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TRICKLE OF HOPE FOR ROSS FOUNTAIN

Moves are afoot to restore the Ross Fountain in West Princes Street Gardens to full working order. In a development which will please all those…
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NEW TOWN MISSING TROUSERS

2017 has not started well for one Fettes Row family. Their beloved cat Trousers – a young-looking 14-year old – has been missing since late on…
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EARTHY ROBBED AT KNIFEPOINT

POLICE SEEK WITNESSESPolice Scotland have issued the following press release. We reproduce it in full.Police in Edinburgh investigating a robbery at…
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QUICK NEWS ROUND-UP

Pilrig Street will be closed at the southern end for 7 weeks from 9 January. Lothian Bus services 11 and N11 will divert between …
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LOVE IS IN THE AIR

Can you tell what it is yet? Rhys Fullerton photographed this mysterious object high in the sky over Mansfield Place last night, and is pretty…
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ALL IN IT TOGETHER, NOT FOR THE FIRST TIME

According to Libby Brooks in the Guardian (1 January 2017), Fife and Glasgow Councils are currently considering pilot schemes for a universal…
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NOT IN MY BACK YARD

LOCALS OPPOSE UNWELCOME DEVELOPMENT The following account of a public meeting appeared in the Edinburgh Evening News on 4 December 1888. …
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100 YEARS YOUNG

CUBS REFLECT ON CENTENARY CELEBRATIONS Adventure, Challenge, Fun – all words associated with Scouting, writes Broughton Scout Group’s Assistant…
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HERE’S LOOKIN’ AT YOU, KID

Many thanks to Rhys Fullerton, who caught these beautiful images in the Botanics yesterday. ‘I spotted it posing and keeping warm in the…
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THE WIDENING GYRE

Did you enjoy your city-centre shopping experience this weekend?The cheerful and excited throng?The elegance of Edinburgh in all its festive finery?…
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