The Edinburgh Minute ⏰ Tuesday 10 February 2026

🌤️ Good morning Edinburgh. No community noticeboard today, I'm afraid. It's undergoing essential maintenance before a spring clean, but will return tomorrow. Still, plenty happening in Tuesday's Edinburgh Minute. Oh and today is the Minute's third birthday! Massive thanks to everyone who's helped keep it going for so long. It was never meant to last more than a fortnight but I really love compiling it for you. I'll send details of a subscription discount soon, so keep your eyes on your inbox today. In to year four we go...

🔥 There were no reported injuries after a bus caught fire on South Clerk Street at 7.30pm last night. The Lothian Bus single-decker number 2 service was completely engulfed in flames while parked at the city-bound bus stop near The Southern Bar.

• Residents in a flat above posted this video of the start of the fire.
• An eye witness said all passengers were evacuated safely and firefighters put out the blaze quickly, reports Gary Flockhart in The Scotsman.
• There are images of firefighters tackling the blaze at its height in Calum Loudon's STV News report and this BBC Scotland News report.

🚔 A man described as a 'useful idiot' who set fire to a beauty salon on Albert Street and a garage on Milton Road East in March last year has been jailed for more than seven years. - Neil Pooran, Evening News & STV News.

🚨 Police have acknowledged 'significant concern in local communities about unregistered motorbikes on public roads and their use in criminality' after arresting and charging a 15-year-old boy on Leith Walk. - Lee Dalgetty, Edinburgh Live.

🚔 Police want to hear from anyone who recognises two men pictured in new CCTV images released following an assault at the Corn Exchange venue last June. - Rose Moncur, The Herald.

🏠 The council spent £30.5m on 118 'affordable' homes at Western Harbour 'to help address the capital's housing emergency'. - Rose Moncur, The Herald.

• ⮑ The CCG Group development, next to the big Asda on Sandpiper Drive, is a mix of one, two, and three-bedroom homes, which will be offered as social and mid-market rent, reports Project Scotland.

💰 Participatory Budgeting projects like the Leith Decides scheme, where locals can vote on how a pot of around £40,000 is shared among local groups, could be expanded thanks to income from the city's upcoming new tourist tax. Today councillors will discuss plans to hand out £2m over three years, at the Housing, Homelessness and Fair Work Committee from 10am at the City Chambers and online at this link.

🍷 The Mara wine and cocktail bar at 58 The Shore, in Leith, has closed. It opened in 2024. It was run by the team behind the Malones Irish pubs, who said selling the bar 'hasn't been an easy choice', but came due to 'an unexpected opportunity arose that felt right for us personally and professionally.' - They posted this statement on Instagram.

• ⮑ There's better news for local bars in the latest edition of Popped Cork by Chloe Archibald-Ansari, including: a look inside Skoll & Hati (which replaced Under The Stairs and is run by the Cocktail Geeks team), deals at Paz Taqueria and local bar jobs. There's also a separate piece on 'self-expression and maintaining your sense of self while working in hospitality'.

The Round-Up: Issue #7

Keeping you up-to-date with what’s going on in Edinburgh’s bar and restaurants.

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🍽️ A new chapter in the life of 3 Bristo Place (formerly The Forest Cafe, Checkpoint, Superhero and others) will see a new venue called Uncle Tiger open later this month. Promising a menu inspired by 'various Asian food cultures' Uncle Tiger, will open Wednesday to Saturday, 5pm to 10pm. It's run by Ôir Group, who also have Lucky Yu, Bodega and The Captain Darling. - More details via Dram Scotland.

🤝 There are 26 paid jobs with local social enterprises in the latest round-up by Edinburgh Social Enterprise Network, shared on both Instagram and its website.

🏗️ The Omni Centre refurbishment is due to be completed by the end of March, reports Tom Wilson of Deadline News.

🏖️ The council has confirmed it will make a retrospective planning application for a new boardwalk at Cramond beach, after concerns were raised that it was built over a high pressure gas pipeline without permission. - Phyllis Stephen, The Edinburgh Reporter.

🔭 British Sign Language (BSL) interpreted shows are being added to the planetarium at Dynamic Earth from 1 March. - Rose Moncur, The Herald.

💓 'Eight Valentines ideas around Edinburgh that will make sure you don’t end up in Hive' - Khushi Parekh, The Edinburgh Tab.

📌 The Edinburgh Minute Community Noticeboard is closed today for maintenance! Sorry to disappoint. It returns tomorrow. ✨

👀 The most-visited links from the last newsletter:

1. 🎓 800 uni staff leave jobs.
2. 🏨 Green light for new Leith Walk hotel.
3. 🍕 Discounts and new pizzas at Civerinos.
4. 💰 How Leith Walk will take a hammering from rates.
5. 🚗 Residents near Western General still facing parking problems.

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