Princes St reopening target now 'end of August', councillors 'mortified' as festival funding 'in turmoil', new Causewayside record shop & Morningside chippy + your non-festival weekend guide including 'Characters of Edinburgh'
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Ahir Shah returns with 'electrifying' show, Graham Norton's Fringe tips, Film Festival begins today & Art Festival tomorrow + top review for 'Turn Your F*cking Phones Off'
Festivals in funding fears, 11-week closure for Waterloo Place, Gorgie Social Club facing demolition + thousands up hills to see partial eclipse
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Dodgy dealings at former Debenhams
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Punchline on Leith returns, Half Price Hut begins, inside Sauna Theatre at Summerhall + five stars for one song repeated over and over
New hotel plan for Rennie’s Isle in Leith, schools return as phone ban begins, new Princes St Gardens statue ban proposed + hundreds call for Inverleith Park play park upgrade
Acts turning bad reviews around, how the Tattoo 'suddenly got cool', five stars for local magician-scientist Kevin Quantum + two-for-one tickets
Restalrig residents evacuated by police bomb squad, Princes Street fire political fall out, eclipse viewing parties tomorrow + comedians' free show for local foodbanks
The annual 'no one came to our show' stunt (zzz), 2for1 tickets, Up Late: Jazz Jam + a 5-star show about bus stops that is selling out multiple dates
Update on Princes Street tax-evading gift shops, daily George Street bus gridlock 'needs share of £5m', Napier uni eyeing up Gyle move + Dog and Cat Home 'blown away' by generosity
An update on who was running the tax-evading gift shops during the the Princes Street fire
Amanda Knox verdict (not that verdict), the Saturday Night Live effect, four & five star reviews, the Queer Fringe guide + see Colin Firth's wet shirt
Officially the biggest Fringe ever, the first five-star reviews are in, exclusive discounts + details on when the Half Price Hut opens and 2for1 tickets
Tram rescue fund descends in to 'petty party politics', tourist hunts on Instagram for her teenage attackers, festivals begin, see The Burryman in Queensferry, Stockbridge restaurant says goodbye + swim hero Archie Goodburn to meet Prime Minister
Local businesses to share £5m Princes St rescue fund, galleries to shut during staff strikes, house prices rise 3% + retro football shirt-swap market for charity
First weekend of the Fringe, NGS to close venues during strikes, dynamic pricing warning, how to get phone signal, Graham Norton tickets + National Centre for Music seeks Creative Producer
