The Edinburgh Minute ⏰ Monday 27 October 2025

🌤️ Good morning Edinburgh. A busy-ish morning of news so far. Here’s Monday’s Edinburgh Minute.

☔️ This week’s weather: Sunny and breezy on Monday, some rain on Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday. A high of 13C on Friday and low of 4C on Wednesday night. - The full Met Office forecast is here.

🕑 Hopefully you remembered the clocks went back by one hour yesterday. Here’s what it does for this week’s sunrises and sunsets. The days begin to get longer from Sunday 21 December onwards.

🚔 Police are hunting for a Ferrari driver who hit a 26-year-old man who is was last night ‘in a critical condition’ in hospital. The crash happened at Stenhouse Drive, just west of its junction with Stenhouse Grove (map here), on Saturday evening around 8.50pm. The car that hit the pedestrian was a red Ferrari 488 Spider. - Police Scotland published this appeal.

🪧 Organisers of Saturday’s march calling for action on poverty said 5,000 people joined the Scotland Demands Better demonstration. There’s coverage from BBC Scotland News, the Daily Record, Evening News, Edinburgh Live, The Herald, Socialist Worker, The Edinburgh Reporter & there’s a video report on STV News.
⮑ Afterwards, The Poverty Alliance said: “This isn’t the end. It is the start of a movement, together in hope and solidarity, for a better Scotland for all of us.”

🔥 Some shop owners around Calder Road say they’re planning to close for Bonfire Night after last year’s violent scenes. - Isla Storie, Chloe Goodall and Ryan Carroll, Daily Record.

🎓 UCU staff members at the University of Edinburgh are voting on another round of strike action. - Jamie Calder, The Edinburgh Tab.

🔌 The two new artificial intelligence data centres proposed for Edinburgh ‘would demand the equivalent amount of energy as building five cities the same size as the capital’ reports Hamish Morrison in The National.

🔐 The owner of an unlicensed short term let has been fined £600 in the council’s first successful conviction, with a further 12 cases pending. - The council published more details here.

🎅🏻 St Andrew Square will not be used for commercial winter festival events this year, with Essential Edinburgh boss Roddy Smith saying the site ‘can’t sustain two big events a year’. - Donald Turvill, The Herald.

⚓️ All jobs at South Queensferry’s Port Edgar Marina are reportedly safe after the site was bought by entrepreneur Sir Tom Hunter’s firm West Coast Capital. - Ian McConnell in The Herald.

💰 Local journalist Charlie Ellis reports from a No. 13 bus to study urban shifts and the progress or impact of gentrification along the bus route. - Charlie Ellis, in Bella Caledonia.

⚽️ Police have launched an internal investigation after Hibs fans reported alleged assaults while leaving the men’s derby match at Tynecastle earlier this month. - Alexander Lawrie in Edinburgh Live.

🐬 A group of kayakers in the Forth had a close encounter with a dolphin on Saturday. - Their video is in this report by Angie Brown, BBC Scotland News.

🎭 Three former Broughton High School pupils star in The Seagull at The Royal Lyceum Theatre. Before the show, students joined a pre-show chat with cast members Lorn MacDonald, Harmony Rose-Bremner and Tallulah Greive, hearing about their careers. - Thanks to Alice Pelan at the Lyceum for sharing this.

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📌 “Edinburgh’s newest bike bus from Newington Library to St Peter’s Primary School ran for the first time on Friday. To make it run safely they need volunteer cycle marshals once or twice a month who are over 18 and confident on a bike. To volunteer use this link.” - Thanks to Jarlath Flynn, Bike Bus Organiser, for sharing this.

📌 “Mon 27th Oct - Thurs 30th Oct: Mega Epic SALE of STUFF! is back at Whitespace from 12 to 7pm daily. Our Pre-Hallowe’en Special Edition features creepy dolls and haunted chairs, alongside books and useful household stuff. We’ll donate >33.3% of any profit to the charity Phone Credit for Refugees.” - Thanks to Kat for sharing this.

📌 “Soundhouse is hosting the legendary Northumbrian piper Kathryn Tickell on Monday at the Traverse Theatre. Celebrating her 40th anniversary with full band this will be a very special show. Grab the last few tickets while you can.” - Thanks to Jane-Ann of The Soundhouse Organisation for sharing this.

📌 “Edinburgh Science’s schools event Careers Hive returns to the National Museum of Scotland this week from 27 - 30 Oct. Each day between 3:15 to 5pm part of Careers Hive will be open to the public, with visitors invited to explore hands-on science activities and speak with STEM professionals.” - Thanks to Edinburgh Science for sharing this.

📌 “Tuesday 28 October - Join the International Ghost Society at the Sir Arthur Conan Doyle Centre for an interactive lecture on the history of the spooky sleepover. This event includes an opportunity to try out several classic spooky games: Levitation, Charlie Charlie, Bloody Mary and more.” - Thanks to The International Ghost Society for sharing this.

📌 “Tuesday 28th October - Tuesday 4th November: OOO - Jon Gray and Tom Etherington - an exhibition of new prints at Custom Lane in Leith. Private View on Thursday 30th 6 -9 pm.” - Thanks to Jon Gray & Tom Etherington for sharing this.

📌 “Tues, 28 Oct - CodeBase. Join this month’s GreenTech Meetup ‘Extending Lifecycles: The Role of Hardware Repair in Circular Systems’ with Elaine Brown, CEO of the Edinburgh Remakery. As always, ft. complimentary breakfast, networking with Edinburgh’s Greentech community and a Q&A. See you on Tues 💚” - Thanks to Jess for sharing this.

📌 “Looking to get fit in a unique and very fun way? Join us for new Capoeira class for complete beginners on Tuesdays at 6pm! The new class running in the city center of Edinburgh focuses on body balancing, mobility, strength and flexibility by utilizing elements of acrobatics, martial art and dance.” - Thanks to Capoeira Edinburgh for sharing this.

📌 “Wednesday 29th October: Caring for a friend or family member with dementia in Edinburgh? Join Age Scotland’s free Carers Road Show at Heart of Newhaven from 11:30 - 16:30. Drop in anytime for information, advice and support from local and national organisations.” - Thanks to Rachel for sharing this.

📌 “Weds 29th Oct - Japan’s Ayami Suzuki & Scotland’s Bell Lungs LIVE, Flux Gigs 1.2. Suzuki - vocal sound manipulations, shimmering minimalist soundscapes bathed in ethereal spectrality. Bell Lungs - aural gems processed through a multiple guitar pedals & loopers build textures as vessels for her voice.” - Thanks to Nick and Neil of Flux Gigs for sharing this.

📌 “Wednesday 29th October to Saturday 1st November, Church Hill Theatre: Join local musical theatre group Blackout Productions for their show “Come from Away”. It’s a heart warming tale of how a community comes together to care for over 7,000 people after their planes got diverted to Newfoundland during the 9/11 attacks.” - Thanks to Ciara Mcbrien for sharing this.

📌 “Wednesday 29th October is your next chance to come for a FREE taster session with The Voice House Community Choir. If you’ve ever wanted to join a choir, now is your chance. We meet at Christ Church Hall, Holy Corner, 7pm on Wednesdays - contact voicehouse@live.co.uk for info.” - Thanks to The Voice House Community Choir for sharing this.

📌 “Wednesday 29 October - Lost in Translation’s one-night-only Halloween special at The Gilded Saloon, features Twilight run through multiple languages using online translators and performed live by actors reading the script in character for the first time on stage.” - Thanks to Lost in Translation for sharing this.

📌 “Wednesday 29 October - Catch an exclusive first look at works-in-progress by some of Scotland’s leading dance artists at the Dance Base Autumn Scratch Night! This time, we’ll be presenting work by MC Laffitte, Ellen Crofton, Sotirios Panagoulias and Dorine Mugisha.” - Thanks to Dance Base for sharing this.

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👀 The most-visited links from the last newsletter:

1. 🛍️ Westfield deal for St James Centre.
2. 🪧 Plans for weekend march through city centre.
3. 🎵 Dunard Centre concert hall gets £20m lifeline.
4. 📰 Issue 170 of The Leither is out now. (PDF here)
5. 🐈 Fundraiser for sculpture of Hugo the west end cat.

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