Category: Local News
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Edinburgh Landmark launches special tours for Pride Month
As Pride Month kicks The Real Mary King’s Close are preparing to restart their Pride History Tours starting this weekend. The Edinburgh landmark will be sharing their research in an educational and throught provoking way to reveal the hidden stories of the LGBTQIA+ community in Edinburgh from 1546 until 1912. The tours will happen every…
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Could we see Portobe-loos at Portobello?
There’s calls for portable toilets along the promenade to stop beachgoers using gardens and alleyways to relieve themselves Portobello beach looks set to get some new Portobell-loos, after residents “significant distress” and fears that it could have serious implications on public health. Tommy Sheppard, MP for Edinburgh East, is leading the calls for the City…
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Declaration of Arbroath to go on show for first time in 18 years
One of the last remaining artefacts from that time period the Declaration of Arbroath was a letter written to the Pope by the barons of the community to recognise Robert the Bruce as the country’s lawful king. The “iconic document” has been kept well preserved by the National Records of Scotland in an environment that…
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Edinburgh beach becomes Scotland’s newest bathing water
Edinburgh’s Wardie Bay Beachwatch have led a successful campaign to make the Granton beach Scotland’s newest bathing water. Becoming the 89th official Scottish bathing water, this decision it’s hoped it’ll mean a boost for the shore along the south of the Forth. The campaign spearheaded by Wardie Bay Beachwatch and The Wild One proved to…
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Calls for overdose memorial to be set-up in Edinburgh
There’s calls for a memorial to be established for those who have died due to drug overdosing ahead of International Overdose Awareness Day. It comes from the SNP group in the City of Edinburgh Council. Councillor Finlay McFarlane is set to bring the motion before the full council on Thursday. The City Centre councillor has…
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Edinburgh school to take on marathon for pupil diagnosed with rare cancer
15-year-old Kieran has been undergoing treatment for Ewing Sarcoma. Students and teachers from Castlebrae High School are taking part in the Edinburgh Marathon Festival this weekend to raise funds for a fellow pupil who is undergoing treatment for a rare cancer. 15-year-old Kieran Smart was diagnosed last year with Ewing Sarcoma, he’d been experiencing a…
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