Good morning Edinburgh!
Tonight from 6.30pm locals in Craigmillar will discuss plans for housing on Cairntows Park. The meeting will be held in Hays community business centre. Read more on The Edinburgh Reporter.
The Telfer underpass, linking Caledonian Crescent to the Fountain Park leisure complex at Dundee Street is a crime hotspot. Labour's election candidate Sarah Boyack is campaigning for CCTV to be installed there.
In other Scottish election news, The Guardian's Severin Carrell asks why the Sun is backing Alex Salmond.
Work has been continuing on some of the Edinburgh Trams project. Here's a new video from the Gogar depot.
Poet Juliet Wilson is getting crafty with poetry collages. More on her blog, Crafty Green Poet.
Do online bookshops beat real bookshops? Absolutely not, argues Heather Collins on the Scottish Book Trust's soapbox blog.
Edinburgh-based science fiction writer Charlie Stross shares his views on the AV referendum.
Parents who opposed local nursery closures have been given a final chance to have their say, reports the Evening News. The Scottish Government has called in the council's decision to close Princess Elizabeth and High School Yards nurseries.
Emily Dodd has posted the April edition of the Nature's Calendar podcast series on Greener Leith.
Ali George has put part of her 12 Books in 12 Months project online as an audio clip.
Lifelong Jambo Kenneth Fruish reviews Hearts' trip to Inverness Caledonian Thistle on STV Local.
Local writer Nicola Morgan blogs about the innovative and hard work of small publishers.
There is a local gigs roundup on Song, by Toad. Among those playing in the city this week are Aberfeldy, Glasvegas, Kid Canaveral, and shoegazers Edinburgh School for the Deaf.
Are you going to any gigs or events this week? We're looking for reviews for next week's blog while I'm off, so get in touch if you'd like to get involved.
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