In connection with the report here on 17 December, we reproduce the following Police Scotland press release unedited and in full. 

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A man has been arrested and charged in connection with six sexual assaults in the Stockbridge area of Edinburgh.

We received reports of three incidents on the evening of Friday, 12 December, 2025, in the Fettes Row, Inverleith Row and Saxe Coburg Street areas.

St Mark’s Path reopened yesterday and will remain open for most of the construction period between now and completion in spring 2027.

In the future, the Path will have to close for periods of a few days, during which time alternative arrangements will be in place. 

These include a circuitous diversion around the neighbouring construction site and a controlled crossing point. 

This solution is unclearly explained with a profusion of red lines in the site plan shown below.

Lovely and cold. 

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Councillors on the Development Management Sub-Cmte today voted 7 votes to 4 to refuse planning consent for revised plans about parts of overall proposals for the New Town Quarter between Dundas Street and King George V Park. 

Police Scotland released a press release yesterday which we reproduce below, unedited and in full.

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Detectives are appealing for information following three sexual assaults in the Stockbridge area of Edinburgh on Friday, 12 December.

Around 5.20pm on Fettes Row, a woman was approached from behind by a man who sexually assaulted her and made sexual comments.

Around 5.30pm on Inverleith Row, a woman was walking her dog when a man approached her from behind and sexually assaulted her. He then walked down Inverleith Row towards Dundas Street.

Last week, we published an article summarising responses to the Scottish Law Commission's proposal for compulsory owners associations in Scotland's tenements. You can read it here.

Below, local resident Dennis O'Keeffe gives a professional appraisal of contemporary tenure realities and why absentee ownership, private-rented-sector growth and short-term letting churn must shape the design of any new arrangements.

Here’s a question for you. Where in Spurtleshire can you find for sale, under one commercial roof:

address labels, adhesive numbers, anti-slip pads for chairs … 

basket bags, batteries, biros, bit sets for drills, black balloons, bow ties, boxes for carrying bananas, bracelets, brown paper, bubble wrap, bulldog clips, bungee ropes, buttons …