Around 12 bank branches are due to shut up shop across Edinburgh and the Lothians over the next year. A number of residents could face the scenario of losing their only local branch as banking giants look to get rid of their physical branches as customers move online. Bank of …
Read More »Edinburgh resident hits out at Royal Mail van blocking cycle lane
An Edinburgh resident has been left frustrated after spotting a Royal Mail postie van parked over a well used cycle lane in Leith. The image was captured shortly after 8am on Tuesday, August 24 and appears to show a red van blocking the entirety of a cycle lane at a …
Read More »Edinburgh’s ‘unluckiest theatre’ that burnt down five times and where six men died
For much of the 19th century, the old Theatre Royal on Broughton Street was one of the capital’s top entertainment venues and was regularly packed to the rafters – but it suffered from awful luck when it came to fires. The original Theatre Royal opened in 1767 in Shakespeare Square, …
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