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Edinburgh Police today named the girl whose body was found on Calton Hill on 8 December.
Fifteen-year-old Mhari O’Neill’s death is currently unexplained, and Police are asking for the public’s help.
The Willowbrae teenager was reported missing in the early hours of Saturday, and a member of the public later found her body at 6.30am.
Scottish Gas Networks has announced plans for a major 26-week project to replace mains along Broughton Street and two offshoots.
Phase 1 work will start on 7 January and last for 12 weeks. Broughton Street will be reduced to one lane travelling southwards (uphill) for the duration.
Deliveries to shops on Broughton Street will be possible using the inside northbound lane. Some parking restrictions will apply on Albany Street.
Phase 2 (London Street) and Phase 3 (Forth Street) will follow, extending the project for a further 14 weeks.
Save Leith Walk campaigners have urged locals to reject Drum Property’s revised scheme for Stead’s Place.
As reported HERE last week, the developers have tweaked their first design, most notably by reducing the height of proposed buildings on Leith Walk by one storey.
SOAP AND SUCTION IN TESCO CAR PARK
Waves Consultancy Ltd seeks planning permission to construct and operate a hand car wash and valeting service in the basement car park of Tesco, at 7 Broughton Road (Ref. 18/09592/FUL).
There’s a distinct pantomime theme to the window of Martinez Antiques just now.
The Brandon Terrace cornucopia always surpasses itself around Christmas, and this year is fringed with theatrical lights as if for a stage performance.
Closer scrutiny reveals the presence of a snake charmer, Aladdin, genie, and a veritable magic cave of glittering treasures.
Visit after dark for the full enchanting effect, whilst saving yourself all the cost and inconvenience of a trip to the King’s Theatre Glasgow.
The Powderhall Railway Path Working Group met Leith Central Community Council’s Vice Chair and CEC officials from Active Travel and Housing yesterday.
PRPWG comprises local residents keen to create a useful new East–West footway/cycle route on redundant track between Powderhall and Meadowbank. The meeting was to discuss next steps.
BIG TEST FOR EDINBURGH'S NEW LICENSING STRATEGY
A planning application has been submitted on behalf of TH Real Estate to build a single-storey extension to the Omni Centre (Ref. 18/10093/FUL).
Broughton Street welcomed a new arrival on Monday afternoon.
From 2pm onwards, artist Zoe Gibson worked in the window of Concrete Wardrobe at No. 50A, a study in rapt concentration.
As the light faded, Gibson – newly graduated from Duncan of Jordanstone College of Art and Design – steadfastly ignored the attention of passers-by, one persistent photographer in particular.
Gradually, her creation took shape.
END OF A STOREY NOT THE END OF THE STORY
Drum Property has made significant revisions to its plans for Stead’s Place, reducing the height of the development by one storey on Leith Walk.
It’s nearly December, and Issue 280 is already emerging from the presses into an Edinburgh deep in crisp and even snow, loud with the clink of sleigh bells, steamed by the breath of reindeer on every corner. Or perhaps those weren’t wild Chanterelles after all.