Environment

—Michael Upton—

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How the ‘emerald necklace’ became a green barrier

—Mike Worobec—

Responding to the Erosion Emergency announced on 12 September (Issue 355), the

Currently closed to road traffic following a surfeit of lum lumps. 

And Storm Amy. 

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#Storm Amy 

Councillors on the Development Management Sub-Cmte today voted, with some reluctance, to approve a retrospective planning application for the Spiegeltent and associated structures in St Andrew Square Garden (

ECF Omni SARL seeks planning consent for a new entrance portal for the OMNi Centre, internally lit signage, external lighting and partial levelling of some stepped access.

St Stephen’s Theatre Company seeks listed building consent to install photovoltaic solar panels on the roof of its Stockbridge headquarters (

Sunshine and haze over Calton Hill this morning, where Friends met under the expert guidance of the Scottish Ornithology Club's Stephen Welch to record breeding pairs of bird.

Patient listening and hard stares helped in identifying 18 different species over 2 hours.

Namely: jackdaw, magpie, carrion crow, common gull, herring gull, lesser black-backed gull …

11.30pm, Saturday 11 May.

A breathtaking natural spectacle: the aurora borealis.

Or not.

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