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Friends of the Rocheid Path – the popular cycleway and footpath between Canonmills and Inverleith – are circulating a letter to local residents.
The Council has asked the group to come up with ideas for how to restore and improve the riverbank beside Arboretum Avenue, and particularly the 'Arboretum Triangle' (see map below) when Lagan vacate the storage site on completion of Water of Leith floodworks in the area next year.
Trendy Celt Ltd have submitted plans to the Council to alter (and change the use of) 1–3 Baxters Place to a licensed hotel, involving the demolition of a building at 2 Greenside Lane (Refs 12/04064/FUL; 12/04076/LBC).
Work would include the construction of additional hotel accommodation and associated facilities, and the formation of access and car parking (amending the plan consented at 08/03635/FUL).
Nicola Barclay, Active Schools Co-ordinator, brings the latest sports news and results from Drummond.
Seniors v Staff, 2012
Once again, the senior students failed to beat a staff team in this annual event to raise money for Children In Need. The seniors came very close, but a late flurry from the staff ensured a 17–14 victory.
Well done to all who participated and a special mention to Ms Lewis for her fantastic organisation of this event. Over £200 was raised.
A P7 pupil writes: Broughton Primary School has won an award called the 'Green Flag' from the evironmental charity Keep Scotland Beautiful.
The award is given to schools which make an effort to improve the environment, keep the school tidy and save resources.
Broughton has been trying hard to get this award for many years and had already won the Bronze and Silver awards.
Spurtle very much likes this painted scene, with its promise of proper wintery weather and a functioning tram system. Close your eyes a little, and it could almost be Princes Street at the junction with Lothian Road.
In fact the oil depicts 'Notre Dame by Night' and is the work of French artist Édouard Henri Leon Cortès (1882–1969).
A group of bright students at Drummond Community High School have spent a year creating a dramatic story and film about issues affecting young black and ethnic-minority people, writes teacher Michael Paley.
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.
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.
Waverley Care are marking World AIDS Day, and raising funds for themselves, by inviting guests to enjoy a 'sumptuous' meal by an award-winning Italian chef.
For the occasion, on Thursday 29 November, members of the Mansfield Place-based charity will embark on a gruelling trek across town to Locanda de Gusti at the end of East London Street.
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.