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Imagine my surprise the other day at passing a sign outside a Broughton Street corner shop which read ‘FREE CASH’. 

Free cash? Were my eyes deceiving me? Yes, they were. The sign actually reads:

Revised, longer opening hours are proposed for the new Logie Green Lidl, only days after consent for it was granted. 

News reached us last night of a serious incident at Broughton Primary School yesterday.

During extensive refurbishment of the roof, a chisel was somehow dropped and fell to the ground, only narrowly missing a classroom assistant in the playground.

If you thought you heard woodpeckers by the river in Warriston over the last few days, you were mistaken. That was the grinding of teeth.

Candia McWilliam spoke at last Thursday's meeting about St Stephen's Church (

Readers will recall our articles in Issue 189, pp.

It’s not what it looks like ...

That is to say, Phoenix boss Gwyn Roberts, sporting a snazzy phoenix-themed hoodie, was not entering a stage magician’s convention, but preparing to negotiate an underinflated set of rugby posts bending before the breeze in advance of today’s Six Nations encounters.

Around 300 people attended last night’s meeting to discuss a community bid for St Stephen’s Church.

In a show of hands, the group overwhelmingly endorsed the St Stephen’s Playfair Trust’s (SSPT) aspirations to acquire the property, restore it, and retain it on a sustainable basis for commercial, cultural and community uses. There was one abstention.

Huge challenges and equally heartening pledges of support emerged during the meeting.

A meeting to discuss the future of St Stephen’s Church – one of the most prominent Edinburgh landmarks to come onto the open market for at least a decade – will be held tonight.

Controversial plans to demolish and replace an end of terrace dwelling at 91 Annandale Street have beeen consented (Ref. 13/04984/FUL).