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Schoolchildren asked to play it safe with trams

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Hundreds of children in Edinburgh’s West End are being asked to play it safe this summer and stay away from tram construction sites. Project...

Beware of doorstep sales

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Free insulation offer: Council urges caution over doorstep callers  The council wants households to take extra care when speaking to insulation contractors who call at...

Five things you need to know today

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Legionella outbreak - Council committees today - TED Global - Armed Forces Day 30 June 2012 - Art exhibitionThe Holyrood Health and Sport Committee...

Edinburgh International Film Festival – Picks For Next Weekend (part 1)

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Shadow Dancer Some very good Belfast accents. Belfast, 1973. Young Collette McVeigh sees her younger brother shot to death during a skirmish between the British Army...

Edinburgh Leads Shortlist for Scottish Children’s Book Awards

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Picture by Gareth Easton PhotographyIt seems only yesterday we were at a star studded awards ceremony in Edinburgh’s Lyceum Theatre hearing the results of...

Princes Street due to reopen this week

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Princes Street, west of Waverley Bridge, is set to re-open to buses, cycles and taxis by 30 June according to the council. Subject to...

Five things you need to know today

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Better Together? - Trams - Queensferry bid for a BID - Plastic bags - Mercat Bar Here is the music which accompanies the Better Together...

Pride Scotia on 30 June sponsored by GHQ

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GHQ are the proud sponsors of Pride Scotia 2012 and say they are honoured to have Kieron Richardson, star of Hollyoaks and Dancing on...

Move over Royal Highland Show – we are ready for the Festival now

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We seem to have had so many things to see and do over the last couple of weeks. Most recently the Royal Highland Show...

Edinburgh Marathon run raised funds for Katie Piper Foundation

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Richard Borthwick of Corstophine completed the  Edinburgh Half Marathon on Sunday 27 May 2012 and raised over £500 for The Katie Piper Foundation Local man, Richard...

Five best things to see at the Edinburgh Mela Festival

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 The Mela is a festival that brings communities together offers a spectacular range of talent from all cultures. Here's what to look out for this year.DANCEThe...

Edinburgh International Film Festival – Top Pick For Sunday

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Just one film today, I'm afraid. It's a cracker though.Leave It On The TrackSex, violence and roller skates.Benjamin Pascoe's debut feature documentary tells the...

Edinburgh International Film Festival – What’s Worth Catching On Monday

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Day Of The FlowersViva la revolución, big yin.When their father suddenly dies, two Glasgow sisters - one a socialist activist, the other a party...

In Photos – Dalai Lama visits Edinburgh

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His Holiness The Dalai Lama visited Edinburgh yesterday. He delivered a speech and answered questions from the audience made up of local dignitaries and...

Royal Highland Show – Spotlight on food and drink

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Stirling Tastes Good at the Royal Highland Show!This year’s Royal Highland Show running till Sunday features Stirling Tastes Good, a new group of local food...

Five things you need to know today

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Dalai Lama - Edinburgh International Book Festival - Festival of Politics - Wifi on the trains! - Planning application at Fort KinnairdTickets to see...

Edinburgh International Film Festival – What To See This Saturday

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As the name suggests, there is a very international flavour to this festival, with the majority of films being at least partially in another...

New Cinema Release – Abraham Lincoln, Vampire Hunter

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Abraham Lincoln, Vampire Hunter. Hat? Check. Beard? Check. Axe? What if everything we knew about one of America's greatest presidents was only part of the story?...

In Photos – The Royal Highland Show 2012

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If you are thinking of going to the Highland Show out at Ingliston, but are a bit fearful of the bad weather, then there...

Edinburgh International Book Festival 2012 launched today

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Ian Rankin celebrates 25 years of Rebus as well as giving a sneak preview of his new novel; poet Alice Oswald gives a rare...

Five things you need to know today

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The Royal Highland Show - Trams - Cycling - Friends of Meadows and Bruntsfield Links - PotholesThe Royal Highland Show begins today at Ingliston...

Edinburgh International Film Festival – Highlights For Friday

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Grabbers Drink up, they're after you. Erin Island, Ireland. Garda Lisa Nolan arrives from the mainland for a two-week tour of duty, just as another guest...

Recycling week events – South & East Neighbourhoods

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RECYCLE YOUR MESSAGE IN A BOTTLE Over 600 tonnes of plastic bottles have been recycled in the past year in Edinburgh but that’s still only...

Edinburgh International Film Festival – Tomorrow at the festival

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by Ryan McNeely Pusher A week in the life... In this English-language remake of Nicolas Winding Refn's 1996 debut, Richard Coyle stars as Frank, a small-time coke...

Five things you need to know today

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Cycling Safety Week - Edinburgh International Film Festival - somewhereto at The Mound on Thursday - Alastair Darling MP - RemployIn cycling Safety week...

SPOKES Bike Breakfast 2012

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The council provided the bacon sandwiches, orange juice and the coffee while cycling organisation, Spokes, organised people to attend the Bike Breakfast at the...

Edinburgh International Film Festival – Opening Night film Killer Joe

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by Ryan McNeelyKiller JoeSleazy, in the best way.Chris Smith has a problem. Owing more than he can afford to a local loan shark, the...

Dalai Lama coming to Edinburgh this Friday

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A spectacular series of the Edinburgh Lectures will wrap up this Friday with a special talk from His Holiness the Dalai Lama at the Usher Hall.This...

LIVEBLOG: Lothian & Borders Police #askLBP

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We are chatting with Chief Inspector Murray Dykes from the West Neighbourhood area today from 12.30. This is to be the first in a...

Five things you need to know today

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Lothian and Borders Police Live - Witness appeal - Skyscanner - Cycling Safety week and the Bike Breakfast - PotholesToday at lunchtime we are...