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A meeting of the Stockbridge and Inverleith Community Council (S&ICC) last week became heated during discussion of the ‘noise nuisance’ posed by the St Stephen’s Church clock bell at night (Breaking news, 15.10.14).
Edinburgh Police seek witnesses to what they describe as a ‘shocking’ domestic assault yesterday evening at the corner of Windsor and Montgomery Streets.
As they crossed Montgomery Street, a 21-year-old man argued with a 17-year-old woman before pulling her hair, pushing her head down and causing her to fall. She banged her head on the traffic island kerb. Police attended and later traced the couple.
Police believe at least two people saw the incident, which occurred at about 7.40pm.
Passers-by on Broughton Road at the weekend may at first glance have felt rather encouraged by what looked like a well-intentioned demonstration near the entrance to Tesco.
Around 5–6 men were present, some bearing a flag with the words ‘LOCALS AGAINST RAPISTS’ on a Scottish-saltire background. Their placard deplored sexual crimes against women and children, demanded more police patrols, and an extension of relevant CCTV coverage.
‘Women and children,’ it concluded, ‘are not bits of meat’.
Much has been written lately about how the referendum debate energised political culture in Scotland, particularly among the young.
Some evidence for this appears in two second-floor Leith Street windows, where a very public display of conviction, curiosity and creativity has been intriguing passers-by and those idly staring into space whilst waiting at the bus stop.
Responding to an enquiry from a baffled overseas vistior staying at the King James Hotel opposite, Spurtle’s Youth Correspondent decided to look more closely.
Apple opened its new shop at 10 Princes Street this morning.
Over 300 delighted enthusiasts – some of whom had queued around the block since before 6.00am – poured in four hours later.
There was a lot of whooping, bagpipes and ballyhoo.
Thousands more customers are expected to follow as the day unfolds.
The spacious premises – on two public levels – are high-ceilinged, sparely furnished and flooded with natural light. It all feels a bit like a major Italian railway station, minus the marble, trains and Italians.
REVIEWED BY RHYS FULLERTON
After Ross Sinclair’s full-on and very loud exhibition 20 Years of Real Life, Collective’s curators have toned things down with a more thought-provoking and minimalist exhibition.
In a Parliamentary debate in London yesterday, Mark Lazarowicz called for as wide a consensus as possible on further devolution of powers to Holyrood as a way of healing divisions after the Independence Referendum.
Stockbridge and Inverleith Community Council (S&ICC) is broadly supportive of City of Edinburgh Council’s intervention on the St Stephen’s Church clock chime (Breaking news, 2.9.14; 3.9.14).
Some locals have reacted to the news with alarm and astonishment.
Plans have emerged for yet another supermarket in Broughton’s already generously provided-for streets.
Sainsbury’s intends to operate a ground-floor ‘Local Convenience Store’ within Unit 4 of the new Shrubhill development fronting Leith Walk at 7 Shrub Place (Ref. 14/04016/FUL).