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Michael MacLeod

Edinburgh today: Merchiston death and royal wedding parties 'snub'

Good morning Edinburgh.

Police are investigating the suspicious death of a man in Merchiston. Today's Daily Record reports that police fear former Heroit-Watt lecturer Robert Gray, 64, was stabbed. More also in today's Scotsman.

Today a there will be a Climate Cafe event in Henderson's Cafe under St John's Church where people can talk to local election candidates. See more in the Facebook event page.

Queensferry's Bridge Replacement Interest Group (South) has its AGM on Tuesday 29 March. Find out about the group here. Thanks to Queensferry & District Community Council for sharing the details.

Eight applications for royal wedding street parties in Edinburgh, and 13 in Scotland as a whole, amounts to a "royal snub" according to the Sunday Express. They also quote the editor of Majesty magazine saying there is "less interest" in the wedding north of the border. Do you agree? Let us know in the comment box below.

Got any spare vinyl records? Avalanche could do with them.

Pictures from Friday's bomb scare at Edinburgh Airport are in this Deadline slideshow.

Labour councillors are trying to get funding to keep the North Edinburgh News going in a different form, reports STV Local.

Jim Scanlon reports on Fix My Street that parts of the road surface on Constitution Street are in a bad condition.

A "prominent Edinburgh businessman" has approached the council about Blindcraft, reports the Evening News.

Andy and Jez of The Doves are DJing at the Liquid Room on Saturday.

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