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Tag: Water of Leith

Former girlfriend of George Best saves city trees

A FORMER girlfriend of George Best has won a bitter battle with one of Scotland’s biggest councils to save trees at a city centre...

Body found in river identified

THE body of a 51-year-old homeless man pulled from Leith Docks in Edinburgh has been identified. Paul Dierikx was pulled from the Water of Leith...

Weather's art attack leaves Gormley statues drowned

By Michael MacLeod STATUES which were supposed to survive 1,000 years have been wiped out by the Scottish weather just four weeks after being installed. Six...

New statue gets a new look: a bright pink bikini

By Cara Sulieman AFTER a week in place, a sculpture has already been welcomed to the capital by being decked out in...

Ex-sheriff, 91, says he loves “a bit of fisticuffs” after attack

By Michael MacLeod A RETIRED sheriff was taken prisoner in his own home while he was robbed of his precious wartime medals. Thug Michael MacKinnon burst...

Great Dane rescued from frozen river

By Andrea McCallum A 15-STONE Great Dane has been rescued by firefighters from the icy depths of an Edinburgh river. The dog – named Hector –...

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