Breaking news

Two of three bowling greens at Powderhall could be converted for use as ball courts/play areas and growing food says a new report to be considered by councillors tomorrow (see foot of page).

The proposal is part of a response to years of falling use at Council-owned bowling greens across Edinburgh.

The number of annual users at Powderhall has ebbed and flowed over the years, but in 2012 stood at 1,351 – 13 per cent down on the figure for 2007.

Yet another cat has gone missing in Broughton.

This time, not your average wandering moggie with romance or an extra portion of lunch on its mind. Instead, a magnificent stone lion who was lifted from the front step in Bellevue Street last Tuesday night.

Many thanks to Gemma Beerbohm, who sent us this photograph today, taken  at the top of the steps leading down from Brandon Terrace to the Water of Leith.

St Stephen's church in Stockbridge is on sale again for offers over £500,000. 

Surgeries aimed at helping Leith Walk locals to feel safer (and tidier and less hassled) have been announced today.

Another flurry of correspondence bears witness to discontent and disagreement over the Leith Walk improvements.

Luxury retail chain Tommy Hilfiger will come soon to Edinburgh.

Alcathoe, Barbastelle, Bechstein's, Brandt's, Brown, Daubenton's, Grey, Horseshoe, Leisler's, Natterer's, Noctule, Pipistrelle, Serotine and Whiskered?

Or Astaroth, Baphomet, Cimeries, Damballa, Emma-O, Fenriz, Gorgo, Haborym, Ishtar, Marduk, Nergal, Pwcca, Rimmon and Sabazios?

From 1 November 2012 to 31 October 2013, the Japanese artist Tomoko Tabuchi chose 12 photographs a day to represent her life.

In Scotland, we are well-used to blending pleasure and pain, hope and despair. It is a national characteristic rooted in climate, religion, football and homemade tattoos. It’s what allows us to derive foreboding from the smile of a child and enjoyment from the teeth of a gale. Somehow, here, it’s always ‘hard tae tell the difference atween laughin an greetin’.