There is a timeless hush about Edinburgh these days.
Sometimes, it’s like a tonic for the soul. Sometimes, it’s unsettling and peculiar.
Yesterday afternoon, it was simply confusing when the gentle notes of a saxophone seemed to enter Greenside Row from every direction simultaneously.
Spurtle wandered in circles searching for the source, till finally tracking it down to a lone musician high up on the northwest face of Calton Hill.
HIGH COURT OF JUSTICIARY.
This Court resumed yesterday—the Lord Justice-General, Lord Deas, and Lord Ardmillan on the bench.
Elizabeth Adams and John M’Intyre pled not guilty to the charge of stealing, on the 5th or 6th of April last, from the pocket of Alexander Ferguson, house-painter, when in Catholic Chapel Lane, leading from Broughton Street to St James’s Place,[1] a silver watch and gold pencil-case. The jury found the charge proven, and the prisoners were each sentenced to six years’ penal servitude.
Debate Night is returning to BBC Scotland with a revised format this month.
The programme, hosted by Stephen Jardine, will feature a panel of (socially distanced) politicians and public figures as usual.
But the questions will come from a ‘virtual audience’ seething in the comfort of their own kitchens and sitting rooms. Your involvement is actively sought.
‘Debate Night is the only place where people are regularly able to put their questions and experiences directly to Scotland's policymakers in their own words,’ says Jardine.
POLICE COURT—Wednesday
(Before Sheriff Hallard.)
A PUBLIC-HOUSE CONTRAVENTION CASE.
“A SCENE.”
Our own eyes and anecdotal evidence from others suggests that some motorists on otherwise quiet roads in Edinburgh are driving far too fast at the moment.
We’ve seen several incidents where drivers have sped towards ambling pedestrians in the city centre – some of them crossing roads, some of them walking beside the pavement to maintain social distancing – forcing them to scurry for safety.
It doesn’t seem to be malicious – more likely thoughtless opportunism on uncharacteristically wide open spaces.
Dangerous driving
DISTRESSING FATAL ACCIDENT—Yesterday, a portion of an old wall in Jamaica Street Lane fell upon two children at play beside it; one of them was killed on the spot, the other much hurt.
The wall, which was not in good repair, is perhaps a little more than three feet high from the pavement of the lane, but on the other side there is a sunk area in front to the house No. 21, the depth of which from the ridge of the wall must be fully six feet.
Ediston and Orion Capital Managers have now made available some plans, summaries, and visualisations for a mixed-use development on the site of the former Royal Bank of Scotland complex between Dundas Street and King George V Park.
Broughton Scouts want all their Beavers, Cubs, Scouts, Explorers, and adults to enjoy this Easter with a Virtual Sleep Out.
From now until Sunday 19 April, they invite participants to pick a safe location in their house and build a den, pitch a tent, or swing a hammock.
They should pack everything they need, bring some food, and undertake some challenges before sleeping in the chosen location overnight. They can do this as many times as they want, and will earn a certificate for their efforts.
How to explain this, spotted two days ago at the end of Iona Street?
The news has grown increasingly weird over recent years, but this is probably not evidence of an alien abduction.
Coronavirus has brought out the worst and best in people over the last few weeks, but this is probably not a sign that revellers attending illegal raves are taking off their shoes so as not to disturb residents on the way home.
DARING ROBBERY.
It is with regret, that we have to record another of those daring outrages which have of late been the disgrace of our city.
On Thursday night, about twelve o’clock, a gentleman who resides in Broughton Place was knocked down on his way home, in the lane which branches off from the east side of Elder Street,[1] and robbed of his watch and five pounds.