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🌤️  Good morning Edinburgh. Today’s headlines: Community campaign success as St Mark's Path reopens, breakthrough in uni strike talks, ScotGov has 'no plans' to fund tram extension, + Scott McTominay at the Portrait Gallery

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December 19, 2025 at 7:20 AM
🌤️  Good morning Edinburgh. Thursday’s headlines: 1,000 new homes near airport, New Town Quarter student flats rejected, efforts to re-open Radical Road + volunteers' inspiring stories

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December 18, 2025 at 7:32 AM
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Hidden Door returns to Edinburgh in June 2026, and we're inviting visual artists to get involved 🎨

Be part of an immersive, multi-artform festival celebrating new, emerging and breakthrough talent in Scotland.

Full details: hiddendoorarts.org/call-for-sub...

#HiddenDoorFestival
December 17, 2025 at 8:00 AM
🌤️  Good morning Edinburgh. Wednesday’s headlines: Hunt for Stockbridge sex attacker, Porty paid parking plan rejected, student flats for former Scottish Widows HQ + street photography competition opens

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#edinburgh #scotland
December 17, 2025 at 7:22 AM
A busy first 3-hours of people clicking through from the Edinburgh Minute to read local publishers' work. Great to see @spurtle.bsky.social with the top two!

@ghost.org is so much better than Substack for delivery too 💯
December 16, 2025 at 10:49 AM
🌤️  Good morning Edinburgh. Tuesday’s headlines: Tour de France costs, Hogmanay sales soaring, community centre plans to open on Christmas Day + look inside new Fringe Central building

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December 16, 2025 at 7:31 AM
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Arthur Street Planter update:
🎄 We have a Christmas tree! 🎄
Harvested from our back garden just t'other side of the wall. Spring bulbs already coming up...
#Leithlife #greensky #urbangarden #Edinburgh
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December 15, 2025 at 6:19 PM
🌤️  Good morning #Edinburgh. Monday’s headlines: Polwarth death, paint attack on New Town bank, protests planned for transport meeting tomorrow + inside that house with the pink door

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December 15, 2025 at 7:32 AM
🌤️ Good morning Edinburgh. Friday’s headlines: Grassmarket fire, airport bids for USA 'pre-clearance' fast-track, dog & cat home gets huge donation from Gervais + festive markets, lights switch-ons & 14 carol concerts

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December 12, 2025 at 7:18 AM
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"Iconic scrapyard" please kindly fuck off, Edinburgh Live.
December 12, 2025 at 6:18 AM
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New on The Noise of Art…

Shop Local! #121

Edinburgh’s weekend starts here…

Leith Depot: SANKI: Studies in Photography: The House of Smalls: Upright Gallery: Edinburgh Castle: Edinburgh Sculpture Workshop: Scottish National Portrait Gallery: Leith Launderette:..

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Shop Local! #121 – W/E 12.12.2025
Not the only fun in town…
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December 11, 2025 at 10:28 AM
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If you’re out and about this festive season, can you help us record history by sharing your picture memories of the city on Edinburgh Collected, our community archive?
This magical view of Edinburgh in snow was taken on 19 Dec 2010 and kindly shared by The1701 zurl.co/xWMXf
#ThrowbackThursday
December 11, 2025 at 10:29 AM
🌤️ Good morning Edinburgh. The headlines: Govt to probe Rockstar sackings, Porty & Joppa residents fight parking charges, Leith decorations appeal + bid to bring back Tollcross clock

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December 11, 2025 at 7:08 AM
🪩 In this week’s #Edinburgh Culture Minute newsletter:
🖼️ New City Art Centre shows revealed
💰 £80m boost for local creatives
🎨 Hidden Door visual arts open call
📚 Locals' books of the year
🎭 Plenty of pantos reviewed
🍿 Pyjama party at the Filmhouse...

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December 10, 2025 at 5:37 PM
Two local choirs are signed up to join the '12 Days of Clickbait' montage video mentioned in this morning's Minute newsletter. If you're part of a singing group that might be up for a bit of fun, please get in touch today and I'll send you the details: forms.gle/nn8TZzDCRcWi...
December 10, 2025 at 3:03 PM
☔️ Good morning Edinburgh. Wednesday’s headlines: Storm shuts Christmas Market, Rose Street bike plan, Voi bike rollout grows, Action Porty lands £500k for former police station + Gorgie Farm teams up with Napiers herbalists

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December 10, 2025 at 7:31 AM
🚲 JUST ANNOUNCED: Voi bikes are hitting the Southside. The e-bike hire scheme is expanding into Roseburn, Bruntsfield, Morningside and the uni's King’s Buildings. From tomorrow Voi bikes will be gradually introduced to newly designated parking spots, increasing the fleet to 480 bikes. [1/2]
December 9, 2025 at 2:18 PM
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OFFICIALS BACK NEW TOWN QTR PROPOSALS.—Locals will continue opposition at next week's hearing. Detailed report at: www.broughtonspurtle.org.uk/news/officia...
#Edinburgh #hyperlocal #news #planning
December 9, 2025 at 11:43 AM
☔️ Good morning Edinburgh. Tuesday’s headlines: Wind, rain & flood warning, bookshop claims victory over Waterstones, George Clooney returning to town + new pub opening in Leith

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December 9, 2025 at 7:36 AM
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EXCLUSIVE

One of Edinburgh’s leading independent bookshops has declared victory in a battle with the UK’s biggest bookselling chain

One of Edinburgh’s leading independent bookshops has declared victory in a battle with the UK’s biggest bookselling chain

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December 8, 2025 at 4:15 PM
🌤️ Good morning Edinburgh. Monday’s headlines: Princes Street summit, free trams for New Year, Tennant backs Lyceum theatre, Leith bar & bakery close + local guide to 'gifts for good'

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#edinburgh
December 8, 2025 at 7:19 AM
In case you missed it (when I was working on this at midnight) Edinburgh-based creative groups will share £80m across 3yrs in the latest Creative Scotland multi-year funding announcement. Am told there will be some sore heads this morning among some of those who were celebrating the news last night.
Together the Edinburgh-based groups will share £79,356,046 across three years. I have exported all the Edinburgh-based winners to a spreadsheet here: docs.google.com/spreadsheets...
All Edinburgh-based orgs receiving CS multi-year funding 2025-2028
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December 5, 2025 at 11:13 AM
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Thanks to @edinburghminute.bsky.social I've learnt about this first step into shared services at Scottish unis. Looks like they're developing a shared research development office
www.heraldscotland.com/news/2567395...
Scottish universities join forces to launch 'pioneering' initiative
Six universities have joined forces to launch a pioneering initiative that will strengthen commercialisation and innovation across Scotland’s…
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December 5, 2025 at 9:17 AM
🌤️ Good morning! Friday’s headlines: £80m funding boost for arts orgs, hotel scaffolding saga update, Barnton high hedge row, Action Porty's new community hub plan + 12 festive markets

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December 5, 2025 at 7:06 AM