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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). 

An intriguing little battle of wills is being fought out on Elm Row.

Staff at local bar Jeremiah’s Taproom appear to be tired of their expensively hired commercial bins being filled with the rubbish of private neighbours.

They have therefore attached signs like this one (right), politely spelling out exactly whose what should go where.

Somebody has this morning responded by placing their own black bin bag not inside JT’s wheelie-bin but directly on top of it.

The Institute of Physics in Scotland (Iops) has honoured the achievements of a well-to-do amateur astronomer, Thomas David Anderson, with a blue plaque outside his former home at 21 East Claremont Street.

A ceremony was conducted at the address yesterday.

This amusing whimsy outside the Broughton Delicatessen on Barony Street has set us thinking. 

Spurtle does not recall ever having seen a hedgehog in the capital. 

This may owe something to the height and solidity of the stone walls criss-crossing Edinburgh’s back-greens. Hedgehogs lack the Royal Marine skills necessary to scale such obstacles and invade new areas. 

A woman was subjected to a serious sexual assault on Eyre Place early this morning near Smithie’s Bar. 

The street is currently closed (2.50pm) between Canon Street and Rodney Street as police investigate the scene. 

The 21-year-old victim was attacked at around 4.00am by a man described as Asian, aged 20–30 and with short dark hair.

He wore a blazer and was smartly dressed. He may have left the area in a silver-coloured car.

REVIEWED BY RHYS FULLERTON 

For many contemporary artists, getting their work exhibited can often by the hardest part of the process. Owning your own art gallery should make it easier, but for Alison Auldjo, owner of the Union Gallery, this is her first exhibition in three years. Auldjo is an artist in her own right, but running a thriving contemporary art gallery in central Edinburgh can be time-consuming and leave little opportunity to paint. Lifelines is well worth the wait.