The Edinburgh Minute ⏰ Thursday 24 October 2024
The Edinburgh Minute ⏰ Thursday 24 October 2024
Inverleith Row car flipped, locals' makeshift bollards, more Hidden Door fest acts announced + new ‘living statues’ for women
🌤️ Good morning Edinburgh. Here’s Thursday’s Edinburgh Minute.
🚈 There’s disruption on the Edinburgh - Glasgow railway this morning. A fault with the signalling system at Linlithgow is reported by Network Rail.
⮑ Get live updates on ScotRail’s JourneyCheck page.
🗳️ Councillors in Edinburgh are to be offered personal safety alarms amid fears over attacks and abuse. - Donald Turvill, Local Democracy Reporter, in The Edinburgh Reporter.
⮑ Yesterday councillors were told by The Accounts Commission that the authority must address ‘declining performance’ in areas including housing, waste and street cleaning - while also cutting £100m from the budget. - Paul Hutcheon, Daily Record.
🚨 Inverleith Row was shut in both directions yesterday afternoon when a car overturned while being driven. Police confirmed only one vehicle was involved. - Ian Swanson, Evening News.
⮑ One local said: “No idea how this could have happened (even if going as much as 10 mph over the 20mph speed limit). But it's the second such incident in recent memory in this area alone, and there have been other similar incidents around town recently too.”
⮑ Two readers sent these images:
🏗️ The cost of demolishing the Brunton Theatre is £3.6m. - Marie Sharp, Local Democracy Reporter, STV News.
⮑ There’s more on this, and developments with Summerhall, in this week’s Culture Minute.
🔐 Pilrig Motors on Leith Walk, which closed earlier this year after nearly 90 years in business, is set to be turned into a dessert shop. - Kris Gourlay, Edinburgh Live.
⮑ Petrichor cafe near Charlotte Square is up for sale. - Cara Blackhall, Edinburgh Live.
🪣 The Scottish Refugee Council charity said that two of its donation buckets had been stolen from a venue in Edinburgh. - Adam Robertson, The National.
🚨 Locals have made their own makeshift ‘safety barriers’ on the Hawthornvale path. A car was filmed speeding on the path from Trinity towards Granton at the weekend, with reports a dog had been hit. - Thanks to a Minute subscriber for sharing these images.
🎭 Edinburgh is to get an outdoor theatre experience which will finally celebrate the most significant but least known accomplishments of women over the centuries. Actors from F-Bomb Theatre will portray new statues around the city centre who will come to life to recall overlooked ‘real-life heroines’ and ‘forgotten moments in time’. - Brian Ferguson, The Scotsman.
🎵 The Hidden Door festival has revealed further details of its two-night programme of live arts next month at The Paper Factory in Maybury. - Murray Robertson, The List.
📺 The Scotland Loves Anime festival returns to venues across town this weekend. - Zoe Crombie previews screenings in The Skinny.
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📌 In this week’s edition of Gayle’s Guide to family-friendly events in town: Halloween fun, a parent/baby witch tour, storytelling at the Botanics, a new cargo bike library and much more.
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