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Meanwhile, in some Broughton basements, Boris Johnson is still worshipped as a god.

POLICE APPEAL FOR HELP

Ten months after the event, police in Edinburgh have issued CCTV images and an appeal for help. We reproduce their press release below, unedited and in full.

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Still marvelling at personalised number plate spotted in city centre. Size of some of these SUVs nowadays …

City of Edinburgh Council seeks Sustrans Places for Everyone (PfE) funding to improve the junction of Broughton Road, McDonald Road, St Mark’s Path, and the entry to the forthcoming Powderhall development for all users.

On 16 August, local stakeholders met Council-appointed agents to discuss the  future design of the Picardy Place island. In Issue 321, we published a measured account of those proceedings by Peter Williamson, who attended as Chair of the Picardy Place Residents Association.

That end of Festival feeling.

As you read this, advance copies of the September Spurtle are already spreading across Broughton like pizza fragments round a bin full of rats.

Page 1 begins with a temporary fix, an entirely predictable and predicted fiasco, and a ‘feature façade’. It’s all infuriating. Thank God for the clock and the flock.

Fake flowers feature on Page 2, as do too much of a good thing, too little of a good thing, and a dog’s breakfast.

Looking forward to a more fragrant start to September. Waste services resume tomorrow. Schedule, advice, and fond hopes here: https://edinburgh.gov.uk/binstrike

The view from Salisbury Crags.

People watching today in the open air for free.