Concerns over Shore business rescue plan, Morningside Road closure over 'unknown substance', bakers donate for Leith loop charity runners + the annual Canal Raft Race at Fountainbridge
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Ihsane: the five-star dance masterpiece, smutty shows in the spotlight, Pulitzer winner Mona Chalabi at the Book Festival + are influencers spoiling the festivals?
Council could buy fire-damaged Princes St building, 300% council tax hike on second homes faces vote, more questions over North Bridge bus stops + new bus routes announced by Lothian Buses
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Upgrade plans for Royal Infirmary hospital, Voi bike bosses looking for new parking spots, update on South Suburban railway tram-train bid + new community gym opens at Liberton High School
Today & tomorrow at the festivals, a 'life-altering' five-star musical, Edinburgh Art Festival Jupiter Rising preview + the Dance Base show that is 'anti-venom for toxic masculinity'
Porty MP says locals 'are literally swimming in shit', major new '7/7/7' bus lane trial for London Road, data centre campaigners celebrate 'common sense' + Greenside Church up for sale at £1m
Wikipedia founder at the Book Festival, more five-star reviews, sauna-hating top critic calls Sauna Theatre 'perfect' + discounts for Darkfield's Arcade, Flight & Coma experiences
New depot bid to end silence of the trams, Art Festival starts 'Tram Replacement Shuttle Bus', four more Tattoo flyovers over next fortnight + overflowing bin dubbed 'the Market Street Midden'
Dining and discos as Book Festival and Art Festival open, EIGHT exclusive half-price ticket deals for Gilded Balloon shows + take a friend to Summerhall's Sauna Theatre for FREE with exclusive two-for-one ticket deal
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'
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
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
