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Daisy Carnegie, Edinburgh's Carnegie library cat on the payroll in the 1950s (featured in 'Lum Hats in Paradise')
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We are terrible at anything infrastructure related. Surely this isn’t complicated to fix. They’ve been working on it for years. What on earth have they been doing? Imagine this was in China or UAE. It would have been fixed long ago.
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We've just released our latest winter talk series on our YouTube channel. You can also watch some of our previous lectures from 2023. #jameshutton #chrystalmacmillan #heriots #eastnewjersey #scottmonument #scottisharchitecture #jeanguildgrantsprogramme
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Formerly STV2, who knew @ThatsTVLothian?
Hopefully, Friends of Princes Street Gardens will successfully lobby for the re-opening of King's Stables Road public access to West Princes Street Gardens @HistEnvScot @edinburghcastle.
Quaich Project spent c£5 million on public consultation, an architectural competition, etc, before its demise.
Interestingly, the committee of a new amenity group, Friends of Princes Street Gardens, includes architects of former proposal @GrovesRaines
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EXC: A half-decade since the ill-fated Quaich Project died on the operating table, can a new public group gather enough momentum to revitalise one of Scotland’s finest parks?
@heraldscotland
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EXC: @Edinburgh_CC incorrectly claimed that emails about unpaid business rates at 110 Princes St could not be disclosed b/c of 'commercial interests'.
'How can there be substantial prejudice towards companies which no longer exist?'
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At last some good news for Mavisbank House, and Scotland's built heritage!
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Thrilled to have a chance to talk about the new @landmarktrust-led project to save #Mavisbank on @SkyNews just now. It really does come down to whether we collectively care about such places enough. #itsonus
'Midlothian Council @midgov launched a Compulsory Purchase Order on Mavisbank House, near Loanhead, after decades of campaigning to save it from ruin.'
Future of Mavisbank House secured theedinburghreporter.co.uk/2… via @EdinReporter
At last some good news for Mavisbank House, and Scotland's built heritage!
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Thrilled to have a chance to talk about the new @landmarktrust-led project to save #Mavisbank on @SkyNews just now. It really does come down to whether we collectively care about such places enough. #itsonus
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Release of non-native animals is a criminal offence under S14(1) of the Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981.
Pheasants and red-legged partridges are not native here. Let's have our say shall we?
#Defra call for evidence
We encourage anyone with an interest in shooting, either directly involved or supporting the sector through hospitality, to take part.
Submit comments & copy in your local MP here:
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Subject line: Call for Evidence
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EXC: Edinburgh councillors could ask Audit Scotland to investigate the Scottish Government’s decision to cancel a regulatory check helping councils to levy road congestion charges.
@heraldscotland
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Another day of Orca-watching for us here in Shetland with the six individuals seen yesterday off Burra and Trondra moving north to Tresta Voe in the west Mainland. Torrential rain all day made viewing 'interesting' but enjoy this brief snippet of footage during a five minute weather window this afternoon.
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Breaking: Coul Links golf course REFUSED by Scottish ministers after latest three-year battle ift.tt/FYs3uhp
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Good news! The London Fire Brigade is returning home to its purpose-built 1930s riverside HQ🔥
The scheme is a major improvement on the 2 tower blocks proposed for the site - successfully resisted by local community groups, with support from SAVE in 2020 bit.ly/4BheUaX
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Pecunia non olet: There a wiki page: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pecuni…
EMPTY words from a local councillor @Edinburgh_CC, or relevant statements based on real leverage?
Summerhall developers must “guarantee” the retention of a prominent arts space and agree “long-term affordable arrangements” with current tenants at the culture hub, an Edinburgh councillor has said.
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Environmental charity Open Seas says fisheries enforcement can already arrive days after reports of illegal activity, raising questions about the effectiveness of Scotland's marine surveillance system
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✍️SAVE has written to Manchester City Council seeking clarity on the decision-making process that allowed the demolition of the listed All Souls Church, Ancoats. savebritainsheritage.org/new…
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The former Reid Memorial Church in Edinburgh could be purchased from the Church of Scotland in a community buyout.
A local group has been set up to explore the possibility of buying the Category A-listed building on West Savile Terrace.
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"‘Misleading’ information in the Briefing Note...claims engineering inspections...in line with standards laid out in the Design Manual for Bridges and Structures when, allegedly, they were not. The promised ‘principal’ inspection has not been carried out."
#PowderhallFootbridge
POWDERHALL FOOTBRIDGE.—Local frustration at Council closure and subsequent handling of vital active-travel link. Report on yesterday's meeting and joint response by Leith Central and Broughton & New Town Community Councils: broughtonspurtle.org.uk/news…
#Edinburgh #hyperlocal #news
ALT View of Powderhall Footbridge.