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Anyone who thought they had seen the last of this remarkable structure at 8 East Scotland Street Lane should think again.

The first commercial tram service linking the world to Broughton will depart from the Gyle Centre at 5.00am on Saturday 31 May.

I am a creature of habit. 

I don’t like change and I don’t deal with it well. I get my hair cut at Larry’s Barber Shop on Montgomery Street, just off Elm Row, and I’ve been going there for years.

Recently I found myself in a predicament when the only day I could go was a Sunday and that’s the day that he’s closed. As I looked at my schedule I was only free on every Sunday for weeks, and I was long overdue a trim. What was I going to do?

Too hot?

Fear not! Issue 229 has been designed in Italy to fold easily into a convenient and accurately spelt micro-bikini, sun hat or protective solar goggles. Feel cooler, more attractive, and part of the beautiful in-crowd out and about across Broughton from tomorrow.

Building the new St James Quarter seems to have taken a big step closer thanks to 'major' new funding arrangements agreed by City of Edinburgh Council, the Scottish Government and developer TIAA Henderson Real Estate.

Council Leader Cllr Andrew Burns, Deputy First Minister Nicola Sturgeon and TIAA Henderson’s Martin Perry announced the ‘unprecedented’ arrangement this morning at offices in Greenside Row overlooking the St James Centre.

If there’s one sign more suggestive than any other of spring having sprung, it is surely the number of seasonally bewildered cats wandering the wrong streets and back greens of Broughton.
 
If you have a shed, cludgie or outbuilding which isn’t covered in padlocks, the chances are that there’s a cat in it right now reminiscing about wherever it isn't and blaming all its current misfortunes on the stupid sat nav.

Pedal on Parliament 3 attracted an estimated 4,000 cyclists in an impressive rally from the Meadows to Holyrood this afternoon in Edinburgh.

Union Gallery’s April exhibition will resonate long in the memory, writes Ross Maclean.

Thirteen artists were invited to paint images inspired by T.S. Eliot’s poetry. The resulting ensemble is exhilarating and haunting by turns.

Several artists responded to lines from The Waste Land and ‘The Dry Salvages’ from the Four Quartets.

This kenspeckle bird was busy in St Mark's Park today, undistractably focused on a fish supper.

Ground at the southern end of the Rodney Sreet Tunnel beneath Summer Bank has being prepared by Council staff to create a wildflower meadow. 

It will bloom over the coming months from mid-summer to autumn.