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Chloe a 'very friendly' fluffy white cat with a poor sense of direction – has taken advantage of the warm, light nights and (since 24 June) gone 'wandering'.
She has, says her local co-habitant, a record of entering flats via basement windows and 'making herself at home'.
Lock up your toms and goldfish.
Please report sightings to: Tel. 07900 067 069.
NEWS UPDATE: A reader late this morning reported that Chloe has been found and safely returned.
Edinburgh World Heritage will run a free community workshop on energy efficiency and energy-saving appliances in flats, starting next week.
The plan is to give clear advice in order to make achievable savings on energy and money.
The first event is at 6.30–7.30pm on Tuesday 28 June at 5 Charlotte Square. Later in the year, other sessions will look at building efficiency and 'traditional sustainable skills'.
Pupils at Broughton Primary School may need sunglasses when they return to school on Monday.
The cause is unlikely to be summer weather-related. It has more to do with the vivid refreshment of asphalt designs in the top playground, where local thetrainline.com staff are offering their artistic skills for free on National Give and Gain Day.
The full story will be in Issue 196, out at the start of next month.
'Now We Are Two' features works by artists who have exhibited before in Rob Dawkins and Alison Auldjo's wonderful Union Gallery over its two-year presence on Broughton Street. Two years? Where did the time go?
What follows are brief notes on personal favourites – accurate at the time of writing, liable to change with the light or mood on reacquaintance.
A fierce fire has damaged the Bakehouse Company café on Broughton Street, and associated smoke damage has caused the temporary closure of Khushi's Punjabi restaurant nextdoor.
The blaze began at around 8.30pm last night, when the Bakehouse was shut. It was spotted and promptly reported by police who were already attending a traffic accident nearby. Khushi staff immediately evacuated their premises. There were no casualties.
Telefonica UK Ltd – as part of its ceaseless efforts to beautify the historic cityscapes of Britain – seeks retrospective planning consent for a face-mounted micro-cell antenna on the ground-floor facade of 126–8 George Street (Ref. 11/01875/FUL). The fixture (in situ, undetected, since 1999) is attached to the frontage of a bar named after Alexander Graham Bell, who would surely have approved.
The astonishing progress of Broughton sportswoman Kimberley Reed is now making national headlines. The 16-year-old field athlete excelled again last week, smashing a personal best and writing herself into the record books. Here, her father Scott updates Spurtle on the Bellevue resident and Drummond CHS pupil's latest achievements.
On Friday of last week, Kimberley took part in two events at the Scottish Schools Championships.
Does watching Barcelona play football make your heart burst with gratitude for widescreen, high-definition colour television? Does the sight of Andy Murray's cross-court volley make you long for a cup of tea and a chocolate Hobnob? If so, you are exactly the kind of person the Health Police are looking for.
Spotted on Broughton Street this morning, this flashy Mini with monovan cum wheelie-coffin attached provoked curious looks from passers-by.
It is the supposed accommodation of comic actor Ade Edmondson (The Young Ones; Bottom), who was interviewing staff at Crombie's and learning about how to make a bridie.
The results of a cross-city consultation on the future of primary-level Gaelic Medium Education in Edinburgh have been announced. The former Bonnington Primary School premises are proposed as a dedicated Gaelic primary school, with nursery provision.
The proposal will now go forward for discussion on 30 June at the Full Council meeting. You can download the report here.