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Surely TIE have failed in their duties by not considering this minor issue. I assume residents will be able to claim for new windows which can be cleaned from inside the building, which will also mean planning regs in place relating to conservation areas will also have to be relaxed. You just couldn't make this up!

fresian

Not to worry. The vibration from passing trams will shake all the windaes oot of their frames, so they won't need cleaning, just sweeping up.

Wullie Coyote

Given the scale of the project this is a minute detail in an otherwise problem-free story of engineering triumph. There will be no need for window washing anyway as Edinburgh residents get behind the clean, silently wafting public transport miracle that is THE TRAM and pollutants vanish from the very air that we breathe.

Douglas

'In 2002, transport academic Professor Lewis Lesley outlined how a tram network could gradually be built up once the main line opened.' By the time it actually does, we'll all be driving flying cars powered from hydrogen!

julesF

Wouldn't it be lovely to get away from the tram works, perhaps for a night's stay at the Old Course Hotel at St Andrews? Cllr Jenny Dawe isn't impressed a group of council workers were due to get just that treat last night after an awards do, and has demanded an explanation.

What is the point in this bun fight anyway??? Complete waste of TAXPAYERS money!!!! The thing that get's me is that these scroungers booked THE most expensive hotel rather than looking for a cheaper option - St Andrews has dozens of nice B&Bs.

Big T,

This was not a councillor jolly, but a reward to staff who had served us well. Many council staff work long hours, giving thousands of pounds in unpaid overtime to their bosses. The very occasional reward is surely not too much to ask. And no, I am not a council staff member.

Weefloramac

"Unpaid overtime"??? For every one Council worker who works unpaid overtime, I will give you a thousand that takes regular sickies (all part of the Council employee perk don't you know!).

Big T

Jolly good. Class sizes for primary one pupils are set to be raised to 30 in some city schools after the Scottish Government said it couldn't introduce laws to limit them in time for this year's intake.

And why not, if the teacher knows what he/she is doing it will work, it did years ago so why not now?

The Real Alfonsa Pedrosa,

It would help if parents went to their catchment area school instead of pushing to get their child into an over- subscribed school. It's then those parents who start wailing about the fact their child is being over looked in the class.

Lil Miss

Will boxer Alex Arthur need lessons before his acting debut as, er, a hard man?

'Shug the Thug' – hmmm, I sense an Oscar will not be on the cards.

Pantaloon