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I have a confession to make. It may make you change your already skewed impression of me, but I’m done with hiding my secret. I'm excited about the trams. 

If last night's rearrangement of the political landscape left you scratching your head, prepare yourself for another bemusement.

The LeithLate mini-festival is this year extending to 2 days, and spreading beyond its Leith Walk origins to pastures new, including parts of Broughton.

From 5.00pm till 10.00pm on Saturday 21 June, and 12pm till 5pm on Sunday 22 June, an eclectic 'smorgasbord of arts, music, film and spoken world' – including painting, video, sculpture, illustration, photography, collage, printmaking, performance, textiles and jewellery – will play out between Calton Hill and the Shore.

Yesterday and today, St Andrew Square has played host to Spa in the City – a weekend of free taster beauty treatments from Edinburgh's allegedly 'top beauty retailers, specialists and luxury spas'. In tents.

Unable to compete in this year's Edinburgh Marathon owing to a long-running sports-related lack of condition, Spurtle made do instead by witnessing the start from a traffic island dramatically situated at the heart of the action.

The weather this morning was cool and misty. The runners were, by the time they reached Abbeyhill, already getting hot and sweaty.

There was ample evidence that Edinburgh people have warmed to their shiny new trams when enthusiastic crowds attended a 'roadshow' (trackshow, surely?) in St Andrew Square this lunchtime.

A short-lived but interesting Twitter conversation last night revealed that some Edinburgh voters feel uncomfortable attending polling places in more or less religious buildings. The tweets are copied below this article.

Churches (rather than church halls) and denominational schools were mentioned.

Broughton residents who visit, live or work in the City Centre have one day left to complete a very simple online questionnaire.

Polling stations for tomorrow's European Election 2014 will be open from 7am–10pm.

You can find out which polling station to go to by looking at your poll card, but you don't need to take this with you in order to vote.

Tesco Stores Ltd has applied for non-compliance with Condition 1 of its current planning permission (Ref. 09/00039/FUL) to extend delivery and collection hours at its Broughton Road store (Ref. 14/01866/FUL).