Project forms part of the Council’s wider Strategic Investment Plan for high-rise buildings and will bring both blocks up to modern standards

A £21 million contract for retrofit and upgrades at Craigmillar and Peffermill Court in Edinburgh has been recommended for approval.

A £21 million contract for retrofit and upgrades at Craigmillar and Peffermill Court in Edinburgh has been recommended for approval.

The project forms part of the Council’s wider Strategic Investment Plan for high-rise buildings and will bring both blocks up to modern standards,

Two Edinburgh tower blocks are set to be refurbished and upgraded as part of an almost £22m package of proposed works.

Edinburgh Rays baseball team are expecting a significant boost in playing numbers as they prepare to complete work on a ground they can call home at Morgan Playing Fields, Peffermill. Work is well underway with support from The City of Edinburgh Council and businesses such as Raeburn Brick, Jewson's and Cloburn Quarry to create an appropriate diamond plus mounds, backstops and bases without interfering with football pitches used by Edinburgh South FC…

Charlotte Watson celebrated her 100th cap for Scotland with a spectacular solo goal, but the Tartan Hearts were broken by a 4-3 scoreline in the second of two hockey Test matches with France at The University of Edinburgh Playing Fields at Peffermill. The 27-year-old, who also has 34 caps for Great Britain and competed in the Paris Olympics last year, forced a turnover just outside the French D and drove for goal, leaving the defence in her slipstream.

Scotland's women's hockey team looked set for a narrow win over France in the first of two Test matches at Peffermill Playing Fields in Edinburgh, but they were denied by a late penalty stroke. Olympian Amy Costello fired the host ahead but Eve Verzura replied and the second match is at Peffermill on Sunday (push off 11.15am). Ava Wadsworth and Cat Nelli earned their first caps for Scotland in the contest watched by an encouraging crowd and Scotland began on the front foot, exerting real pressure on the French defence.

Scotland’s senior women’s hockey team edged France in a training game at Edinburgh’s Peffermill Playing Fields in front of an encouraging crowd.

Scotland’s senior women’s hockey team edged France in a training game at Edinburgh’s Peffermill Playing Fields in front of an encouraging crowd. The 2-1 victory was hard-fought and the game is a prelude to a Test double-header at the same venue on Saturday (11.30) and Sunday (11.15) against the same side. The Scots edged ahead in a scrappy game in the first half, which they largely dominated, from a penalty corner converted by Amy Costello, but France levelled seconds from half-time, a real blow.

Scotland women’s hockey squad face France in a double-header in Edinburgh this weekend as they complete their build-up towards the EuroHockey Championships in Monchengladbach, Germany, from August 9 to 17. The matches at Peffermill Playing Fields on July 26 (11.30am) and 27 see Borders-born Olympian, Sarah Robertson, return as captain with fellow Olympians, Amy Costello and Charlotte Watson, plus Jessica Buchanan, who was travelling reserve for the Paris Games, also in the 18-strong squad.

Artisan Roast was one of the pioneers of specialty coffee in Edinburgh. Opening in 2007, they now have four shops across the city (plus a kiosk on Little King Street), and a well respected roastery in Peffermill. Their first café, on Broughton Street, remains popular to this day. Deservedly so. Rising uniformity One thing that is distinct about this café is its aesthetic, which is markedly different from most specialty coffee places in the city.