An Edinburgh woman has lost a battle with the council to keep new windows she had fitted in an effort to drive down energy bills.
Edinburgh City Council sent a letter to the resident after traditional timber window frames were replaced with plastic ones, saying the change 'diminishes the character' of the ground floor Marchmont flat.
She was ordered by the authority to rip them out — but decided to fight the decision, arguing the new windows are "almost indistinguishable from the original".
