The Edinburgh Minute β° Tuesday 18 August 2026
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 Β£1m
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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 Β£1m
The Edinburgh Festival Minute
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'
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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'
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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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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 Rennieβs Isle in Leith, schools return as phone ban begins, new Princes St Gardens statue ban proposed + hundreds call for Inverleith Park play park upgrade
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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
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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