAGSA
Mar 22, 20223 min read
Edinburgh Locals Complain to Council About Overflowing Bins and 'Filthy' City Centre
A store manager in Edinburgh has branded the state of the city centre and overflowing bins as “a disgrace” and said the problem will...
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HAGSA
Mar 20, 20223 min read
Motor Biking Rampage Throughout Sighthill/Gorgie – Graczyk Says it is “Unacceptable”
By Cllr Ashley Graczyk Independent councillor for Sighthill/Gorgie In recent weeks, I have received so many emails and messages via...
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HAGSA
Mar 15, 20222 min read
Edinburgh Drivers 'Swerving' to Avoid 'Shoddy' Pothole Repairs on Busy Road
Motorists on Gorgie Road have raised dozens of issues with road defects on the major thoroughfare after work to repair the cracked...
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HAGSA
Feb 2, 20223 min read
Opinion – Cllr Ashley Graczyk Speaks Out on Vandalism at Sighthill Park
Over the last week, Edinburgh’s popular Sighthill Public Park has been subject to a spate of senseless vandalism with the local...
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HAGSA
Feb 2, 20222 min read
Sighthill Park: Thugs Throw 'Burning Items' at Fire Crews, After Responding to Reports of Blaze Set
Youths ‘hurled burning items’ at an Edinburgh fire crew, who were responding to a fire in an area which has recently been affected by...
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HAGSA
Nov 2, 20212 min read
Edinburgh Councillors Clash Over Controversial Student Flats Proposed for Old Tynecastle High
An SNP councillor has clashed with an independent city councillor over plans to build new student accommodation development at the former...
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HAGSA
Sep 29, 20214 min read
Edinburgh Councillors Clash Over Controversial Former High School Student Flats Plans
Councillor Graczyk and Cllr Dixon are in disagreement with regards to the proposed purpose built student accommodation development that...
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HAGSA
Sep 29, 20212 min read
Edinburgh Councillor Opposes Plans to Build Student Flats in Gorgie
An Edinburgh City Council councillor has given support to a Living Rent campaign opposing proposals for a new student residence on the...
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HAGSA
Apr 11, 20212 min read
Housing Activism Initiative Puts Our Residents First
Disappointingly I have received a recent Proposal of Application Notice (21/00988/PAN) for student development at the former Tynecastle...
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HAGSA
Mar 26, 20212 min read
Local Councillor Hits Out at Plans for New Student Development in West Edinburgh
A local councillor is “sick to the back teeth” of student accommodation developers targeting the Sighthill/Gorgie ward as two new...
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HAGSA
Mar 20, 20213 min read
Vandalism at Sighthill Park is ‘Just Awful’
This article is written by Cllr Ashley Graczyk who represents the Sighthill/Gorgie ward. Here she writes about the damage caused to...
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HAGSA
Feb 22, 20213 min read
Council is ‘failing residents with gritting policy’
Edinburgh has had heavy snowfall throughout February, and many local residents have taken to social media to complain about The City of...
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HAGSA
Feb 16, 20212 min read
Why has the Scottish Government Cut Cash for Affordable Homes?
Social housing is a matter close to my heart because I personally have experienced homelessness at one time in my life due to personal...
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HAGSA
Jan 18, 20212 min read
Sighthill-Gorgie is becoming the waste bin of Edinburgh
I receive multiple reports from local residents in my ward Sighthill-Gorgie every week regarding flytipping, dumping, dog fouling and...
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HAGSA
Jan 14, 20212 min read
Sighthill-Gorgie ward identified as worst in Edinburgh for fly-tipping and dumping
Sighthill-Gorgie has been identified as the worst ward in Edinburgh for fly-tipping and dumping statistics recently released by Edinburgh...
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HAGSA
Dec 24, 20203 min read
Roseburn to Union Canal Active Travel Route - Enabling Works Notification
Please see below the City of Edinburgh Council's communication released today, and forwarded by Cllr Ashley Graczyk (Sighthill/Gorgie...
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HAGSA
Dec 15, 202010 min read
Update: The Planned Path through Sauchiebank Wood
Recently, the consultation ended for a long-awaited project in Edinburgh. To connect the wonderful railway paths of northern Edinburgh...
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HAGSA
Dec 7, 20202 min read
Edinburgh park's historic building smashed in vandalism attack
The building, in Saughton Park’s Winter Garden, was pictured with smashed out windows and shards of broken glass surrounding it on the...
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HAGSA
Dec 7, 20203 min read
Green Space in Gorgie – Campaigners Say it is Under Threat
Cllr Ashley Graczyk Independent Councillor for the Sighthill-Gorgie ward asks does the green infrastructure come at the expense of green...
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HAGSA
Dec 7, 20202 min read
Saughton Park Targeted by Vandals
Last night Saughton Park was targeted again by vandals. This time the panes on some of the glasshouses were smashed. In the past, fires...
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