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  "description": "Gun found in park, bid to finally flush the Seafield stench, Hidden Door festival headliners announced, new Sephora opening + Kathy & Davy push limits for MND",
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    "Subscribe for free or upgrade here",
    "The full Met Office forecast is here",
    "More details from ScotRail here",
    "More details in this morning's edi.bike newsletter",
    "reports Cara Blackhall of Edinburgh Live",
    "reports Holly Lennon of STV News",
    "according to a new update from Scottish Water",
    "Isla Storie, Edinburgh Live",
    "raising £1.3m",
    "according to Edinburgh's round-the-world record-breaker Mark Beaumont",
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    "Find out more about the MND Foundation here",
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    "In an interview with BBC Sport's Katie Falkingham",
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    "Davy Zyw: How Winter Paralympic joy will ‘fortify’ fight with motor neurone diseaseDavy Zyw, the first athlete with MND to compete at a Winter Paralympics, says he will cherish the joy from his Milan-Cortina experience for the rest of his life.BBC Sport",
    "writes Hugh Simpson in All Edinburgh Theatre",
    "Tickets and more details the five-day creative collaborations are here",
    "2026 venue and weekend headliners confirmed - Hidden DoorEdinburgh’s pop-up arts festival announces final takeover of iconic factory with weekend headliners Jenny Hval and Valtos Presents: High Water Mark Hidden Door is set to stage a final spectacular takeover of The Paper Factory, a massive industrial site in west Edinburgh, for the 2026 edition of the multi arts festival. From Wednesday 3rd to […]Hidden DoorHidden Door",
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    "Nick Forbes, The Herald",
    "Rhoda Morrison, Evening News",
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    "by Sinéad Campbell in the Guardian",
    "‘The chef is a metre away from you’: the cosy allure of micro-restaurantsTiny eateries such as the award-winning Gwen in Wales, which holds just eight customers, are spreading across the UKThe GuardianSinéad Campbell",
    "Please get in touch using this form",
    "**Edinburgh high school team seeks sponsorship to go to World Robotics Championship**",
    "The full list of winners is shared by the event organisers here",
    "**Coven Studios | Spring Availability**",
    "Coven Studios",
    "More details here, shared by Joe Peden.",
    "More details here, shared by Cat, Blast Running Ltd.",
    "More details here, shared by Wine & Language.",
    "More details here, shared by Raycal.",
    "More details here, shared by Dr Eve Hepburn, LongLeaf.",
    "Forest Bathing at Lauriston: Awakening the ForestLeave winter behind and join us for a restorative morning of Forest Bathing and nature connection at Lauriston Castle GardensEventbrite",
    "More details here, shared by Michael.",
    "More details here, shared by Gallery-Close photographic gallery.",
    "More details here, shared by Tamsin Grainger.",
    "Pennywell Mural WalkCommunity Walk visiting the Pennywell murals in North EdinburghEventbrite",
    "More details here, shared by Wester Hailes Growing Communities.",
    "More details here, shared by Natalie Arnold, BANZAI.",
    "****@banzai.edinburgh on Instagram****",
    "More details here, shared by Aimee Douglas, Good Vibes Neighbourhood Store.",
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    "More details here, shared by Scottish Council on Global Affairs.",
    "More details here, shared by Hossein Paeizi.",
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    "More details here, shared by Timothy Coleman, St Mary's Episcopal Cathedral.",
    "Be a Chorister Afternoon | St Mary’s EdinburghThis May, get a taste of life as a Cathedral chorister! Open to P3-4s who love to sing.St Mary's Edinburgh",
    "Plan to turn empty Gyle office block into a church",
    "Parents and staff 'overwhelmingly back' school phone ban",
    "Festival set to be left 'out of pocket' over tourist tax",
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  "textContent": "🌤️ Good morning Edinburgh. Not the busiest weekend of news, to be honest, so this won't take you long to read. But there's some good stuff in here. Wonderful people doing brilliant things. Of course, there's some bleak news too but I hope the good outweighs the bad. Here’s Monday's**Edinburgh Minute**.\n\nSubscribe for free or upgrade here\n\n🌦️ **This week’s weather** : There's a **dusting of snow** on the Pentlands this morning. There's a chance of rain today but a drier week ahead. Expect a temperature low of **4C** on Saturday and a high of **13C** on Wednesday. - The full Met Office forecast is here.\n\n🚈 **Trains** from Edinburgh won't reach Glasgow Central station until 'at least Wednesday', says ScotRail, due to post-fire demolition work at the nearby building on Union Street. - More details from ScotRail here.\n\n🚲 A local **transport-themed election hustings** is planned for this evening, organised by Spokes and Cycling UK. - More details in this morning's edi.bike newsletter.\n\n🚨 **A gun and bullets** were found in wooded area near Niddrie Mains Road on Thursday. - Police Scotland published this statement, with Detective Chief Inspector George Calder saying: \"_This recovery will be a significant blow to organised crime groups, I have no doubt this firearm would have been used in violence, which would have resulted in serious injury, or worse_.\"\n\n  * ⮑ The location was '**_within a wooded area near the Jack Kane Centre_** ', reports Cara Blackhall of Edinburgh Live.\n  * Last week a man was jailed for nine years for firing a gun less than half a mile from the park in March last year, reports Holly Lennon of STV News, although police are yet to confirm if there's a link.\n\n\n\n😷 Efforts to stop the **Seafield stench** are 'on track for a summer start' and should be complete 'by the end of 2027', according to a new update from Scottish Water: \"_Plans have been prepared in recent years to improve the way that sludge is stored at the site, building on earlier efforts to reduce, contain and treat potential sources of odour emissions from Scotland’s largest Waste Water Treatment Works_.\"\n\n🅿️ Some people in the **Hutchison** area are annoyed that motor **parking permits** are being introduced for their private cars on public roads, like many other parts of the city. - Isla Storie, Edinburgh Live.\n\n🚴‍♀️ **Kathy Weir** , wife of the late Edinburgh rugby player Doddie Weir, completed a 750-mile cycle across four countries in four days. Kathy was part of Rob Wainwright's Triple Crown annual cycle challenge, raising £1.3m for the My Name’5 Doddie Foundation. Kathy and her group of riders faced some 'absolutely brutal' weather, according to Edinburgh's round-the-world record-breaker Mark Beaumont, who said Friday was '_one of the hardest days I've ever had on a bike, and that's saying something_ ' as they faced torrential rain. The ride ended in Dublin where Kathy hand-delivered the match ball for Saturday's Ireland v Scotland Six Nations rugby match. - ITV Borders News. Find out more about the MND Foundation here.\n\nDoddie’s Triple Crown 2026Doddie’s Triple Crown is the 2026 edition of Rob Wainwright’s epic annual cycling challenge to raise funds for My Name′5 Doddie Foundation. The challenge will take place from Tuesday 10th - Friday 13th March and the teams will cover 800 miles.JustGiving\n\n🏂 Another fundraiser wearing the MND tartan and pushing the limits: flying Scotsman **Davy Zyw** , the Edinburgh-born Paralympic pioneer, fulfilled his dream on Friday by completing a run in the snowboard slalom event in Italy. In an interview with BBC Sport's Katie Falkingham, Zyw said:\n\n> _\"When I'm unable to snowboard, looking back at my runs from the Paralympics when I turned up, despite my injuries and my disease, that is something I'll cherish and hold on to.\"_ - Read the full interview here.\n\nDavy Zyw: How Winter Paralympic joy will ‘fortify’ fight with motor neurone diseaseDavy Zyw, the first athlete with MND to compete at a Winter Paralympics, says he will cherish the joy from his Milan-Cortina experience for the rest of his life.BBC Sport\n\n🎭 The reviews are coming in for the long-awaited Edinburgh-based '**_One Day: The Musical_** ' at the Lyceum. - It's 'thoroughly engaging', writes Hugh Simpson in All Edinburgh Theatre.\n\n🪩 The Friday and Saturday headliners have been announced for **Hidden Door festival** , which is due to return to The Paper Factory at the Gyle in June. On Friday 5 June: Norwegian singer-songwriter, record producer, and novelist Jenny Hval. On Saturday 6 June: Skye natives Valtos fuse folk and electro with their DJ/live hybrid project High Water Mark. Then Fred Deakin of Lemon Jelly takes over on the Saturday night. - Tickets and more details the five-day creative collaborations are here.\n\n2026 venue and weekend headliners confirmed - Hidden DoorEdinburgh’s pop-up arts festival announces final takeover of iconic factory with weekend headliners Jenny Hval and Valtos Presents: High Water Mark Hidden Door is set to stage a final spectacular takeover of The Paper Factory, a massive industrial site in west Edinburgh, for the 2026 edition of the multi arts festival. From Wednesday 3rd to […]Hidden DoorHidden Door\n\n👗 A group of 20 people all diagnosed with cancer will strut a St James Quarter catwalk on 28 March at the _Edinburgh STYLE_ event, raising money with the Business Beats Cancer Edinburgh charity. - More details via Scottish Financial News.\n\n💄 **_Sephora_** is opening a new shop in the St James Quarter this summer. - Nick Forbes, The Herald + Rhoda Morrison, Evening News.\n\n🎓 '_Come on Edinburgh students, it’s time for us to actually start going to our lectures_ ' - Parthivee Mukherji, The Edinburgh Tab.\n\n🍽️ Edinburgh eateries _Table, Eorna_ and _Argile_ feature in a piece about '**micro-restaurants** ' by Sinéad Campbell in the Guardian.\n\n‘The chef is a metre away from you’: the cosy allure of micro-restaurantsTiny eateries such as the award-winning Gwen in Wales, which holds just eight customers, are spreading across the UKThe GuardianSinéad Campbell\n\n* * *\n\n## 📌 **Edinburgh Minute Community Noticeboard**\n\n⮑ Please get in touch using this form. < It’s the only way to get something featured in the newsletter.\n\n**🤖****Edinburgh high school team seeks sponsorship to go to World Robotics Championship** - '_Thistle Robotics from James Gillespie’s High School has achieved something incredible- they’ve qualified for the VEX Robotics World Championship in the USA. But without financial help they can't afford to go. They are seeking sponsorship & donations.'_ - Thanks to Rebecca Patterson, for sharing this.\n\n**🏆 Rianne White wins Best Music Video at new festival** : '_Edinburgh's own Rianne White won Best Music Video for \"Besties\" by Black Country, New Road at new music video festival Wild Song, held at the Cameo on Thursday. Other local winners include Rachel White, Cowboy Hunters and Hamish Hawk'._ - The full list of winners is shared by the event organisers here.\n\n**🌑****Coven Studios | Spring Availability** - '_Coven is a curated, professional coworking community with flexible memberships for creatives in Edinburgh. We currently have two private studios and one coworking desk available. Email us to enquire or arrange a viewing:__hello@covenstudios.uk_' - Thanks to Coven Studios, for sharing this.\n\n**😂 The Sketch Show\nToday, Mon 16 March** - '_A live sketch comedy podcast recording: The Sketch Show! Support the best local comic talent Edinburgh has to offer as they perform brand new sketch comedy material. And why not put yourself forward to write or perform for our next show?\".'_\n7.30pm to 9pm | Leith Depot, EH6 5DT | £5-10 - More details here, shared by Joe Peden.\n\n**🍀 St Patrick's Day 5K @ The Meadows\nTomorrow, Tue 17 March** - '_Join us for a blast around The Meadows at the St Patrick's Day 5K on the 17th March 2026 and enjoy some clover shaped shortbread for your efforts! 12.45pm start- online and on the day entries available. Scran Academy fundraiser!'_\n12.30pm to 1.30pm | East Meadows Play Park, EH8 9LW | £7-9 - More details here, shared by Cat, Blast Running Ltd.\n\n**🍷 Drink Wine and Speak Spanish, Bruntsfield\nTomorrow, Tue 17 March** - '_Drink Wine & Speak Spanish. We combine fine Spanish wines with fine Spanish words and invite everyone (fluent or beginner) to join us for a relaxed and fun evening of Spanish speaking accompanied by wine.' _\n7pm to 9pm | Decanter Winery and Dinery, EH10 4DG | £25 (£12.50 offer) - More details here, shared by Wine & Language.\n\n**🌸 Spring Mandala Workshop\nSat 21 March** - '_Spring Mandala Workshop, to welcome spring and reflect on this transitional time. We will engage in mindful and creative practice - using dried flowers to create shapes, styles, and unique patterns. All materials provided, no experience necessary.'_\n10am to 11.30am | Creative Arts Therapies Space CIC, EH7 5PL | Tickets £8-£15 - More details here, shared by Raycal.\n\n**🌳 Forest Bathing at Lauriston: Awakening the Forest\nSat 21 March** - '_Still a few places left for our Spring Forest Bathing event. Slow down, breathe deeply, and experience the gentle awakening of spring through a guided sensory walk in Lauriston's beautiful gardens. No experience needed - all are welcome.'_\n10am to 12.30pm | Lauriston Castle, EH4 6AD - More details here, shared by Dr Eve Hepburn, LongLeaf.\n\nForest Bathing at Lauriston: Awakening the ForestLeave winter behind and join us for a restorative morning of Forest Bathing and nature connection at Lauriston Castle GardensEventbrite\n\n**🫸 Free Tai Chi Session for World Tai Chi Day - Tai Chi Centre Restaurant - Portobello\nSat 21 March** - '_Come and celebrate World Tai Chi Day with a free introductory session run by Master Liming Yue. Suitable for all ages and abilities.'_\n11am to 11.50am | Tai Chi Restaurant, EH15 1EY | FREE - More details here, shared by Michael.\n\n**📸 Hollywood Film Stills - Meet Murray Close\nSat 21 March** - '_Murray Close, one of the most sought after Film Stills Photographers. He has worked with the likes of Kubrick, Spielberg, Eastwood, Cruise etc. Murray will be at Gallery-Close signing copies of his prints from the cult classic Withnail and I.'_\n1pm to 3pm | Gallery-Close, EH3 6TD | FREE - More details here, shared by Gallery-Close photographic gallery.\n\n**🚶‍♀️‍➡️ Pennywell Mural Walk\nSun 22 March** - '_A relaxed Sunday stroll visiting Pennywell Arts & Heritage Trail murals by Fraser Gray. Led by Tamsin Grainger with local history, stories, art chat and discussion. All ages welcome. Foot, wheel and paw friendly. Dress brightly for all weathers!' _\n2pm to 4pm | North Edinburgh Arts, EH4 4AB | Free / Donation - More details here, shared by Tamsin Grainger.\n\nPennywell Mural WalkCommunity Walk visiting the Pennywell murals in North EdinburghEventbrite\n\n**🌱 Big Ideas. Tiny Seeds.\nSun 22 March** - '_We're opening Greenway Garden for a day of gathering, growing and celebrating together. Plant sunflowers, swap seeds and growing tips, share ideas about Greenway projects, play snakes and ladders, learn about compost, drink tea and enjoy a BBQ.'_\n10am to 4pm | Greenway Community Garden, EH14 2PE | FREE - More details here, shared by Wester Hailes Growing Communities.\n\n**🧒 Our Neighbourhood in 2040 - Final People's Assembly\nSat 28 March** - '_Your last chance to shape the future of Merchiston, Marchmont & Sciennes and Bruntsfield (for 2040 at least)! Come along at 13:00 for a free lunchtime concert at the Pianodrome, or 14:00 - 16:00 for discussions and food in St Oswald's next door.' _\n2pm to 4pm | St. Oswald's Centre, EH10 4NB | FREE - More details here, shared by Natalie Arnold, BANZAI.\n\n****@banzai.edinburgh on Instagram********.****\n\n**🎶 Good Vibes Record Store Day 2026\nSat 18 April** - '_Good Vibes announce a packed programme of live music and DJs across two nearby venues, The False Widow and The Cricket Club. DJs curated by supper Club and live performances from Acolyte, Tony Morris, Isa Gordon, Buffet Lunch, Comfort & more!' _\n12pm to 11.30am | Good Vibes Neighbourhood Store & Studios, EH6 7AD | Day(free) or £10/£12 - More details here, shared by Aimee Douglas, Good Vibes Neighbourhood Store.\n\n****@goodvibesleith on Instagram********.****\n\n**🗣️ Scotland and the State of World Trade\nMon 20 April** - '_The global trade environment is undergoing rapid transformation. With shifting geopolitical alliances, post-Brexit trade arrangements, and the rise of digital and green trade, Scotland faces a distinct set of challenges and opportunities.'_\n10am to 5pm | Edinburgh Futures Institute, EH3 9EF | FREE - More details here, shared by Scottish Council on Global Affairs.\n\n\n\n**🤘 Metal Fusion band Paeizi on Mash House bill\nFri 24 April** - '_Iranian Classical fused with Metal, Paeizi are joining Empty spaces headline show on their Scottish weekender with Scarred Lip & Retroskeptic. For the Daring music lovers who read The Edinburgh minute!' _\n6.45pm to 10pm | The Mash House, EH1 1JG | £9 + booking fee - More details here, shared by Hossein Paeizi.\n\nPaeizi.\n\n**🎶 Be a Chorister Afternoon\nFri 01 May** - '_Come and discover life as a chorister at St Mary's Episcopal Cathedral. Children will take part in a fun singing session led by our choral staff, and learn more about chorister life at St Mary's Music School. Open to all P3-4s who love to sing!'_\n2pm to 6pm | St Mary's Episcopal Cathedral, EH12 5AW | FREE - More details here, shared by Timothy Coleman, St Mary's Episcopal Cathedral.\n\nBe a Chorister Afternoon | St Mary’s EdinburghThis May, get a taste of life as a Cathedral chorister! Open to P3-4s who love to sing.St Mary's Edinburgh\n\n* * *\n\n> ** _📮 I love that the final two things sent in by readers for today's newsletter were a metal band and a choir session. It really is for everyone, this newsletter. Thanks as always to everyone who shares their news or events. The link to share your things is here._**\n\n* * *\n\n## **👀 The most-visited links from the last newsletter:**\n\n  1. 🏢 Plan to turn empty Gyle office block into a church.\n  2. 📵 Parents and staff 'overwhelmingly back' school phone ban.\n  3. 💰 Festival set to be left 'out of pocket' over tourist tax.\n  4. 🚒 Questions after Edinburgh fire engine used for Glasgow fire.\n  5. 🏂 Local snowboarder Davy Zyw shares his emotional story.\n\n\n\n* * *\n\n⏰ _Thanks for reading edition number**864.**_\n📬 _Free subscribers:**29,300+.**_\n📲 _Visits generated for local news sources:**2,500,000+**. _\n\n👍 The Edinburgh Minute only exists **thanks to voluntary subscribers**. Please consider chipping in for a fiver a month to ensure it continues. The community spirit behind this newsletter is real. 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  "title": "The Edinburgh Minute ⏰ Monday 16 March 2026",
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