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FLOOD WARNING FOR EDINBURGH TODAY AND TOMORROW

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After two days of heavy-ish rain, and with more on the way, the Scottish Environment Protection Agency this afternoon issued a flood warning for Edinburgh and the Lothians.

It covers the area as a whole and does not specify Stockbridge, Warriston or Bonnington as being at particular risk.

'The persistent rain forecast throughout Monday has the potential to result in localised disruption and flooding to low lying land and roads, via surface run off and small watercourse sources.' Advice and information are available on Tel. 0845 988 1188.

CAN YOU TELL WHAT IT IS YET?

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It's a bus.

It's a big bus.

It's a big, red-and-white bus.

It's a big, red-and-white, No. 8 bus.

It's the big, red-and-white, No. 8 bus which goes up and down Broughton Street.

Anyone got anything else they'd like to add? Good.

'Number 8 Bus' by Keith Thompson is available as a limited edition print at Curiouser and Curiouser. For those who missed it the first time, here it is again.

OUT OF THE BLUE AWARD COMES AS NO SURPRISE

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Out of the Blue (OotB) has won an inaugural Creative Edinburgh Award.

The Dalmeny Street studio/gallery space, venue, café and arts hub triumphed in a competition recognising those creative organisations in the capital which have united, inspired or promoted their peers over the last 12 months.

At last night's Summerhall ceremony and celebration, OotB was particularly acclaimed for its role in 'uniting the creative community of Edinburgh to spark business opportunities and collaborations'. North Edinburgh residents have been singing its praises for years.

SUNSHINE ON LETHAM PARK AS NEW PATIO OPENS

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Residents, family, friends and staff are gathering this afternoon at the Letham Park Care Home on Ferry Road to open a new patio garden.

South-facing, and protected from the wind by a high wall, it is a green haven for those craving fresh air. Bill Fraser (pictured right with Manager Alison Cavender), steps outside to watch the rabbits and smoke a pipe three or four times a day 'come rain or shine'. He loves it here.

CINDERELLA AND THE COST OF SIN: CHRISTMAS AT THE UNION GALLERY

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The Union Gallery's Christmas Exhibition features a mixture of new and familiar works by artists whose works have shown here before over the past three-and-a-half years.

It's an unashamedly upbeat and approachable collection, which should do well as customers decide either to treat friends or to ride out the recession by ignoring them and staying indoors with something beautiful on the wall. Described below are a few personal favourites.

OLÉ, OLÉ, OLÉ, OLÉ, OLÉ: OLLI, OLLI

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Readers may have noticed flyers on lamp-posts across Broughton last week appealing for information about the whereabouts of an extraordinary-looking Bengal cat called Olli.

He had gone missing from his home in Dublin Street North on 11 November, and all searches and enquiries had drawn a blank. His owners were concerned since he had been living with them in Madrid recently, and perhaps had not regained his sense of Edinburgh direction.